News about you - Deloitte

 
CONTINUE READING
News about you

Central
Paul Abrahms, Chicago Services, has led the global recruiting team at his company for the past
nine years. He is actively involved in Diversity & Inclusion initiatives and participates in coaching
and mentoring programs.

Donald Aeck, Houston Audit & Assurance, joined Touche Ross Bailey and Smart upon
graduation from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1966. He transferred to the Houston
office in 1970, was promoted to audit supervisor in 1968, then left in 1970 to join a publicly
traded company. “I will always remember the TR and Co farewell party. I still have the farewell
party gift.”

Ben Anderson, Houston Services, since retiring and moving to Tyler, TX, keeps busy as a judge
at the local appraisal review board where he is vice-chairman. He also serves as a bilingual
mediator for the local family law courts, is a judge for the local mock trial competition for area
high school students and does some volunteer legal work for various individuals in need. He
was also recently appointed to the accounting advisory board of the Soules School at UT-Tyler.
International travel and spending time at the ranch occupy the remainder of his time along with
the occasional Harley ride.

Julia Anthony, Dallas Tax, VP Finance & Operations at Lydia Partners, LP, successfully raised the
first fund of $26.5M and is looking forward to raising the Fund II in early 2021. She drives the
daily operations of the Fund I and actively oversees the operations of its three portfolio
companies.

James Baudino, Detroit Consulting, after spending five years in cannabis media as President of
the Snoop Dogg founded MERRY JANE MEDIA, recently joined Fiorello Agency as a partner.
Fiorello is a leading brand incubator and strategic marketing/creative services agency focused
on building purposeful brands that positively influence how the world engages with cannabis
and other emerging markets. “We provide agency services to many early stages, growth
companies and have a portfolio of owned brands that we will be launching.”

Frederick Belga, Chicago Consulting, is currently leading the Digital Strategic Marketing, Paid
Media and Email areas for Wyndham Destination's customer base. His teams manage multi-
channel programs, optimize campaigns and design customer journeys across search, display,
email, YouTube/OLV, SMS, outbound calling and direct mail.

                                                                   News about you |September 2020
Cassandra Berger, Des Moines Audit & Assurance, completed her Master of Business
Administration at the University of Dubuque in May 2019. She joined University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse in December 2018 as the Head Women's Lacrosse Coach, with the opportunity to start
the program from scratch. Spring 2020 was their first season as an NCAA Division III level
program and they had their first win at the beginning of March, right before COVID-19 ended
their season.

Kirstie (Castaneira) Biehl, Chicago Services, since leaving Deloitte in order to move abroad to
support her husband’s grad school education plans, she has started her own brand consulting
business. “Helping women start or grow their businesses is my passion and I learned so much
about what it takes to build a brand throughout my roles in my seven years at Deloitte. I plan to
continue my branding business, as my family heads to Barcelona for the next two years, that
will allow me the flexibility to enjoy every second of our time away.”

James Bitterle, Detroit Consulting, Managing Partner, EDSI, recently published Unquittable. It is
a series of entertaining short stories designed to help employers win the war for talent.

Paul Boehms, Detroit Services, accepted a new position as Executive Director (COO/CFO) of
Warner Norcross & Judd, a 230-attorney full-service law firm based in Michigan and started last
month.

Jeffrey Bone, St. Louis Risk & Financial Advisory, started his career at Deloitte out of college in
the St. Louis, MO practice and is a proud alumnus of LSU and its Internal Audit Program. He is
now a Personal Financial Representative at Allstate Financial Services, helping individuals and
business owners implement financial tools to protect and grow their wealth.

Michael Breen, Chicago Services, Senior Business Development Executive at Simplified
Solutions, is still engaged in selling services, still playing golf, enjoying six grandchildren, and is
probably the happiest bachelor in North America. Deloitte was his best job ever he says!

Scott Buck, Minneapolis Consulting, started as the Global Partner Executive for DXC
Technology's alliance with Google in July of this year.

William Bullis, Pittsburgh Consulting, is VP Radiology Sterile Disposables Manufacturing at
Bayer U.S. LLC. His responsibilities include the leadership of Bayer's radiology sterile disposable
medical device manufacturing operations in the United States and Costa Rica.

