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On the move: New board members at Grant Thornton

ByDaniel Hood
December 23, 2021 1:30 PM

Grant Thornton elects new members of its partnership board; Virginia names its Women to Watch; a large number of firms get named to AM Best's list of the top audit and actuarial firms in the insurance space; Armanino's new Accelerated Path to Partner program; and other firm and personnel news from across the country.

CALIFORNIA

Armanino's offices
Armanino LLP, San Ramon, has launched its Accelerated Path to Manager program, which shortens the typical career path of becoming a manager from five or six years down to four. (See the full story.)

GEORGIA

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Steve Kunkle
Steve Kunkle has joined the transaction advisory services division of BKD as a managing director, While based in Atlanta, he will lead health care transaction services for the clients across the country.

ILLINOIS

Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton elected two new members to its partnership board: Mike Desmond, national client experience leader for audit and office managing partner for Charlotte, North Carolina, and Kelli Knoble, national business lines leader for the firm’s tax practice, who is based in Charlotte. In addition, two current board members were re-elected to new three-year terms: Enzo Santilli, transformation advisory business line leader and office managing partner for Pittsburgh, and Doreen Griffith, office managing partner for Dallas.

MARYLAND

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For the eleventh year in a row, KatzAbosch has been named a Top Workplaces by the Baltimore Sun and Energage LLC. The recognition is based on anonymously-gathered staff feedback on 15 culture drivers.

NEW JERSEY

AM Best named a large number of accounting firms to its 2021 list of the Top Audit and Actuarial Firms in the insurance space. Among those that were in the top five in their categories were: BKD, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Grant Thornton, Johnson Lambert, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

VIRGINIA

VSCPA Women to Watch Award Winners 2021
VSCPA Women to Watch Award winners for 2021
The Virginia Society of CPAs, in partnership with the American Institute of CPAs, announced the winners of the 2021 Women to Watch Awards, which recognize outstanding women CPAs who are committed to making significant contributions to the CPA profession, their organizations and to the greater advancement of women leaders in business. Catina Downey (right), owner of Catina Downey CPA LLC in Richmond, was named in the Experienced Leader Category, and Erin Burlew (left), assurance manager at DHG in Richmond, in the Emerging Leader Category.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Retired PricewaterhouseCoopers partner Raymond Vicks has been appointed to serve on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board for a five-year term to begin on July 1, 2022. He will succeed member Graylin Smith.

PENNSYLVANIA

Herbein + Co. Inc., Reading, announced a number of promotions for 2021: T. Paige Famous, Elizabeth Fernandez, Trevor Fichthorn, Lucas Kunkel, Emily Seaman-Brennan and Alyssa Wilkinson were promoted to advanced staff accountant; Michael Koller, Annika McKinney, Molly O'Toole, Austin Roth and Brian Schumacher to senior accountant; Megan Larkin to manager; Julie Mixtacki to senior manager; Ryan Krall, Arveen Minhas, Brittany Nimal and Kathleen Martell to supervisor; Cory Eisenhofer, Edward Flohr, Jessica LeConey, Kaitlyn Schappell and Megan Thompson to senior manager; Lauren Peroni to learning & development coordinator; Susan Curtis to senior HR generalist; Sherry Staib to support supervisor; Nicole Centini and Jennifer Werner to senior administrative support specialist; Terry Zellers to office administrator; Chelsey Reichelt to marketing specialist; Melissa Rebholz to director of human resources; Shanin Bachstein to director of compliance services; Mark Gallagher to director of audit services; Jennifer Goldsmith Cerra to director of communications; and Gloria Gombar to vice president of finance.
Daniel Hood
Editor-in-chief, Accounting Today
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