On the move: PwC names next chief people officer

September 16, 2022 9:30 AM

Schellman opens new office; Bennett Thrasher appoints chief information officer; and more CPA news.

ARIZONA

Sean Tanner

Sean Tanner, principal in the consulting services practice at Keegan Linscott & Associates, Tucson, earned the Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor certification.

CALIFORNIA

Courtesy of BPM LLP

BPM, San Francisco, was named to the North Bay Business Journal's Best Places to Work list for the 17th consecutive year.

Andy Burner was hired as SVP of people strategy and Stephanie Johnson as senior vice president of business transformation at AbacusNext, San Diego.

FLORIDA

Katie Gilden

Alison Frank

Katie Gilden, chief operating officer at Fiske & Co., Fort Lauderdale, was made equity partner.

GEORGIA

Courtney Edwards was promoted to chief information officer at Bennett Thrasher, Atlanta.

ILLINOIS

Dan Cameron was hired as a transaction advisory analyst in the tax group at ORBA, Chicago.

MASSACHUSETTS

Jeremy Newell

Jeremy Newell, manager at StoneTurn, Boston, was named to the 14th graduating class of the American Institute of CPAs' Leadership Academy.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Brianna Sawyer

Brianna Sawyer was promoted to associate at Nathan Wechsler & Co., where she previously worked as an intern.

NEW JERSEY

Bjondina Karpuzi

The Mercadien Group, Princeton, promoted to managing director and principal: Bjondina Karpuzi, Holly Sabo and Eric Whelan; to director: Benjamin McDannell and Raphael Carletti, members in the nonprofit and human services group; to manager: Miroslava Juscakova and Christina Richardson, members of the financial institutions services group; to marketing manager: Ashely Webb, member of the operations team; along with 19 additional professionals in various practice areas of the firm that were also promoted.

NEW YORK

Yolanda Seals Coffield

Yolanda Seals Coffield was appointed the next chief people officer at PwC, New York, where she was most recently deputy people leader on the U.S. leadership team.

BDO, New York, released its 2022 Fall Board Pulse Survey, available here.

Ryan Jackson was appointed partner in the private equity practice at CrossCountry Consulting, New York.

OHIO

Stephen Mazza

Stephen Mazza was hired as a partner in the tax services group at Bober Markey Fedorovich, Akron.

Schellman opened a new office on Kenny Road in the Upper Arlington area of Columbus.

PENNSYLVANIA

Carrie Small

Carrie Small was hired as a tax principal in the insurance practice at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill.

Connie Buzzard was hired as a small business specialist working with the newly added client accounting services line at Ross Buehler Falk & Co., Lancaster.

TEXAS

Bruce Mills

Weaver announced the newly formed asset management consulting services team, led by managing director Bruce Mills.

Lane Gorman Trubitt, Dallas, promoted: Denver Todd and Susan Fisher to principal; within the accounting and consulting services department: Chris Lawson and Jessica Brown to supervising senior; in the tax department: Jagpreet Singh and Dillon Jones to staff II; Tylynn Brown and Meagan Sij to senior I; Rebecca Ray to supervising senior; Jackie Sun to supervisor; and Xin Liao, Swarup Koirala and Ruth Ollarzabal to manager; in assurance services: Sanica Huang and Joey Gomez to staff II; Trace Frick to senior I; Erika Gooding and Alec Scholl to senior II; Jack Udomsilp and Ali Taheri to supervising senior; Austin Stevens and Justin Lewis to manager; and Nathan Taylor to senior manager.

UNITED KINGDOM

Kreston Global, London, announced a new global transfer pricing group, led by U.S.-based David Whitmer.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board announced Mark Adler will return to the PCAOB as acting director of the Division of Enforcement and Investigations. Current DEI director Patrick Bryan was set to depart Sept. 15. Additionally, the PCAOB appointed Kent Bonham as director of the Office of Communications and Engagement.