INCPAS announces awards finalists; ConvergenceCoaching graduates fall class of Transformational Leadership Program; and more news from across the profession.
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CALIFORNIA
MGO, Los Angeles, announced its business management team was honored by Variety and Billboard in their top annual business management lists. Tony Smalls, head of the entertainment, sports and media practice; Michael Meschures, business management partner; Will Price and Buwa Ijirigho, both business management directors, were named to Variety's 2024 Business Managers Elite list, and Smalls and Ijirigho were also named to Billboard's Top Business Managers of 2024 list.
GEORGIA
Laura Berry was named a shareholder at Windham Brannon, Atlanta, where she has worked since 2008 and currently serves as a leader of the advisory practice and member of the firm's operating committee.
INDIANA
Seve Duncan
The Indiana CPA Society announced finalists for the 2024 INCPAS Awards honoring outstanding CPAs and related professionals in Indiana. Finalists in the Breakthrough Award, presented by Miles Talent Hub: Olga Chaikouskaya, CXO Solutions LLC; Erin Smith, Insight Accounting Group, PC; Emerging Leaders Award: Brendon Howell, PwC LLP; Andrew McNeely, Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP; Emilee Smith, London Witte LLP; and Esperanza Wynn, Elanco; Talent Pipeline Award, presented by Forvis Mazars: Herschel Frierson, Crowe LLP; and Andrew Mansaray, Dauby O'Connor & Zaleski; Visionary Award, presented by PwC: ALPFA Indianapolis Chapter; Judy Bobilya-Feher, Perfection Bakeries Inc.; and Benjamin Lippert, Donovan CPAs; Women to Watch Award: Stephanie Bowie, B. Empowered, LLC; Katelyn Leichty, Kruggel Lawton CPAs; Christina Paddock, Christy Paddock Advisors; Sarah Schenkel, Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP; and Ashley Vukovits, LiftBridge. INCPAS also announced as winners, for the Advocacy Award: Benjamin Smith, Estep, Doctor & Co. PC; INCPAS Volunteer of the Year Award: Amanda Horvath, Katz, Sapper & Miller LLP; Chair's Award: Anita Sherman, retired; and the Distinguished Service Award: Kevin Hamernik, Forvis Mazars. In other news, INCPAS and NABA launched ConnectIN, a collaborative initiative designed to strengthen talent pipelines, workforce development and entrepreneurship in accounting, finance, business, AI and emerging technologies.
MARYLAND
NEBRASKA
ConvergenceCoaching, Bellevue, announced the 2023-24 graduates of the 2024 Fall Transformational Leadership Program: Alyssa Aviles, CAAS manager, Boos and Associates; Anita Ison, audit senior manager, Kruggel Lawton CPA; Anita Unger, senior tax manager, Beers, Hamerman, Cohen & Burger; Cara Gray, manager, WilkinGuttenplan; Caroline Ready, marketing and sales coordinator, ConvergenceCoaching; Carson Messenger, tax senior manager, MHCS; Chris Saray, audit manager, WilkinGuttenplan; Cristine Torrefranca, senior manager, Saltmarsh Cleaveland & Gund; Dahlia Garcia, partner, Beasley, Mitchell & Co.; Hans Nielsen, senior manager, Smith + Howard; Holly Connolly, CFO, outsourced accounting, Copeland Buhl; Jon Priebe, tax senior manager, Beers, Hamerman, Cohen & Burger; Karen Lewis, director, KSM CPAs & Advisors; Lisa Walther, tax manager, Weinstein Spira; Megan Stambaugh, audit manager, Grimbleby Coleman; Phil Giguere, partner, MP P.C.; Robert Dowdle, A&A senior manager, VSH CPAs; Slayton Gilmore, tax senior manager, Smith + Howard; Stacey Craig, director, tax services, Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund; Stephen Wray, audit manager, Grimbleby Coleman; and Tim Provost, partner, MP P.C.
NEW JERSEY
The New Jersey Society of CPAs awarded 10 of its members $750 each toward their CPA exam fee costs by selecting lottery winners, affiliate or student members of the NJCPA, at random out of more than 60 entries: Bolakale Ayuba, financial analyst, Microsoft; Angilee Blake, Rider University; Cathy Boutelle; Jacob Chesir; Abraham Goldberg, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Alex Gonzalez, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Sahil Khosla; Zoe Lopez; Dov Vernik; and Chaya Yarmush.
NEW YORK
CohnReznick, New York, earned certification as a Great Place to Work and was also ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services and Best Workplaces for Women for 2024. Additionally, the firm was named Audit Firm of the Year: Overall in Hedgeweek's 2024 U.S. Awards. In other news, CohnReznick announced a substantial increase to its operations in the Philippines through its wholly owned affiliate, CohnReznick Philippines, Inc., which includes growing the team there and securing larger office space.
SCOTLAND
Consilium Chartered Accountants, Glasgow, joined Andersen Global as a member firm.
