Member milestones.

Announcements

Hogiadi Kurniawan of Haskell & White, Tustin, joined the board of the Orange County Child Abuse Prevention Center ... Grant Thornton LLP, San Francisco, promoted Jessica Knott to partner... RBTK LLP, San Diego, promoted Justin Byrne to tax director and Natalie Elser to tax manager... SingerLewak, Los Angeles and Irvine, named Karen Miessner a partner and its not-for-profit leader... BDO USA, Los Angeles, added John Blakey as an assurance partner and Southern (California healthcare practice leader... Ronny Mitchell joined JGD & Associates, San Diego, as a director and leader of the assurance practice... The YWCA Pasadena-Foothill Valley named Emily Huang as board vice president for 2017-18... John Boyle was named CEO of the Automobile Club of Southern California... Mark Astrinos was accepted to the AICPA's Leadership Academy.

Accomplishments

Shea Labagh Dobberstein, San Francisco, has been named to the 2017 Inside Public Accounting Best of the Best Firm list for the third consecutive year... Hall & Co. CPAs.

Tustin, has been recognized by the Orange County Business Journal as the fastest-growing CRA firm in Orange County... Accounting Today named David Cieslak, Loretta Doon and Amy Vetter among the top people in public accounting for 2017... As part of its 2017 Trusted Advisors Awards program, the San Fernando Valley Business Journal gave its Accounting Client Services Award to Sasha Baluka of B&G Accounting and Consulting and its Accounting Community Service Award to Stephen Ozen of Miller Kaplan Arase... Shea Labagh Dobberstein, San Francisco, has won Firm of the Year (2017: from DFK International, an association ranked among the top 10 global accountancy associations with over 400 offices in more than 90 countries worldwide... Inside Public Accounting named KROST CPAs & Consultants. Los Angeles, and its affiliated tax consulting practice Best of the Best and Top 200 Firm for the second year in a row with a 25 percent change year over year. In addition, KROST CPAs was also awarded with Top 200 Fastest-Growing Organic Growth Firm, Top 200 Fastest-Growing...