CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Grant Thornton LLP has admitted 32 new partners and principals, and promoted 29 to managing director, effective today.
“Our new partners, principals and managing directors are curious, collaborative and innovative, all of which align to our values and ‘Status Go” identity,’” said Mike McGuire, CEO of Grant Thornton. “We’re pleased that 36 percent of this year’s class are women, which will further diversify our leadership and provide a broader range of perspectives and ideas. We’re looking forward to all these new leaders will do to help serve our clients and transform our firm for the future.”
Partners, principals and managing directors excel in helping clients discover innovative solutions to their businesses in an ever-changing environment. They have an extraordinary ability to lead and build relationships with clients and people at all levels of the firm.
By service line, Tax accounted for the largest number of promotions (38 percent), followed by Advisory (33 percent), Audit (20 percent), internal client services (6 percent) and national client services (3 percent).
| Name | Title | Service Line | Location | ||||||
| Christopher Baratta | Principal | Advisory | Dallas | ||||||
| Cal Bassford | Principal | Advisory | Baltimore | ||||||
| Aurpon Bhattacharya | Principal | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Allen Brandsdorfer | Principal | Tax | New York | ||||||
| Rob Buhrman | Principal | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Mike Burgess | Managing Director | Audit | Charlotte | ||||||
| Veronica Caputo | Managing Director | Tax | Atlanta | ||||||
| Mike Carter | Managing Director | Advisory | Charlotte | ||||||
| David Cavin | Principal | Tax | Chicago | ||||||
| Sylvia Cho | Principal | Advisory | Chicago | ||||||
| Jeff Cook | Managing Director | Tax | Chicago | ||||||
| Eric Coombs | Partner | Tax | Fort Lauderdale | ||||||
| John Cristiano | Partner | Advisory | New York | ||||||
| Ash Dalnoot | Managing Director | Audit | Boston | ||||||
| Jennifer Daniel | Partner | Audit | Houston | ||||||
| Melissa Dimitri | Managing Director | Advisory | Chicago | ||||||
| Tony Dinola | Partner | Advisory | Charlotte | ||||||
| Mike Eder | Managing Director | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Rebekah Feather | Partner | Tax | Dallas | ||||||
| Justin Ferguson | Managing Director | Tax | Metro DC | ||||||
| Tim Gallagher | Partner | Tax | Charlotte | ||||||
| Tracy Hennesy | Partner | Tax | Houston | ||||||
| Kevin Hinton | Partner | Tax | Portland | ||||||
| Chanson Ho | Managing Director | Advisory | Los Angeles | ||||||
| Brent Johnson | Managing Director | Advisory | Minneapolis | ||||||
| Jeff Johnson | Managing Director | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Powell Jones | Managing Director | Advisory | Atlanta | ||||||
| Melanie Krygier | Principal | Tax | San Francisco | ||||||
| Louise Labrie | Principal | Advisory | Los Angeles | ||||||
| Rich Lanza | Managing Director | National Client Services | Iselin | ||||||
| Jeff Lawton | Managing Director | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Tom Libeg | Partner | Advisory | Cleveland | ||||||
| Dave Maturo | Managing Director | Internal Services | Philadelphia | ||||||
| Cassie Melebeck | Managing Director | Tax | Houston | ||||||
| David Murdock | Managing Director | Tax | San Jose | ||||||
| Meredith Murphy | Managing Director | Advisory | Minneapolis | ||||||
| Hilary Penrod | Partner | Audit | Tulsa | ||||||
| Mark Power | Managing Director | Internal Services | Oakbrook | ||||||
| Renee Reynolds | Managing Director | Tax | Southfield | ||||||
| Amanda Richardson | Partner | Tax | Kansas City | ||||||
| Debbie Rollins | Partner | Audit | Dallas | ||||||
| Wendy Rotz | Managing Director | Tax | District of Columbia | ||||||
| Harris Sessions | Partner | Audit | Chicago | ||||||
| Nola Showers | Managing Director | Tax | Philadelphia | ||||||
| Zach Snickles | Partner | Advisory | Phoenix | ||||||
| Hina Sodha | Managing Director | Internal Services | Chicago | ||||||
| Jesica Speer | Principal | Tax | Chicago | ||||||
| Dustin Stamper | Managing Director | Tax | District of Columbia | ||||||
| Chris Stathopoulos | Principal | Internal Services | Chicago | ||||||
| Jeff Strassman | Partner | Audit | Boston | ||||||
| Chris Summer | Managing Director | Tax | Charlotte | ||||||
| Wei Tang | Managing Director | Advisory | Alexandria | ||||||
| Richard Tonge | Principal | Tax | New York | ||||||
| Rajesh Tripathi | Managing Director | National Client Services | Metro DC | ||||||
| David Wallin | Partner | Audit | Charlotte | ||||||
| Dianne Wasieleski | Managing Director | Audit | Chicago | ||||||
| Jamila Webb | Partner | Audit | Baltimore | ||||||
| Michelle Weber | Partner | Tax | Milwaukee | ||||||
| Lori West | Managing Director | Audit | Iselin | ||||||
| Jeff White | Partner | Tax | San Francisco | ||||||
| Judd Wright | Partner | Audit | Philadelphia |
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