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ARKANSAS

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Aaron Beard
Aaron Beard and Joy Emery were promoted to principal at HCJ CPAs & Advisors, Little Rock. 

CALIFORNIA

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Stephen Squillario
Stephen Squillario was hired as general counsel at HCVT, Los Angeles, where he previously served as the firm's outside counsel. 

GEORGIA

Ken Smith was hired as a tax principal at Hancock Askew & Co., Atlanta. 

ILLINOIS

Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton, Chicago, appointed Andrea Schulz to lead the technology industry practice; Russell Norris to lead the transportation industry practice; and also named, as managing partner: audit partner Josh Smith in Austin; as market managing partners: audit partner Scott DeVenny in Cincinnati, mergers and acquisitions tax services practice partner Tracy Hennesy in Houston, audit partner Greg Payne in Kansas City, audit partner Scott Mager in South Florida; and as market managing principals: Dave Maturo in Philadelphia, and risk services leader Jamie Sybert in Pittsburgh.

Kim Mendoza, currently an assistant professor of accountancy and Grant Thornton Faculty Fellow, was appointed the new director of the University of Illinois-Deloitte Foundation Center for Business Analytics at the University of Illinois' Gies College of Business.

INDIANA

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Jay Cunningham
Jay Cunningham was hired as a managing director in the forensics and valuation practice at Forvis, Indianapolis. 

MISSOURI

Boomer Consulting awarded two individuals with its Bridging the Gap awards, honoring firms and individuals in the accounting profession that excel in aligning technology and firm management, during the 2023 Boomer Technology Circles Summit in Kansas City. Kamran Faruqi, chief information officer at Adams Brown, was presented with the 2023 Bridging the Outstanding Technology Leader award and Greg Davis, principal of Pinion, was presented with the 2023 Innovation Leader award. Boomer Consulting also announced it will be evolving the Boomer Circle Summit, bringing together all members of all of Boomer's peer communities Aug. 18-21, 2024, at the Loews Hotel in Kansas City. 

NEW JERSEY

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Danielle Weiss
Danielle Weiss, a senior manager at RRBB, Somerset, was appointed the vice president of the BW NICE Ocean County Chapter, a networking organization for women.

CLM Advisors, Sewell, announced its continued sponsorship of Bike MS: City to Shore, taking place Sept. 30 and Oct. 1 in Cherry Hill, N.J., and hosted by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Withum, Princeton, and Seton Hall University partnered on a one-year pilot program to help accounting students fulfill the 150-credit hours requirement for CPA licensure. (Read the full story.) 

NEW YORK

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Marcum Foundation executive director Tracy Weiner
Marcum announced the Marcum Foundation raised $860,000 and counting for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital at the annual Hope in the Hamptons Gala. Additionally, the Marcum Foundation will be hosting its fourth annual charity golf outing Sept. 19 at Sebonack Golf Club in Southampton, with all funds also supporting the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

SAPRO, New York, joined global network HLB International. 

OHIO

Bober Markey Fedorovich, Akron, promoted, in tax services: Megan Kishman to senior manager, Tyler Hagmeier to supervisor, Dakota Dunwiddie and Caitlin Stemple to senior accountants; in assurance and advisory: Shane Hartman and Jacob McMichael to supervisors, and Conner Bast and Eden Copley to senior accountants; in business advisory services: Emily Mijic to supervisor; and in the IT department: Kyle Wilkinson to junior systems administrator. The firm also hired, as staff accountants: Zach Bezon, Michael Dascenzo, Quinton Farren, Celeste Neal and Teresa Reed in tax services; and Samantha Catlin and Adam Gatrell as senior accountants.

PENNSYLVANIA

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Maureen Barry
Jen Worley
Maureen Barry and Patrick Hickmann were hired as tax senior managers and Teagan Osborne as an audit manager at Schneider Downs, Pittsburgh. 

Ken Wolfe, president and managing principal at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, was named by Central Penn Business Journal as one of Central Pennsylvania's power players on its 2023 Power List for Banking, Finance, Accounting and Wealth Management.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Calibre CPA Group won the Clearly Rated Best of Accounting Award for superior client service. 
Danielle Lee
Managing Editor, Accounting Today
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