Jeffrey Bush, Dallas Audit & Assurance, Standish Management is excited to announce the
launch of a new group for Standish Real Estate Services, for which he leads as President.
Standish has been involved with fund administration for real estate funds and is now expanding
more fully into real estate with additional service offerings. With over 25+ years of experience
in working with real estate companies, starting in his early days of audit at Deloitte, getting to

                                                                      News about you |September 2020
this point has been very exciting and rewarding and he looks forward to the future of Standish
Real Estate Services.

Robert Campbell, Austin Services, Founder and CEO, Campbell Global Services LLC, has been
busy over the past year. He joined Board of Texas 2036, Board of MIDAS Health Solutions,
Board of Speratum of Costa Rica, was appointed to the Advisory Committee of the Center for
the Study of Race and Democracy and is currently serving as Senior Advisor to Empower A
Billion Women.

Antonio Chavez, Dallas Consulting, is currently working as part of the Go to Market team
supporting pre-sales operations as Solutions Architect for SAP AMS. This is finally giving him the
experience on the sales area that he was looking for. He is very happy with the results so far
and is developing a lot of new skills outside the delivery experience he carried for a long time.

Robert Cole, St. Louis Consulting, retired in March 2020.

Matthew Confer, Austin Consulting, is VP of Strategy at Abilitie. The company recently
launched the Learn to Lead Podcast and asked him to host it. It has been one of the most
rewarding professional pursuits he has had to date. They are speaking to authors, professors,
artists, and business/community leaders about how they developed as a leader and how they
are developing future leaders.

Debra Crane, Dallas Consulting, left Deloitte to join Pioneer Natural Resources three years ago.
She loves her role as Sr. Advisor, Talent and Change Strategies, with responsibilities ranging
from redesigning talent programs to leadership development and coaching and supporting
strategic change. “Great to learn the business of Oil & Gas and hoping that we can continue to
weather the dramatic downturn in this industry. Still enjoying living in Dallas, though I miss
traveling! Have thought lots about my Deloitte colleagues with the current travel constraints.”

Kristi Demint, Kansas City Tax, her employer, Sprint Corporation, was acquired by T-Mobile on
April 1, 2020. As part of the merger integration, she was named Director of Tax Planning for T-
Mobile USA Inc.

Joshua Eaton, Chicago Consulting, joined Reaktiv as a partner in 2014 after leaving Deloitte and
became CEO in 2017. Reaktiv is a boutique digital agency specializing in WordPress for the
Enterprise and Higher Ed.

Michael Feeney, Cincinnati Consulting, spent the last 12 years of his career performing in a
Program Management Office (PMO) leadership role and continuing to build on his supply chain
subject matter expertise.

Todd Folkenberg, Cleveland Consulting, joined Centura Health after leaving Deloitte and, has
been in five different roles there: one corporate VP, two hospital COO, and two hospital CEO
roles. His broad experience at Deloitte has been invaluable to him at Centura.

                                                                  News about you |September 2020
Tiffany Gill, Houston Consulting, and her husband relocated from Houston to his hometown in
Northern Ireland in 2017. Since then, they've bought a building across from the harbor in their
little seaside village and opened a coffee shop and hostel accommodation. The original building
was built in the 1850s and has a lot of history to it. They completely renovated the inside in
2019, opening Twilight Coffee & Bunkhouse in October. Unfortunately, they had to close the
business just as they should have been building up momentum to head into the busy spring and
summer tourist season. However, they have slowly reopened both the coffee shop and the
accommodation sides of the business as restrictions ease.

Katherine Gordon, Chicago Consulting, was recently elected president of the Chicago Pediatric
Cancer Research Board that supports UChicago Comer Children's Hospital. Although their gala
was postponed until April 2021, the board still rallied to raise money for immediate COVID-19
financial needs.

William Graves, Minneapolis Audit & Assurance, is Chair, Department of Accountancy at
Bemidji State University. He and his wife, Cathy, moved to Bemidji, MN seven years ago and he
has been teaching accounting ever since. “Deloitte provided me with an excellent foundation
for teaching the next generation of CPAs.”

Peter Haigh, Pittsburgh Consulting, has operated Podcast On the Menu Radio since 2004.

Glen Holland, Chicago Risk & Financial Advisory, is Security Executive at IBM. He provides
security services to Fortune 50 clients: senior executive governance, people and program
management, and full portfolio of CISO services.

