member milestones.

Announcements

Green Hasson Janks, Los Angeles, promoted David Sternberg to partner, appointed Polina Chapiro to GHJ's executive committee and named Akash Sehgal to lead the firm's tax practice... Altum Partners LLP, San Jose, named Sara Hallihan a senior manager ... Crowe Horwath, Los Angeles, promoted Chad Coombs to managing director in tax services... Moss Adams, Sacramento, named Christopher Bell a partner... David Sage has been made a partner by Moss Adams, San Francisco... PRIDE Industries, San Francisco, hired Stephanie Goin as controller... Grant Thornton LLP, Cupertino, named Amanda Hurley a partner... Kris George joined BDO USA, San Diego, as a tax partner... Paren Knadjian joined KROST, Pasadena, and will lead the firm's new M&A and capital markets service line... Glenn Carniello and Rachel Rico joined HMWC CPAs & Business Advisors, Tustin, as partners.

Accomplishments

Justin T. Miller of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, San Francisco, has been named the 2017 recipient of the V. Judson Klein Award from the State Bar of California Taxation Section... Abraham Reichman of Frankel Reichman & Rizzo LLP, Los Angeles, is a recipient of the 2017 AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services Standing Ovation... Elizabeth Hugh, COO of KROST, Pasadena, was named one of the top 24 Most Influential Women in Accounting by the Los Angeles Business Journal... Accounting Today named KROST a Top Firm to Watch and a 2017 Regional Leader ... Haskell & White CPAs, Irvine, has received the Ambassador to the Children award from Kids Konnected, a cancer support organization... Madeline Porter, a student at the University of California, Davis, is a recipient of the AICPA's John L. Carey Scholarship... Loretta Doon, CalCPA CEO, Amy Vetter of Xero Inc. and Geni Whitehouse of Brotemarkle Davis & Co. LLP were named by CPA Practice Advisor as among the Most Powerful Women in Accounting for 2017... Jessica Krushensky of Brinig Taylor Zimmer, Inc.; Avi Reichman of Frankel Reichman & Rizzo; Megan Thompson of Thompson Accounting; Ben Towne of Towne Advisory and Sacha Zadmehran of Hemming Morse received the AICPA's Forensic and Valuation Services Standing Ovation...