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On the move: NJCPA hosts first Accelerating Scholars event

ByDanielle Lee
May 31, 2024 12:37 PM

NJCPA hosts inaugural Accelerating Scholars in Accounting event; Bennett Thrasher launches new division; MACPA graduates 20 from 2024 Leadership Academy; and more news from across the profession. 

ALABAMA

Jennifer Hardin was named chief financial officer at Warren Averett CPAs and Advisors, Birmingham. 

CALIFORNIA

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Ron Martin
Ron Martin was hired as national tax leader and partner at MGO, Los Angeles. 

CONNECTICUT

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Hillary Salo
The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation announced that Hillary Salo, whose five-year term on the Financial Accounting Standards Board begins July 1, 2024, will serve as the board's vice chair, succeeding current FASB vice chair James Kroeker, whose final term on the FASB concludes June 30, 2024. (Read the full story.)

GEORGIA

Bennett Thrasher, Atlanta, launched a new division, Bennett Thrasher Fund Administration, to serve clients in the fund space, led by Beth Warchol.

Hancock Askew, Savannah, promoted to partner: Anna Davis, Bill Becker, Emory Nesbit, Kate Haslam, Ken Smith, Lindsey Little, Lisette Rodriguez, Mark Fenaughty and Rachel Connor.

MAINE

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Logan Donahue
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Logan Donahue was hired as an audit senior manager at Albin, Randall & Bennett, Portland. 

MARYLAND

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The Maryland Association of CPAs, Towson, graduated 20 emerging leaders from its 2024 Leadership Academy, held in collaboration with the Dr. Nancy Grasmick Leadership Institute. This year's graduates are: Betty Adeosun, Atapco Properties; Michelle Beasley, Atapco Properties; Lidiya Bridges, BSC Group, LLC; Reina Canales-Pagan, Gross, Mendelsohn & Assoc., PA; Kathleen Dean, ClearView Group; Andrew Edmunds, ClearView Group; Omar Fahnbulleh, Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development; Dani Hartz, ClearView Group; Henry Kahwaty, Rosen, Sapperstein & Friedlander, LLC; Hailu Mengesha, Mullen, Sondberg, Wimbish & Stone PA; Renata Pacheco dos Reis, SB & Company, LLC; Obaid Qureshi, ClearView Group; Kellsey Rogall, BSC Group, LLC; Pepper Sealey, Gross, Mendelsohn & Assoc., PA; Patrick St. Clair, Ellin & Tucker, Chartered; Brandon Tateh Achenjang, ClearView Group; Arameh Teymouri, ClearView Group; Jaime Thompson, Nicholynn Advisors, LLC; Keon Webb, ClearView Group; and Mike York, ClearView Group.

NEW JERSEY

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The New Jersey Society of CPAs held its inaugural Accelerating Scholars in Accounting event May 16 at its office in Roseland, hosting more than 50 accounting students from universities, colleges and county colleges. The event included interactive discussions about the accounting profession and becoming a CPA and was sponsored by CLA, CohnReznick, Deloitte Foundation, Mazars, WilkinGuttenplan, Wiss and Withum.

NORTH CAROLINA

Abby Lampe, financial services consultant at PwC, Raleigh, competed in and won the 2024 Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling Competition in Gloucestershire, England, defending a title she also won in 2022. 

PENNSYLVANIA

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April Hoelscher
April Hoelscher was hired as a marketing manager at RKL, Lancaster. 

Brown Plus, Camp Hill, announced that audit senior manager Ryan Harshman graduated from Leadership Frederick County and tax manager Gregg Whitcomb graduated from the Leadership Harrisburg Area Community Leadership Series.

TENNESSEE

Nicola Neilon was nominated as the vice chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy for the 2024-25 term.

UNITED KINGDOM

EY announced the appointment of a new EY global independent nonexecutive, Duane DesParte, who will join the EY Global Governance Council. He was formerly a member and acting chairperson of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

WISCONSIN

Wipfli, Milwaukee, promoted to partner, in manufacturing, retail and distribution: Nate Bartz, audit and accounting; Kate Brown, technology advisory/analytics; Cheryl Carr, outsourced services; Anthony Shibata, technology advisory; in construction and real estate: Jared Heimerl, tax services; and Ryan Rademann, technology advisory; in financial services: Thomas Loring, core advisory; and Lindsey Sabelko, tax services; in general office: Andrew Seifert, tax services; and in private client: Sydney Swanson, tax services.
Danielle Lee
Managing Editor, Accounting Today
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