ALABAMA

Emma Farris was promoted to supervisor, and Eric Perry and Lance Meacham to senior accountants, at Machen McChesney, Auburn. 

ARKANSAS

Kayla Easley and Stephanie Murry were promoted to managers in the audit department and Sarah King to manager in the client account services department, at HCJ CPAs & Advisors, Little Rock. 

CALIFORNIA

Hood & Strong, San Francisco, promoted six: Stephen Beal to tax manager, Derek Chan and Kaelyn Yu to tax manager for exempt organizations, Allison Cooley and Daniel Rajeckas to audit manager, and Erin Zhang to senior tax manager.

Seth Calhoun merged his practices into SD Mayer, becoming a senior manager in the San Francisco office. 

FLORIDA

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Anneliese Scherer
Anneliese Scherer was hired as the new forensic and valuation services manager at Fiske & Co., Fort Lauderdale. 

GEORGIA

TJS Deemer Dana LLP and Vertisys LLC have renamed to Symphona. 

ILLINOIS

Crowe, Chicago, debuted a new integrated brand platform, Embrace Volatility, developed by marketing company StrawberryFrog, that seeks to flip the perception that volatility is something to fear to something that creates opportunity.

MISSOURI

Boomer Consulting honored three people with Bridging the Gap awards during the 2022 Boomer Technology Circles Summit in Kansas City: Bill Dunton, managing partner at Abacus CPAs, with the 2022 Bridging the Gap Innovative Project Award; Brian Davis, chief information officer at Jackson Thornton, with the 2022 Bridging the Gap Outstanding Technology Leadership Award; and Joshua Kirk, chief technology officer at Smith + Howard CPAs and Advisors, with the 2022 Bridging the Gap Contributor of the Year award.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

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Joshua Parker
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Joshua Parker was promoted to senior manager at Nathan Wechsler & Co, Concord. 

NEW JERSEY

RRBB Accountants and Advisors, Somerset, created a women's forum and appointed senior manager Danielle Weiss to serve as chair.

NEW YORK

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Berdon, New York, as official accountants and advisors of the New York Mets, partnered with Learn Fresh, the Mets and the Amazin' Mets Foundation for the second year in a row to provide New York City middle school students with Math Hits, a summer education program focusing on STEM and social-emotional learning. On Aug. 10, Berdon and the Mets invited students from the Cross Island YMCA and the Sheltering Arms Children & Family Services of P.S. 105 to Citi Field for the first ever End of Summer Math Hits Tournament.

EisnerAmper, New York, added outsourced IT services, to be helmed by team leader Rahul Mahna. In other firm news, EisnerAmper Advisory Group admitted 10 new partners: Steven Bisciello in the health care services group; Sarah Brand and Ling You in the real estate services group; Jennifer Cuello and Lindsey Layman in financial services; Rebecca De Leon in the financial services and technology groups; Nina Kelleher in risk advisory services; Daniel Krauss in the tax group; Allyson Milbrod, co-leader of the national S corporation tax services team, in tax; and R. Charles Waring in the assurance and technology control services practice. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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Jay Goldman
Jay Goldman, chair of the dealership group at Boyer & Ritter, Camp Hill, joined the firm's executive committee, assuming the seat previously held by principal Paul Fisher, who will focus on his role chairing the construction and real estate services group.

TEXAS

Tony Banks, director in the Dallas office at Grant Thornton, was elected to the national board of the Association for Corporate Growth.

UNITED KINGDOM

Guardian Business Group, Montserrat, joined Andersen Global. 

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