Member News
Marianne E. DeVries, CPA, has been appointed president of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy for the 2007-2008 year. Jennifer Phillips, CPA, CFE, has been promoted to audit partner of DeVries CPAs of Arizona. Frederick Lewis, CPA, has been promoted to audit senior. Mike DeVries, CPA, will join the firm as the tax advisory partner. Sarah L. Hennessey, CPA, and Timothy Spencer have also joined DeVries CPAs of Arizona as audit seniors. Jodi Kimmerle, CPA (Montana), has rejoined DeVries CPAs of Arizona as audit senior.
Gary Fleming, CPA, of Henry & Horne, has been appointed by Governor Napolitano to the Arizona State Board of Accountancy.
Daniel Costello, CPA, was named secretary/treasurer of the board of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Phoenix affiliate.
Ron Zahn, CPA, was named senior adviser of Economic Insights, Inc.
Dale Walters, CPA, CEO of Keats, Connelly and Associates, was named an Investment Advisor Certified Compliance Professional .
Kathleen Wilson, CPA, was promoted to senior accountant/public service for LarsonAllen, LLP.
Steven Tait, CPA, managing partner of Walker & Armstrong, LLP, was named treasurer of Arizona Bridge to Independent Living.
The Apollo Group named Brian Swartz, CPA, senior vice president-finance and chief accounting officer, Greg J. Iverson, CPA, vice president and controller, Carlos L. Rojas, CPA, vice president/international controller, and Junette C. West, CPA, treasurer.
Keats, Connelly and Associates was named the fastest growing financial advisor in Arizona with $100 million or more assets under management by Financial Advisor Magazine in its annual “Top RIA Survey.” Last year, Keats grew more than 46 percent, more than any other independent firm in Arizona in any asset category above $100 million. Nationally, Keats ranked 24.
Deloitte & Touche USA LLP has promoted Lee Hathaway, CPA, Nikki Vogt, CPA, and Renae Welder, CPA, to partner and Jessica Duff, CPA, has been promoted to firm director.
Newsworthy CPAs
“CFOs increasingly are being asked to assume multiple new responsibilities, some of which pull them in opposing directions. Pressure to control costs, coupled with regulators’ and investors’ heightened demand for information and tight controls in the wake of corporate scandals, often force finance executives to spend the majority of their time on traditional accounting tasks.”
Lisa Daniels, partner, KPMG LLP, in an article on CFOs in the
The Business Journal
Rick Goldenson, CPA, managing partner with Clifton Gunderson, LLP, and chair-elect of the ASCPA, wrote an article, “Priority One: Focus on People Pays Off,” for the CPA Practice Management Forum.
Cindie Hubiak, CPA, president and CEO of the ASCPA was quoted in AZ Business in an article on preventing burnout in the workplace.
In Memoriam
Lawrence A. Nevitt, CPA
Pamela A. Casey, CPA
AZ CPA – October 2007
