On the move: Over a decade of Withum's Week of Caring

December 20, 2024 12:58 PM

Citrin Cooperman appoints CIO; PKF O'Connor Davies opens new Fort Lauderdale office; and more news from across the profession.

CALIFORNIA

Mark Hooley, chief operating officer at CohnReznick, San Diego, was named a Top 500 Most Influential Person by the San Diego Business Journal.

COLORADO

Darrel Loyd

Darrel Loyd was hired as assurance partner in the Denver office at Bennett Thrasher.

CONNECTICUT

The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation, Norwalk, announced the appointment of six new members to the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council: Stacy Harrington, vice president, corporate accounting, Microsoft Corporation; Joseph Holmes, vice president, chief accounting officer, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Susanne Skaggs, chief accounting officer, Bechtel Group; Yoni Engelhart, managing partner, Schilit Forensics;Eric Johnson, executive vice president and chief investment officer, CNO Financial Group Inc.; W. Howard Morris, president and chief investment officer of The Prairie & Tireman Group, member of the board of directors of Owens Corning, member of the board of directors of Virtus Investment Partners.

FLORIDA

Chelsea O'Shields

Chelsea O'Shields, senior manager at HHM CPAs, will be relocating to the firm's Pensacola office.

PKF O'Connor Davies announced the opening of a new office in Fort Lauderdale, located at 200 East Las Olas Boulevard in the city's downtown financial district.

JAPAN

Munetaka Shiratori was hired as audit director in the Tokyo office at MaloneBailey.

MICHIGAN

Zaher Basha

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Zaher Basha was promoted to principal at Yeo & Yeo, Saginaw, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

NEW JERSEY

Withum, Princeton, announced its charitable initiative Withum Week of Caring has expanded its reach from six states to 11, including their India office in Bengaluru, since it began in 2011. During this year's Withum Week of Caring, the firm helped more than 100 organizations locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.

NEW MEXICO

Kyle Bauman

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Kyle Bauman was hired as a principal in the tax services practice group, Matthew Robertson as principal in the audit and assurance practice, and Tom Thornton as technology solutions principal, at REDW, Albuquerque.

NEW YORK

Kimberly Paul was appointed chief information officer at Citrin Cooperman, New York.

PENNSYLVANIA

Deborah Bowman, Scott Henry and Ashley Hershey were promoted to principal at Brown Plus, Camp Hill, effective January 1, 2025. In other firm news, Brown Plus was named Central Penn Business Journal's No. 1 Best Place to Work in PA in the medium-sized company category in 2024, marking the fifth consecutive year the firm has ranked first. The firm was also ranked No. 849 on Newsweek's 2025 Excellence 1000 Index.

TENNESSEE

Buck Freeman

Elliott Davis, Nashville, hired as principals in the health care leadership team: Buck Freeman; Bucky High, health care practice leader; and Nashville tax practice leader Jayme Parmakian.

TEXAS

Mike Barber, office managing partner, Dallas, for CohnReznick, was named to D CEO's Dallas 500 list.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

David Vaudt was appointed to serve on the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board for a five-year term beginning Jan. 27, 2025. He previously served as chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board from July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2020.