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Thomas Adrians, CPA, MBA, has been named to the UW– Green Bay Foundation board of directors. He graduated from the university with a degree in managerial accounting in 1982. James Bird, CPA, MBA, CGMA, has joined Beloit Health System as vice president and CFO.
Holly Breien, CPA, MPA, has been promoted to CFO at the Wisconsin professional engineering firm of Ruekert & Mielke Inc. She succeeds Ken Williams, CPA, who retired after 33 years of service with the firm. Peter Brunner, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. He was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Green Bay office. Elizabeth Colson, CPA, has been named a partner in Truity Partners LLC, the new firm formerly known as Baker Tilly Search & Staffing.
Ali Court, CPA, has joined Immel Construction as controller. Kyle Dieringer has been promoted to CFO at Wangard Partners Inc.
Deann Faubel, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. She was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Appleton office.
Jane Jerzak, CPA, RN, has joined PYA, a national accounting and management consulting firm, as a principal.
Todd Kostman, CPA, has joined the CPA firm of Bauman Associates, Eau Claire, as a principal. He comes to the firm with more than 25 years of public accounting experience. Bradley Kruger, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. He was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Stevens Point office. Kyle Mair, CPA, a partner with Baker Tilly in Madison, has been named to the 2022 class of 40 Under 40 professionals in the Madison area by In Business magazine. He has been with Baker Tilly since 2007 and was promoted to partner in 2020.
Sen. Howard Marklein, CPA, CFE, has been named UW–Whitewater’s 2022 Outstanding Alumnus for Community/ Regional Service. Marklein, who represents Senate District 17 in the Wisconsin State Senate and is co-chair of the Joint Committee on Finance, graduated from the university with a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1976.
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Andy Mathes, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. He was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Oshkosh office.
Douglas Neis, CPA, will retire May 15 from his position as vice president and CFO of Marcus Corp. after 36 years of service to the organization. Mark Oldenberg, CPA, was promoted to CEO for Durandbased Security Financial Services Corp. and its subsidiary, Security Financial Bank, for which he will continue to serve as president.
Christopher Olson, CPA, MST, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. He was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Wausau office. David Roche, CPA, was promoted to CFO of Kendall Packaging Corp., headquartered in Mequon. He was previously the company’s controller. Melissa Schwartz, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. She was previously a manager in the firm’s Appleton office.
Brigette Singletary, CPA, MBA, director of finance and revenue for Exact Sciences Corp., has been named to the 2022 class of 40 Under 40 professionals in the Madison area by In Business magazine. She joined Exact Sciences Corp. in 2015. Melanie Stellmacher, CPA, has been promoted to shareholder with KerberRose CPAs. She was previously a senior manager in the firm’s Oshkosh office. Glen Stiteley, CPA, has joined Shipbuilders Credit Union as president and CEO. He most recently served as the chief financial officer and treasurer at Investors Community Bank in Manitowoc.
ORGANIZATION NEWS Wipfli LLP has brought the teams from Chicago-based Solve100 and Westchester, Pennsylvania-based Waypoint into the firm. The two companies bring a combined 25 years of broad capabilities in data analytics and application development.
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