BKD launches accounting advisory services line; Illinois CPA Society appoints 2022-23 board of directors; and more CPA news.
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April 8, 2022 10:26 AM
FLORIDA
Cristine Torrefranca, senior manager at Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund, Tampa, was elected treasurer of the Bay Area Manufacturers Association.
ILLINOIS
Melanie Barnes was hired as an audit partner in the assurance practice at Sikich, Chicago.
The Illinois CPA Society, Chicago, appointed to its 2022-23 board of directors: chairperson Mary Fuller, Shepard Schwartz & Harris LLP; vice chairperson Jonathan Hauser, KPMG LLP; secretary Deborah Rood, CNA Insurance; treasurer Mark Wolfgram, Bel Brands USA Inc.; immediate past chairperson Thomas Murtagh, BKD CPAs & Advisors; directors John Bird, RSM US LLP; Brian Blaha, Wipfli LLP; Jennifer Cavanaugh, Grant Thornton LLP; Brian Daniell, West & Co. LLC; Pedro Diaz De Leon, Accume Partners; Kimi Ellen, Benford Brown & Associates LLC; Jennifer Goettler, Sikich LLP ; Monica Harrison, Fiducient Advisors; Scott Hurwitz, Deloitte LLP; Joshua Lance, Lance CPA Group; Enrique Lopez, Lopez & Co. CPAs; Stella Marie Santos, Adelfia LLC; Brian Stanko, Ph.D., Loyola University; and Richard Tarapchak, II-VI Inc.
The Illinois CPA Society, Chicago, appointed to its 2022-23 board of directors: chairperson Mary Fuller, Shepard Schwartz & Harris LLP; vice chairperson Jonathan Hauser, KPMG LLP; secretary Deborah Rood, CNA Insurance; treasurer Mark Wolfgram, Bel Brands USA Inc.; immediate past chairperson Thomas Murtagh, BKD CPAs & Advisors; directors John Bird, RSM US LLP; Brian Blaha, Wipfli LLP; Jennifer Cavanaugh, Grant Thornton LLP; Brian Daniell, West & Co. LLC; Pedro Diaz De Leon, Accume Partners; Kimi Ellen, Benford Brown & Associates LLC; Jennifer Goettler, Sikich LLP ; Monica Harrison, Fiducient Advisors; Scott Hurwitz, Deloitte LLP; Joshua Lance, Lance CPA Group; Enrique Lopez, Lopez & Co. CPAs; Stella Marie Santos, Adelfia LLC; Brian Stanko, Ph.D., Loyola University; and Richard Tarapchak, II-VI Inc.
INDIANA
KANSAS
KCoe Isom appointed to principal: Alex Breitinger in Florida; Scott Brin and Joe Brunner in Kansas; and Jen Hertzig in Tennessee.
MEXICO
SKATT, Mexico City, Guadalajara and Queretaro, joined international association Andersen Global.
MISSOURI
Garret Layman
TEXAS
MB Group, Plano, joined AGN International.
VIRGINIA
The Virginia Society of CPAs announced its VSCPA Learning & Innovation Center located in Richmond, is available for rent.
WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Internal Revenue Service recommended, and the Department of Treasury approved, 25 new members to the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel: Sara Zanders in Arkansas; Sarah Holtzclaw, Debra Kurita, Victoria Ramirez, Richard Rodriguez, Angela Madison and Jean Miller in California; Cheryl Crowe in Delaware; Kimberly Fox in Florida; Aisha Earle in Georgia; Kimberly Pederzani in Illinois; Shelley McCracken in Indiana; Rebecca Lammers internationally; Willis Keenan in Kentucky; Anthony Jackson Jr., Louisiana; Steven Hoffman in Massachusetts; Conner McFarland in Maine; Suzanne Trnka in Minnesota; Doris Carpenter in Missouri; George Hampton Williams in Mississippi; Jared Lefevre in Montana; Ruth Guyon in Nebraska; David Newingham in Nevada; Shequeila Birdsong and Charles Harvey in New York; Kameelah Guthridge and Robin Mosley in Ohio; Candace Smith in Oklahoma; Meagan Regina in Pennsylvania; Patricia Thompson in Rhode Island; Marla Brown in Tennessee; Richard Bell and Omar Roman in Texas; Susan LaBudde in Wisconsin; and Melissa Harvey in West Virginia.
