On the move: Brown Graham & Co. names next president

January 20, 2023 9:32 AM

CohnReznick adds 19 to partnership; the IRS appoints nine new members to Advisory Council; and more accounting news.

GEORGIA

Journet Greene

Moore Colson, Atlanta, promoted: Journet Greene, Geoff Braun and Hudson Ireland to partner and Brunella Reid to chief marketing officer.

Legible, Atlanta, hired Vivian Fang as chief advisor of tax, accounting and policy, and Gabriel Brin as vice president of tax and accounting product.

KANSAS

Goering & Granatino, Overland Park, joined the BDO Alliance USA.

MAINE

Todd Desjardins, quality assurance principal at BerryDunn, Portland, was named to the Maine Board of Accountancy.

MICHIGAN

Kane Polakoff was hired as a principal in the managed services and outsourcing practice at CohnReznick, Detroit.

UHY Advisors, Farmington Hills, appointed 22 new managing directors.

MISSOURI

The Forvis building in Springfield, Missouri

Courtesy of Forvis

Forvis, Springfield, released its 2023 Annual Higher Education Outlook report, based on a survey of administrators from more than 250 U.S. colleges and universities.

NEW JERSEY

Michael Mezzo

Michael Mezzo was promoted to principal at WilkinGuttenplan, East Brunswick, where he has worked since 2013.

Withum, Princeton, held its annual State of the Firm event Jan. 10 in person and via streamed presentation for a virtual attendance. The annual meeting was the first firm event to feature new managing partner and CEO Pat Walsh following his transition to the role on Jan. 1, included the announcement of the Withum Strength Award winners, and unveiled the firm's "culture video" for 2023.

NEW YORK

Evan Chamberas

Evan Chamberas was promoted to partner at Lutz, Selig & Zeronda, Latham, where he has worked since 2014.

CohnReznick, New York, elected to partner, effective Feb. 1: Raza Ashfaq, Claudia Bassett, Mike Bisson, Jessie Cahill, Roberta Chirco, Christian Ehn, Remi Franklin, Brad Hausman, Chris Livingstone, Brad Mainguy, James Matzdorff, Molly McCafferty, Aparna Mekala, Elena Mervine, Tony Pagano, Pasquale Pippo, Colin Rosenberg, Andrew Sciarra and Jaryd Tomlinson.

TEXAS

Danny Woods

Danny Woods was named president at Brown Graham & Co., Amarillo, where he has worked since 2003, succeeding Greggory Morgan, who has served as president since 2016.

VIRGINIA

Laura Kobes was hired as a managing director in the Value360 transaction advisory services practice, Tysons.

Jacob Favaro was hired as a partner in the Richmond office at Brown Edwards, effective Feb. 1.

WASHINGTON

Kyle Powers

Kyle Powers was promoted to technical senior tax manager at VSH CPAs, Bellingham.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Internal Revenue Service appointed nine new members to the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council: Joseph Bender, partner, Difede Ramsdell Bender; Christine Freeland, president, Christine Z. Freeland CPA; Aidan Hunt, student, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; John Kelshaw, director of tax compliance, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service; Anthony Massoud, vice president of corporate finance and tax, Van Metre Cos.; Susan Nakano, senior manager of corporate tax, Discover Financial Services; Annette Nellen, professor of accounting and taxation, San Jose State University; Brayan Rosa-Rodriguez, senior policy analyst, UnidosUS; Brian Yacker, partner, nonprofit services, Baker Tilly; and to 2023 IRSAC chair, Martin Armstrong, vice president of payroll shared services, Charter Communications.

WISCONSIN

Briana Peters

Hawkins Ash promoted to partner: Briana Peters in the Green Bay office and Kimberly Iley in the Neenah office.

The National Association of Tax Professionals, Appleton, announced that the Tax Forums & Expo 2023 events will take place in three locations: in Baltimore Sept. 18-19, 2023; Las Vegas Oct. 3-4; and Orlando Oct. 18-19.