Introduction
CALIFORNIA
Brian Toman was appointed special advisor in the Multistate Tax Controversy Services practice at Deloitte Tax, San Francisco.
Lauren Akmaeva was appointed vice president of finance at close management software provider FloQast, Los Angeles.
CONNECTICUT
ILLINOIS
KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA
MARYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
Sarah Russell, shareholder at Clayton & McKervey, Detroit, was appointed to the Michigan Chapter board of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.
MISSOURI
Julie Hiblovic, audit partner at Anders CPAs + Advisors, St. Louis, was named a 2017 St. Louis Trailblazer by the University of Missouri — St. Louis, to be honored at the Honoring Trailblazing Women in Labor and Business awards March 22. Jenny Meyer, tax partner at Anders, was named to the Top 100 St. Louisans to Know to Succeed in Business by St. Louis Small Business Monthly, selected by a group of judges and to be recognized at the St. Louis Business Expo on April 19.
NEW JERSEY
Milton Kahn, CPA, was named principal of The DAK Group, a boutique investment bank specializing in middle market companies.
NEW YORK
Lumsden & McCormick, Buffalo, announced several appointments: Cheryl Caughel was hired as general ledger analyst in the audit department; Dominic Baranyi and Jenna Torella were named senior accountants in the audit department; and John George was hired as staff accountant.
Kelly Mandell was hired as a staff analyst responsible for valuation, forensic accounting and litigation support services, at Brisbane Consulting Group, Buffalo, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lumsden & McCormick.
Dana Fried was appointed managing director of national tax services in the tax practice at CohnReznick, New York.
Matthew Waldron was appointed technical director of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board, New York.
Hope Goldstein was named co-partner-in-charge of the nonprofit, government and healthcare group of Marks Paneth, New York, which she joined in 2005. Warren Ruppel, partner in the midtown headquarters at Marks Paneth, was appointed practice leader for government services.
Peter Fiorillo was named president and CEO of Prager Metis Technology, New York, Prager Metis’ newly created technology company specializing in cybersecurity, risk intelligence and regulatory compliance.
PENNSYLVANIA
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEXAS
Norman Comstock, former UHY managing director, David Phillips, and their consultant team from Berkeley Research Group have joined UHY at the firm’s new office in Houston to provide cybersecurity and related technology advisory services.