On the move: EisnerAmper names first DEI director

January 21, 2022 11:31 AM

Antares, Postlethwaite & Netterville and Clark Schaefer Hackett also fill newly created roles; new FASAC and GASAC members appointed; and more CPA news.

ARKANSAS

Mark Glover

Mark Glover was added to the ownership group at HCJ CPAs & Advisors, Little Rock, where he has worked since 2009.

CALIFORNIA

Vanessa Mun

Kyle Chesser

Vanessa Mun was named a partner at Wheeler Accountants, San Jose, where she has worked for eight years.

Jeff Ewan was promoted to partner at Lavine, Lofgren, Morris & Engelberg, San Diego.

CONNECTICUT

Marla Lewis

The Connecticut Society of CPAs, Rocky Hill, honored seven women during the January CTCPA Women Awards virtual ceremony in two categories. The Women to Watch Award was given to: Marla Lewis, practice fellow, Financial Accounting Standards Board, senior manager, Deloitte & Touche LLP; Kaitlin Librizzi, assurance senior manager, EY; and Kristen Ortuso, partner, tax, KPMG. The Distinguished Service Award went to: Kathy Belfi, director of financial regulation, Connecticut Insurance Department; Sandra Callanan, partner, CironeFriedberg, LLP; Susan DeRosa Jackson, partner, KPMG LLP; and Lisa Wills, partner at Whittlesey.

The Financial Accounting Foundation Board of Trustees, Norwalk, announced the appointment of new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council: Todd Castagno, head of global valuation, accounting and tax research, Morgan Stanley; Jeremy Croucher, partner-in-charge, department of professional practice, KPMG LLP; Debra Dial, senior vice president and global controller, AT&T; Saul Martinez, founder, Cambio Consulting LLC; Dorri McWhorter, president and chief executive officer, YMCA Metropolitan Chicago; Jonathan Nus, managing director, Alvarez & Marsal, Global Transaction Advisory; Johnbull Okpara, chief accounting officer and controller, Citigroup Inc.; Richard Sloan, Deloitte and Touche LLP chair in accounting, professor of accounting, finance and business economics, University of Southern California; and Antonio Yanez Jr., partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. FAF also announced new appointees to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council: Scott DeViney, assistant director of quality assurance, Washington State Auditor’s Office; Doug Kilcommons, managing director, public finance, Kroll Bond Rating Agency; Anita Kovacs, vice president of business affairs, Pensacola State College; Suzanne Lowensohn, associate professor, University of Vermont, Grossman School of Business; Harriet Richardson, inspector general, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit; and Bob Scott, assistant city manager/chief financial officer, City of Carrollton, Texas.

FLORIDA

Rachel Ferguson was named partner at Johnson Lambert, Jacksonville, where she has worked since 2010.

GEORGIA

Tammy Daniel

Tammy Daniel was named the first chief operating officer at Antares Group, Conyers, which she joined in 1998 as director of the financial accounting services department.

ILLINOIS

Jenny Massey was hired to lead the new economic development consulting practice at Sikich, Chicago.

Miller Cooper, Chicago, joined HLB Global as a member firm.

Tim Flaherty was named partner at Johnson Lambert, Park Ridge, where he has worked since 2011.

The Illinois CPA Society published the latest in its series of Black CPA Centennial videos highlighting trailblazing Black accountants, with this installment featuring David Kelly.

INDIANA

Chad Pfeifer was hired as the new chief people officer at Blue & Co., Carmel.

KENTUCKY

The Association for Accounting Marketing opened submissions for AAM’s Marketing Achievement Awards and nominations for the 2022 Marketer of the Year, with a deadline of March 3. Full details here.

LOUISIANA

Charles Lawson

Charles Lawson was hired in the newly created director of governmental consulting role at Postlethwaite & Netterville, Baton Rouge.

MASSACHUSETTS

Brad Taylor was hired as a partner in the valuation advisory services practice at Citrin Cooperman, Braintree.

MICHIGAN

Rehmann's office in Troy, Michigan<br/>

Courtesy of Rehmann

Rehmann, Troy, joined HLB Global as a member firm.

MISSOURI

Garret Layman

BKD, Springfield, released its annual 2021 Integrated Report and 2021 Quality Report.

Julia Deien and Jason Gotway were promoted to principal and director, technology, and Nathan Stonner to principal, tax, at Anders, St. Louis.

NEW YORK

Tenaya Taylor

Tenaya Taylor was hired in the newly formed role of director of diversity, equity and inclusion at EisnerAmper, New York. In other firm news. EisnerAmper launched family office technology solutions under its family office solutions, designed to help family offices create protected and efficient systems.

Janover, New York, joined AGN International.

Friedman, New York, named: Peter Manzetti, principal, governance, risk and compliance practice lead; Michael Sacco partner-in-charge of New York/Long Island West; and Lee Sheilds, co-managing partner of the South Jersey offices, to the management committee.

Executive search and consulting firm Madison-Davis, Tarrytown, opened an accounting division.

PwC, New York, released its “Executive Views on Business in 2022 Pulse” survey.

OHIO

Phil Hurak

Phil Hurak was named the first shareholder-in-charge of advisory services at Clark Schaefer Hackett, Cincinnati.

PENNSYLVANIA

Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz promoted, in the Camp Hill office: Julia Brown, Megan Grim and Scott Henry to senior manager; Alyssa Pantalone and Ryan Perez to manager; Devin Brown and Kyle Bushong to supervisor; and Anna Martin to senior staff accountant; in the Westminster office: Jack McCracken to manager; in Hanover: Kevin Bushong to senior staff account; and in Lancaster: Gabriella Licata.

TENNESSEE

HHM CPAs, Chattanooga, hired: Jason Ashley and Donna Langeurd as senior tax managers; Amy Smith as a senior manager; Peggy Brandon as a supervisor; and Keenan Cox, Tyler Ballengee, Margaret Summitt and Jackson Vetetoe as staff accountants.

TEXAS

Shea Kracheck

Shea Kracheck was hired as a tax partner at Whitley Penn, Plano. In other firm news, Whitley Penn joined global network HLB International.

VERMONT

Andrew Bachand and Mark Mayer were named co-managing shareholders at Kittell, Branagan and Sargent, St. Albans, succeeding founding shareholder Gregory Sargent, who has been managing shareholder since 2007.

WISCONSIN

Holly Muehl-Pett

Holly Muehl-Pett and Brittany Leonard were promoted to partners at Hawkins Ash CPAs, La Crosse.