VSCPA News

Congratulations to the following members!

Top: Dave Cotton, CPA, Carolyn Dull, CPA. Bottom: Melisa Galasso, CPA, Richard Groover, CPA.

NEW HIRES

Sarah Baldwin has joined Mitchell Wiggins in Richmond as a staff accountant.

Bryan Campbell, CPA, has joined Grow in Norfolk as chief financial officer.

PROMOTIONS

Brown, Edwards & Co. has announced the following promotions: James Wienke, CPA, to director, Marie Wimmer, CPA, to senior manager, Justin Mummey, CPA, to manager, Philip Carcione, CPA, and Brad Lester, CPA, to senior associate and Ben Ziccardy, CPA, to in-charge associate in the Roanoke office; Kimberly Cook, CPA, and Jessica White, CPA, to manager in the Lynchburg office; Tina Ford to senior associate and Rebecca Brintzenhofe, CPA, to in-charge associate in the Harrisonburg office; and Tristan Rosenfels, CPA, to in-charge associate in the Bristol office.

Burdette, Smith & Bish in Fairfax promoted Mike Crichton, CPA, to manager, Joe Storm, CPA, to supervisor and Alex Salomonsky, CPA, to senior accountant.

PBMares announced the following promotions: Marilyn Kitchens, CPA, to manager in the Fredericksburg office; Stephen Smark, CPA, to manager and Brian Day, CPA, to supervisor in the Newport News office; Tyler Farnsworth, CPA, Jonathan Mason, CPA, and Andrea Nichols, CPA, to supervisor in the Harrisonburg office; Cody Camblin, CPA, to supervisor in the Richmond office; and Kevin Whitley to senior in the Fairfax office.

David Lamb, CPA, has been promoted to manager at DuvallWheeler, CPAs, in Manassas.

Fran Randall, CPA, has been promoted to tax partner at RyanSharkey in Reston.

APPOINTMENTS & AWARDS

Two VSCPA members were named to Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting list: Wayne Berson, CPA, CEO of BDO USA in McLean, and Lynne Doughtie, CPA, of Powhatan, CEO of KPMG in New York.

David Cotton, CPA, chairman of Cotton & Co. in Alexandria, received the Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year award at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ Global Fraud Conference.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has reappointed Carolyn Dull, CPA, mayor of the city of Staunton, to the Virginia Criminal Justice Services Board. CPA Practice Advisor named three VSCPA members to its 40 Under 40 list: Melisa Galasso, CPA, founder of Galasso Learning Solutions in Charlotte, N.C.; Richard Groover, CPA, shareholder at Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer in Norfolk and chair of the VSCPA Board of Directors; and Nick Preusch, CPA, tax manager at PBMares in Fredericksburg.

WE MOURN THE LOSS OF...

Charles Anderson, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Richmond. A U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II, he was active in St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, where he served as trustee and treasurer. He served on the VSCPA’s Accounting and Auditing Procedures and MAP Survey Analysis committees.

Tom Carson, CPA, a VSCPA Life member from Ashland. He ran his own firm in Richmond and served as treasurer of the Richmond Philharmonic for more than 40 years.

David Will, CPA, of Glen Allen. A graduate of Bridgewater College, he spent his entire career at Mitchell, Wiggins & Co., where he served as partner-in-charge of the Richmond office. He served on the board of directors for United Methodist Family Services, where he chaired the finance and audit committees, and served in leadership roles at Crestwood Presbyterian Church and Mount Vernon Baptist Church.

Firm news

Leesburg-based Updegrove, Combs & McDaniel, PLC, has changed its name to Updegrove, McDaniel, McMullen & Chiccehitto, PLC.

MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Richmond-based Cherry Bekaert has acquired CTS Capital Advisors, a Bethesda, Md.,-based firm specializing in valuation and business advisory services.

Sareen & Associates in Manassas has added Springfield-based firm Howser & Associates. PHILANTHROPY

Ten employees of Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell in Bethesda, Md., ran in the Marine Corps 10K in Washington on Oct. 28. The race supports the Children’s Inn at NIH, a nonprofit residence for families with children participating in leading-edge research studies at the National Institutes of Health. Email disclosures@vscpa.com if you have exciting news to share. The VSCPA prints news of members’ awards, appointments and promotions as well as new hire and job change announcements. Firm news, such as mergers and acquisitions and community service activities, is also welcome. Feel free to send headshots, but please make sure they are high-quality, 300 dpi JPG files. Unfortunately, due to space constraints, we cannot print degrees or designations awarded to members.

THE VSCPA’S NEWEST VIRGINIA CPA LICENSEES

Kyle Begley, Arlington Juhsien Chang, Richmond Carl Chenoweth, Elkton Katrina Crews, Richmond Christopher Danelon, Herndon Joseph Daugherty, Arlington Brian Day, Newport News Molly Freiert, Richmond Charles Gundlach, Richmond Marshall Irby, Richmond William Neice, Virginia Beach Emily O’Connell, Arlington William Packett, Fredericksburg Mariia Reznichenko, Reston Shawn Salina, Stephenson Samantha Schmitz, Arlington McKenna Shirey, Tysons Ann Smith, Leesburg Aaron Templeman, Richmond

List from July, August and September. Compiled Oct. 4, 2018.

STAFF NEWS

ANNIVERSARIES (Pictured clockwise above.)

Nov. 13: Senior Director, Learning Linda Newsom-McCurdy, CAE, 15 years Dec. 1: President & CEO Stephanie Peters, CAE, 21 years Dec. 4: Membership Marketing Specialist Evan Taylor, 1 year Dec. 13: Communications Manager Chip Knighton, 8 years

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Help college students get CPA-ready!

Want to meet college accounting students looking to join the CPA profession? The VSCPA has created brand-new workshops to help inform students about career opportunities and the CPA Exam, while equipping them with career readiness skills. These “CPA Ready Workshops” will be launching in January 2019 and will be held throughout Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, George Mason University and Old Dominion University. By sponsoring one of these events, you’ll have access to accounting students from across the state. If you’re looking for interns or entry-level staff, or want to promote the resources you have available to students, please contact Academic Engagement Director Molly Wash at mwash@vscpa.com or (804) 612-9417.

WE CAN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!

Thanks to all the VSCPA members who have already signed up to volunteer! Visit the Volunteer Manager on Connect to see the full list of current opportunities at vscpa.com/ Volunteer. Current opportunities are:

• Engage with students in the classroom • Accounting & Auditing Advisory

Committee

• Peer Review Committee • Professional Ethics Committee • Tax Advisory Committee