EY names US-East region vice chair; Grant Thornton adds more time off for employees; and more CPA news.
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April 22, 2022 9:00 AM
FLORIDA
Alison Frank
CPAmerica, Gainesville, rolled out their new learning management system through a partnership with Prolaera that will expand CPAmerica’s current CPE offerings and online learning experience.
ILLINOIS
Grant Thornton, Chicago, announced two new employee benefits: four-day weekends for all three of its summer holidays (Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day); and half-day Fridays, with the firm closing every Friday at 1 p.m. local time between Memorial Day and Labor Day (June 3 - Aug. 26).
NEW JERSEY
(From left to right) Bowman & Co. managing partner Michael Cesaro; Melissa Palladino, the scholarship recipient; Bowman & Co. manager Sarah Donahue; principal Robert Biddle Jr.; and partner Harry Wills
NEW YORK
Marcelo Bartholo was named US-East region vice chair at Ernst & Young, where he has worked more than 20 years and will join the EY US executive committee and EY Americas operating executive and succeed Richard Jeanneret, who after a 39 year-career, will retire from the firm in June 2022.
LMC CPAs, New York, promoted, to senior manager: Nick Grgas in audit and Gary Sozzi in tax; to supervisor: Ovadia Mosseri, Frank Waite, Gus Molina and Bianka Gozhita in audit, and Dayna Antisell in tax; and to senior accountant: Giovanna Domingo, John Yuksekol, Sammy Habbaz and Elina Bass in tax; and Dominic Papandrea in account services.
LMC CPAs, New York, promoted, to senior manager: Nick Grgas in audit and Gary Sozzi in tax; to supervisor: Ovadia Mosseri, Frank Waite, Gus Molina and Bianka Gozhita in audit, and Dayna Antisell in tax; and to senior accountant: Giovanna Domingo, John Yuksekol, Sammy Habbaz and Elina Bass in tax; and Dominic Papandrea in account services.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Jackie Cottrell, the director of the Office of External Affairs at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, will be departing the PCAOB April 21 to take a new role at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.
