Professionals on the Move – Dec. 30, 2022

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and hiring announcements from around the accounting profession.

StoneTurn, a leading global advisory firm, recently announced the firm has elevated four professionals to leadership positions: Tiffany Lewis as Partner, and Dana Ball, Ksenia Ioffe and Melissa Haley as Managing Director. The promotions will be effective January 1, 2023. 

Tiffany Lewis, Partner. Tiffany has more than a decade of experience consulting on financial and economic issues in intellectual property matters and commercial disputes in courts across the country and alternative dispute resolution processes. She holds a Commercial Arbitration Certification (Domestic and International) and is a member of the State Bar of Texas. Additionally, Tiffany is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Texas, a member of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Dana Ball, Managing Director. Dana has nearly 10 years of experience in compliance, investigations, and disputes within the Construction and Real Estate industry. Dana’s extensive expertise includes the quantification of damages for $200+ million claims in the Defense and Energy sectors, the investigation of a $15+ million-dollar fraud, implementation of responsive compliance programs, and proactive monitoring of construction projects with budgets greater than $500 million. Dana has reconciled accounting and financial data from various accounting software platforms to perform incurred cost reviews and analyses and has prepared economic damage model presentations used in the Federal Court System. She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Ksenia Ioffe, Managing Director. Ksenia has expertise in compliance and monitoring, forensic accounting, and auditing. Ksenia’s experience includes assessing corporate compliance programs and internal controls and advising companies on how to remediate and enhance compliance programs to prevent and detect fraud. Ksenia’s experience also includes performing forensic accounting investigations in response to allegations of fraud or misconduct. She is a CPA, licensed in the state of New York, and a member of the AICPA.

Melissa Haley, Managing Director. Melissa Haley specializes in financial and economic analyses in the context of intellectual property matters and commercial disputes. She advises clients on engagements involving claims of patent infringement, trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, and breach of contract. Melissa works with clients across numerous industries including oil and gas, retail and consumer goods, healthcare, electronic gaming, software, and telecommunications. She is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) with the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). 

Anglin Reichmann Armstrong Names Two Partners – Christopher D. Cook, CPA and Dustin M. Schaefer, CPA

Anglin Reichmann Armstrong, P.C. recently announced the promotions of managers Christopher D. Cook, CPA and Dustin M. Schaefer, CPA to Partner, effective January 1, 2023. 

Schaefer leads the tax advisory services department at Anglin serving closely held businesses and high-net-worth individuals with industry focus on government contracting, real estate, manufacturing, and professional services.

Cook leads Anglin’s R&D tax credit advisory services. His clients include government contractors, manufacturers, information technology and biotech companies, real estate and professional services as well as high-net-worth individuals.

Nathan Wechsler Principal Receives Spirit of Goodwill Award

Concord, NH – The regional accounting firm of Nathan Wechsler & Company, PA recently announced that Kelli D’Amore was recently awarded the 2022 Spirit of Goodwill Award by Goodwill Industries of Northern New England. D’Amore is former board chair of Goodwill Industries of Northern New England and served on the organization’s board of directors for over nine years.

D’Amore has served on the Nathan Wechsler team for more than two decades—she joined the firm in 1999. In her capacity as a firm principal, she specializes in serving clients in both the construction and nonprofit industries. A graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, D’Amore holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants.