PEOPLE
ARKANSAS
Ashley Farrar and Randall Stone
have joined Beall Barclay, Fort
Smith, as staff accountants, while
Courtney Wald has joined the firm
as a junior accountant.
AUSTRALIA
Russell Evans has been appointed
president of Wolters Kluwer Tax
& Accounting, Asia Pacific, Syd-
ney.
CALIFORNIA
Sherri Gastelum and Kari Schott
have joined Green Hasson & Janks,
Los Angeles, as director of business
development and director of marketing, respectively. ... RBZ LLP,
Los Angeles, announced a number of promotions: Lynell Chun
has been promoted to director in
the Family Wealth Group; Amy
Kutzkey, Cecilia Lin and Eric Liu
to senior supervisor; Amy Crowe,
Jim Drozda, Stefanie Craig, Raj
pal Matharu, Todd Griffith and
Rob Stevenson to supervisor; and
Mishel Justesen to marketing supervisor.
COLORADO
Craig Alspaugh has joined the
Colorado offices of BKD LLP as a
business development executive
in the national cost segregation
practice. ... Angela MacPhee has
joined RGL Forensics, Denver, as
chief financial officer.
CONNECTICUT
Brian Wilkinson has been promoted to senior accountant at Barron,
Yanaros & Caruso PC, Wethersfield.
FLORIDA
Adam L. Firestein has been promoted to director, and Richard S.
Fechter and Joel D. Glick to associate director, at Berkowitz Dick Pol
lack & Brant, Miami. ... Tara Ruska
has been promoted to manager in
the Fort Myers office of Hill, Barth
& King LLC.
GEORGIA
Jennifer Bolden has joined UHY
Advisors GA, Atlanta, as senior
manager for the Enterprise Risk As-
surance Services Practice Group.
ILLINOIS
Patrick Gras, Mary Beth Justen,
Michelle Prosecky and David Witt
have been promoted to principal at
Pasquesi Sheppard LLC, Lake Forest. ... Scott A. Stringer has joined
Ostrow Reisin Berk & Abrams
Ltd., Chicago, as director of forensic and litigation services.
INDIANA
Blue & Co. LLC announced a number of new hires: In the Carmel office, Kevin Umberger and Gavin
Fox have joined the firm as staff
accountants; Gwen Parker as a
manager; David Winters as a senior accountant; Leigh Hirnisey as
an HR generalist; Tina Davis as an
accounting assistant/bookkeeper;
and William Roe as recruitment
manager. In the Columbus, Ohio,
office, Bradley Taylor and Ash
ley Jones have joined as staff accountants; and Steven Ritzer as a
manager. In the Indianapolis office,
Lindsey Ladyman has joined as a
senior consultant; Linda Peck as
an accounting clerk; John Himes
as a consultant; Jennifer Medve as
a staff accountant; Leigh Schuette
and Jarit Loughmiller as managers; and Nicholas Arens as a senior
accountant. In the Louisville, Ky.,
office, Allen Schuhmann and Nick
Ficklin have joined as staff accountants, while Matthew Matern has
joined the Seymour, Ind., office as
a staff accountant. The firm also announced a number of promotions:
In the Indianapolis office, Michael
Glick and Shawn Williams have
been promoted to senior manager; Michelle Thomas and Jef
fry Moffatt to manager; and Peter
Szostak and Andrew Johanson to
senior accountant. In the Seymour
office, Mark Wischmeier has been
promoted to manager, and Natasha
Miller to senior accountant. In the
Carmel office, Michael Shultz has
been promoted to manager, and
Damien Strohmier to senior accountant. In the Columbus office,
Autumn Smith has been promoted
to manager, Pam Lytle to senior
benefits specialist, and Angie Jus
tice to senior accounting specialist.
In the Louisville office, Scott Reed
has been promoted to manager,
and Nicole Loparo to senior accountant. And in the Lexington,
Ky., office, Jason Ladd and Wes
Ro we have been promoted to manager, and Matthew Koch, who had
recently joined the firm as a staff
accountant, has been promoted to
senior accountant.
MAINE
Vienna Shea, a consultant in the
Management and Information
Technology Consulting Group of
Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker,
Portland, has earned the Certified Information Systems Auditor
credential from the Information
Systems Audit and Control As
sociation.
MARYLAND
Debra G. Busk has joined DeLeon
& Stang, Gaithersburg, as a senior
audit manager, while Charles E.
Heppes has joined the firm as a
staff accountant. ... Daniel L. Weav
er has been named a partner at
Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell
PC, Bethesda, while Nicole A. Luna
has been promoted to audit senior-in-charge, and Russell Conelley
and Michael Soule to audit senior.
... Kristopher Hallengren, Forensic
& Valuation Services Division manager at Weyrich, Cronin & Sorra
Chartered, Lutherville, has been
named one of SmartCEO’s Top 100
SmartCPAs of 2010.
MICHIGAN
Mike Swartz, a partner at Plante &
Moran PLLC, has been appointed
to the Michigan State Board of
Accountancy. ... Kevin Johns has
been promoted to shareholder at
Clayton & McKervey PC, Southfield.
MISSOURI
Kaleb Lilly, a partner at Rubin
Brown LLP, is moving his practice
to Kansas City from the firm’s St.
Louis office.
NEW JERSEY
Michael A. Gould, an owner at
Hunter Group CPA LLC, Fairfield,
has earned the Certified Fraud Ex-
aminer credential from the Associ
ation of Certified Fraud Examin
ers. ... Theodore S. Byer and Philip
Drudy have joined Smolin Lupin,
Fairfield, as partners. In addition,
the firm announced a number of
promotions: Tim Borzell has been
promoted to director; Chris Na
varro to A&A manager; Susan San
Filippo to tax manager; and Henna
Reit to supervisor. ... Daniel Ven
tricelli has joined Capstone Advi
sory Group LLC, Saddle Brook, as
a managing director of its Litigation
and Forensic Practice Group. ...
Camille Asaro, Frank Attalla, Jeff
Kollin and Navin Sethi have been
named principals at Rothstein
Kass, Roseland.
NEW YORK
Walter Timoshenko has joined
Nussbaum Yates Berg Klein &
Wolpow LLP, Melville, as chief
operating officer. ... Patricia A.
Giarratano has joined Rosen Sey
mour Shapss Martin & Co. LLP,
New York City, as director of fiduciary services. ... Richard S. Hauer
has joined the New York City office
of BDO Consulting as a managing
director. ... Alan Sorcher has joined
Deloitte Financial Advisory Ser
vices LLP, New York City, as a senior manager and the new leader of
the Deloitte Anti-Money-Launder-ing Strategic Leadership Group.
NORTH CAROLINA
Larry Hamilton, a partner at
Hughes Pittman & Gupton LLP,
has been selected as the 2010-2011
treasurer of the Wake Tech Founda
tion. ... Michael Jenkins has been
promoted to business analyst for
the Web Development Department
of Drake Software. ... Sheila Ahler,
business development partner at
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland LLP,
Raleigh, received a 2010 Women
in Business Award in the category
of Community Supporter from the
Triangle Business Journal.
OHIO
Jeremy Frye, a principal at Rippe
& Kingston, Cincinnati, has earned
the Certified Valuation Analyst
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