On the move: Herbein appoints first COO

MASSACHUSETTS

Joseph O'Malley

Joseph O'Malley was hired as a tax partner at QRGA, Norwood.

Chris MacKenzie was appointed growth leader at LGA, Woburn, where he will lead the firm's long-term expansion and business development initiatives.

The Massachusetts Society of CPAs, Boston, announced the honorees of the 2024 Women to Watch Awards; in the Emerging Leaders category: Alisha Crowley, principal, CLA; Sophia Elton, senior audit associate, KPMG; Lauren Foley, senior associate, Meyers Brothers Kalicka; Kacie McManus, associate principal, forensic services, Charles River Associates; and Experienced Leaders: Tracy Noga, professor and accounting department chair, Bentley University; Carol Ruiz, partner, PwC; and Jamie Tong-Chow, audit shareholder, Tonneson + Co.

NEW YORK

The offices of KPMG in Chicago

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KPMG, New York, released its 2024 CEO Outlook Survey, featuring insights from 400 U.S. chief executives and available here.

UHY announced the agenda for its 2024 Annual Manufacturing Outlook Conference at the Desmond Hotel in Albany on Sept. 26 from 8 to 11:30 a.m. ET, available here.

PENNSYLVANIA

James Michalak

James Michalak was appointed to the newly created role of chief operating officer at Herbein + Co., Reading, for a five-year term. Michalak most recently served as chief information and digital officer, a member of the firm's executive committee and as the Greater Pittsburgh partner-in-charge at Herbein.

TENNESSEE

LBMC's offices in Brentwood, Tenn., near Nashville

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LBMC, Nashville, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year.

Wendy Garvin was selected as the executive vice president at the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Nashville, by NASBA president and CEO Daniel Dustin, and will assume her new role Oct 1.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Kenneth Corbin

Kenneth Corbin, taxpayer services chief at the Internal Revenue Service, received the 2024 Government Executive of the Year Award from the Service to the Citizen Awards program. In other news, the IRS appointed 10 new members to the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee: David Casey, secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue; Manuel Dominguez, program manager, agency and industry relations at the Tax Institute at H&R Block; Jane Chou, founder of CKYFS Inc.; Richard Lavina, co-founder and CEO of Taxfyle; Jack Mao, founder and CEO of ZipperTax; Jose Martinez, founder of J.A. Martinez Jr. Inc.; Ryan Minnick, chief operating officer at the Federation of Tax Administrators; Amy Nowak, a senior attorney in tax law at Frost Law; Graham O'Neill, former director of partnerships and virtual tax operations at the Campaign for Working Families; and Kristine Willson, director of global payroll at Talkdesk.