People & firms on the move: Anchin appoints first COO

February 26, 2021 11:30 AM

Lumsden & McCormick promotes four; the Oklahoma Society of CPAs announces its 2021 Trailblazer and Path Finder award winners; and more CPA news.

ARIZONA

Lohman Co., Mesa, ranked No. 1 in Ranking Arizona’s "The Best of Arizona Business 2021 Accounting Firms" for firms with five to 28 CPAs. The list is based on a statewide business opinion poll.

AUSTRALIA

Practice Ignition, New South Wales, is accepting nominations for its Top 50 Women in Accounting awards. More information is available here.

BOLIVIA

Legal Accounting Services, Santa Cruz, was accepted into membership at BKR International.

CALIFORNIA

Andersen Global, San Francisco, announced it is unifying its African member firms under the brand Andersen, making five former collaborating firms member firms of Andersen Global: member firms operating under the brand Andersen Tax in Nigeria and Kenya, and Tabacks in South Africa, Jelil Bouraoui & Associates in Tunisia, and ATax Advisors in Mauritius and Seychelles. Additionally, Mondon Conseil in Ivory Coast and Isálcio Mahanjane Advogado & Associados in Mozambique joined Andersen Global as member firms.

CONNECTICUT

Jeffrey Previdi

The Financial Accounting Foundation, Norwalk, announced that Jeffrey Previdi was reappointed as vice chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board; Lise Valentine, the deputy inspector general for audit and program review for the city of Chicago, was appointed vice chair of the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council.

GEORGIA

Aprio, Atlanta, announced Marc Rosenkoetter was admitted to the partner group, as well as the promotions of Danielle Berg to chief growth officer; Dan Mallory to chief information officer; and Jeff Duncan to director, leading the financial consulting practice.

ILLINOIS

RSM US, launched the Middle Market Collaborative for Understanding, a membership group designed to enhance diversity, equity and inclusion within their organizations and across the middle-market business community by sharing ideas and best practices. RSM will also produce thought leadership and research based on key learnings of the group, which include 14 inaugural members, including RSM, across a range of industries. (Read the full story.)

Keith Nickels was hired as a tax partner and national leader of the firm’s research and development tax credit services practice at Grant Thornton, Chicago.

LOUISIANA

Jim Koerber

Jim Koerber, director at Postlethwaite & Netterville, Baton Rouge, authored two chapters for “The Comprehensive Guide to Economic Damages,” published by Business Valuation Resources.

MINNESOTA

Abdo, Eick & Meyers, Edina, launched a new strategic data analytics service, to be led by recently hired information technology executive Dan Alstrup.

NEW JERSEY

Grassi, Park Ridge, teamed up with the New Jersey Food Processors Association to launch a key benchmarking survey of New Jersey’s food manufacturers, with contributions from the Rutgers Food Innovation Center and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.

NEW YORK

Hand-out/Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP

Anchin, New York, hired: Sharon Franklin as the firm’s first chief operating officer; Alan Goldenberg as the tax principal of the state and local tax group; Joseph Molloy as a tax partner in the architecture and engineering and construction industry groups; Peter Motsch as a director and co-leader of the client advisory services group; and Edward Kim as a tax director in the private client group.

Stephanie Wilkinson was promoted to chief operating officer, Christine Proulx Grzyb to marketing coordinator, Mark Stack to tax principal, and Mary Young to audit principal at Lumsden & McCormick, Buffalo.

CohnReznick, New York, received the Out-of-Court Restructuring of the Year Award at the 12th annual Turnaround Atlas Awards for its restructuring work for Allentown, Pennsylvania-based Coordinated Health. Cynthia Romano, global director of CohnReznick’s restructuring and dispute resolution practice, served as chief restructuring officer in the turnaround and sale of Coordinated Health.

OKLAHOMA

The Oklahoma Society of CPAs, Oklahoma City, announced its 2021 Trailblazer and Path Finder award recipients, recognizing distinguished Oklahoma CPAs. The Path Finder awardees are: Mike Crawford, retired, Crawford & Associates; Jane Haskin, retired, First Bethany Bank & Trust; Rachel Johnson, director of accounting, Humphreys Capital; Tony Scott, director of business development, Arledge & Associates; and the Trailblazer honorees are: Lauren Crawford, tax senior, Hogan Taylor; Denise Felber, tax partner, HoganTaylor; Stephanie Keller, tax partner, Eide Bailly; Shawn Loader, director, BKD CPAs & Advisors; Casey Pierce, accountant, Klingenberg and Associates; and Stephanie Taylor, tax project manager, CCK Strategies.

PENNSYLVANIA

Brian Auchey

Brian Auchey was hired as an outsourced accounting advisor at Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz, Camp Hill, to provide chief financial officer and controller services to clients.

Herbein + Co., Reading, and law firm Barley Snyder announced the 2021 Food & Ag. Summit, held March 2-30, 2021, which will feature six virtual events focused on topics relevant to the food and agribusiness sector.

TENNESSEE

Laura Powers was hired as a client services associate and Lauren Ruddle as a tax manager, in the tax department, at Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck, Memphis.

TEXAS

Rich Majares joined ABIP, Houston, as a partner, along with four additional staff members from the CPA firm he founded, Ubernosky & Majeres.

Loretta Cross and John Baumgartner were hired as managing directors in the strategy and transactions practice at Grant Thornton, Houston, as part of the firm’s expansion of its restructuring-services offering for oil and gas.