Майк Де Стефано стал новым CEO RKL, а Кэили Медина возглавила HR в The Bonadio Group

Mike De Stefano has taken the helm at RKL; The Bonadio Group named Cailee Medina its new chief human resources officer; Rea appointed Tory Spadafora its first-ever chief growth officer; and other firm and personnel news from across the profession. ARKANSAS Jessica Blake Jessica Blake, Chance Locklear and Brandon Milligan have been promoted to partner at Landmark CPAs. Blake, based in Little Rock, provides audit and assurance services, and joined Landmark in 2018. Locklear, based in Fort Smith, specializes in business taxation. And Milligan, based in Conway, joined Landmark in 2013 and focuses on audit and assurance services. MISSOURI Freddie Young Freddie Young has been promoted to member at KPM CPAs & Advisors, Springfield. He has more than 11 years of accounting and audit experience and leads the firm's financial institutions practice. Sakshi Ghai has been named leader of the U.S. energy and infrastructure finance practice of Forvis Mazars. She has more than 13 years of experience leading multidisciplinary teams, including overseeing the model due diligence for the financial close of the development of the New Terminal One at New York's JFK Airport. NEW YORK Cailee Medina Cailee Medina has been promoted to chief human resources officer at The Bonadio Group, Rochester. She has been with The Bonadio Group for nearly a decade, most recently serving as vice president of HR. Grassi & Co. has added two new partners: Tiffany Roque and Angela Ferrantelli. Roque is also international tax leader, and Ferrantelli is a trust and estate partner. Robert Weaver has joined CohnReznick as a transaction advisory services partner in the New York City office. He brings more than 25 years of extensive accounting and finance experience, including over two decades dedicated to mergers and acquisitions. Berry Wammes has been named chair of the Professional Accountancy Organization Development Advisory Group of the International Federation of Accountants. OHIO Jennifer Stern Tory Spadafora and Jennifer Stern have joined Rea, New Philadelphia, as the first-ever chief growth officer, and as dental industry leader, respectively. PENNSYLVANIA Mike De Stefano Mike De Stefano has officially assumed the role of chief executive officer at RKL, as part of a planned leadership transition. He succeeds Ed Monborne, who has been CEO for 15 years and will retire in December. De Stefano began his career in public accounting at RKL, serving in the firm's Tax and Audit Services Groups for 14 years; he returned to the firm in 2019 as chief financial officer and became chief operating officer in 2022. Separately, David Morais succeeded Laurie Peer as president of RKL Private Wealth, and Tom Reardon became executive vice president. Daniel Hood has been editor-in-chief of Accounting Today since 2011; he joined Accounting Today as managing editor in 1998. A graduate of Georgetown... Read full bio A growing share of prospects now ask AI questions like "who is the best CPA firm for a small business near me" and act on the three or four names the model gives them. This Q&A offers insights from a conversation with David Yue, co-founder and CEO at Accordance, on the opportunity AI presents to accountants and why not all AI tools are created equally. Economic confidence improved modestly in the third quarter, but businesses still pulled back on spending amid uncertainty, according to an AICPA and CIMA.