Announcements.

• Position: Membermilestones

Diane M. Rubin, CPA, of San Rafael, acceded to the position of past chair of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy for 2006-07 ... Ronald Cassano, CPA has been elected to his third term as Walnut Creek City Treasurer ... Len Williams, CPA presented a tax update to the Los Altos/Mountain View Chapter of the American Association of University Women at their membership meeting and also discussed 2006 tax highlights at the Peninsula Legal and Tax Professional Subcommittee of the Jewish Community Endowment Fund ... Adam R. Ochoa, CPA, CFE and managing partner at the accounting firm of Peterson Slater & Osborne in La Quinta, has been appointed to the East Valley Tourist Development Authority board of directors ... Karifa Diawara has been named new director of Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co's Palo Alto office ... Haskell & White LLP has promoted Pat Ross and Joyce Salter from senior managers to principals in the firm's Audit and Business Advisory Services Department. In the same department, Jennifer Cavender was promoted to manager and Jodi Lyn Johnson to senior ... Nazfar B. Afshar has been named partner of Los Angles-based Gursey, Schneider & Co. LLP ... Samuel K. Hon has been named partner at Wertheimer Dress & Co., CPAs, LLP in San Francisco ... Yunna Barats has been named a partner in RBZ, LLP's real estate practice group in Los Angeles ... Burr, Pilger & Mayer admitted Michael Teutschel as partner ... Michael Velazquez, CPA-PFS will join U.S...