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Carolyn J. Brown: NAWBO’s Business Owner of the Year
Carolyn J. Brown, CEO of The Accountant’s Office LLC, was selected as 2008 Business Owner of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners, Phoenix Metro Chapter (NAWBO). The award was presented at the association’s annual Desert Diamonds Awards Gala on June 18. In attendance were Cindie Hubiak, ASCPA CEO & President, several clients and members of Brown’s staff, along with about 300 NAWBO members, dignitaries and guests.
Mark Landy, CPA, was recently appointed to the Arizona Board of Accountancy by Governor Janet Napolitano.
Donna A. Cordova, CPA, was appointed to serve on the Arizona Physcial Therapy Board by Governor Janet Napolitano.
Rich Dozer recently became president of GenSpring Family Offices, a wealth management firm.
Friends of the Phoenix Public Library elected Scott Evans, CPA, as treasurer.
Dale Walters, CPA, was honored for his leadership by the Arizona Family College Savings Plan Oversight Committee of Phoenix.
Tom Freeze, CPA, has joined JSL Management as its CEO.
Keats, Connelly and Associates, Inc. was named a winner of the 2008 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility.
Adam Miller, CPA, was hired as senior manager for Clifton Gunderson.
Semple, Marchal & Cooper, LLP promoted Eric Kline, CPA, to partner and P. J. Pelliccio, CPA, to principal.
Jeremy Smith, CPA, was promoted to partner at Henry and Horne, Tempe.
First Fidelity Bank hired Marsha Harrison, CPA, as vice president and treasury services relationship manager.
Matt Chew, CPA, of Matthew Kenyon Chew, CPAs, and retired treasurer of The Episcopal Diocese of Arizona, received an honorary degree from Church Divinity School of the Pacific, an Episcopal Church Seminary.
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Desert Southwest Chapter, elected James Dunlap, CPA and Thomas Maguire, CPA, to its board of directors.
Valley Leadership elected Rob Leslie, CPA, as secretary/treasurer of its board of directors.
Heinfeld, Meech & Co., P.C. has been named number four on the Top 25 Best Small Companies to Work for in America list by the Great Place to Work Institute.
Heinfeld, Meech & Co., P.C. announced the following promotions to partner: Eric S. Taylor, CPA, CGFM, Jill A. Shaw, CPA, and Diane Bradley. Marvin M. Mendieta, CPA, was promoted to audit manager.
Sami Raynes-Houseknecht, CPA, has joined Regier Carr & Monroe, LLP, as audit manager.
Kate Forbes, CPA, was elected to the board of directors of the American Red Cross-Grand Canyon, Phoenix.
Dan Costello, CPA, was elected treasurer of the board of directors of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Newsworthy CPAs…
“There will always be a need for a good tax preparer. Businesses always need help with reporting and organizing their financial documents.”
—Joseph Hecht, CPA, in an article on the
economic state of the accounting industry in the
Phoenix Business Journal
LeRoy Gaintner, CPA, was quoted in an article in Accounting Today on firm associations.
Ed Dupke, CPA, ABV, was featured in article in Accounting Today discussing the AICPA’s new Standards on Valuation Services No. 1.
AZCPA – September 2008