Meredith Hunt, Austin Services, after leaving Deloitte in 2016, started her own
communications firm. One of her clients is a non-profit organization that advocates for more
women in positions of leadership, primarily across the Fortune 500. “I have learned so much in
the last four years about gender equity in the workplace and have researched and written
dozens of articles.”

Steve Hyde, Milwaukee Consulting, celebrated his one-year anniversary as VP, Technology at
Great Northern Corporation.

Isha Jindal, Chicago Consulting, was promoted to an internal division at LinkedIn. He is now
Senior Global Program Manager of Global Initiatives (Sales Readiness).

Wardah Khalid, Houston Tax, APAICS Congressional Fellow at U.S. House of Representatives,
Office of Congresswoman Judy Chu, was recently named a 2020 Asian American Pacific Islander
National Security & Foreign Policy Next Generation Leader by New America and Diversity in
National Security Network.

                                                                News about you |September 2020
Ted Kontopoulos, Chicago Tax, Senior International Tax Consultant, published an article in
State Tax Notes on Monday, July 20, 2020 entitled, "Then & Now: An Analysis of Florida’s Sales
Factor 50 Years Later."

Christopher Lepo, Detroit Tax, joined Plastipak Packaging, Inc. in July as a Senior Tax Analyst.

Patrick Lloyd, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, landed a role as Data Privacy Engineer at O'Neil
Digital Solutions. He hopes all alumni and those still in the Deloitte community are doing well in
these trying times.

Sergio Marrero, Chicago Consulting, is currently Managing Partner leading a venture capital
impact investor network called Rebel One that is focused on backing for-profit founders for a
better world. “We run investor training and make investments in startups. It has been
challenging and amazing building the community from the ground up but fortunately, I’ve been
able to utilize the consulting skills I developed at Deloitte and innovation frameworks I used at
Doblin to help accelerate founders from idea to first prototype through investment.

Angela Masciale, Houston Consulting, is starting her full time MBA at the University of Texas
McCombs School of Business. “I'm thrilled to have secured two offers (one in General
Management and the other in Brand Marketing) prior to our class orientation. Looking forward
to the school year and developing general management and marketing capabilities for my
future roles.”

Linda McCann, Irving Consulting, has been an independent consultant for five years now and
works primarily with large academic medical centers doing financial, procurement, ADT,
medical records, implementation, process improvement, consulting, etc. “I thoroughly enjoy
working for myself. Right now, I'm working 100% remotely, supporting a client of mine on the
West Coast. Hope everyone is wearing masks and staying safe.”

Denise Meyer, Chicago Consulting, started her Doctorate in Organizational Change and
Leadership at Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Catherine Morgan, Chicago Services, is President, Point A to Point B Transitions Inc. Her
company recently launched a service to enable organizations to better support their employees
around mental health issues: Working and Well™ – Facilitated sessions on managing stress,
anxiety, and depression. They also launched the 10-day e-Course, I Dial Down Anxiety. “We are
firmly committed to reimagining the way we work and supporting professionals who are
struggling.”

Timothy Moriarty, Austin Consulting, recently started the next chapter of his career at Sense
Corp as Engagement Manager - Public Sector, focusing on delivering technology solutions to
state government clients.

                                                                  News about you |September 2020
Tara Morrison, Minneapolis Consulting, decided to go back into consulting, this time on her
own. In 2019, she launched Messages Matter Consulting to help clients get the right content to
the right audience in the right channel at the right time. While her focus is content, she also
serves as a "plus one" to help small marketing groups tackle anything in their marketing plans.

Thomas Morse, Detroit Tax, is working with his daughters who have created LOL, makers of
Zolli Candy and Zaffi Taffy, the fastest growing sugar-free candy company and brand in the USA
according to IRI syndicated data. He is proud to support the next generation of leaders and
their mission to reduce childhood tooth decay with Zolli Candy and Zoll's Million Smiles
Initiative.

Shruti Nanda, Chicago Audit & Assurance, after Deloitte, worked at Groupon in Corporate
Accounting. “I had amazing experiences in the accounting profession but realized I wanted to
pivot into tech strategy work. This idea grew into a plan and I am very excited to be moving to
NYC and attending the 2Y Full Time MBA program at NYU Stern. Also, great to see the Deloitte
network in action as one of my fellow classmates is also a Deloitte alum.”

Elizabeth Nickels, Grand Rapids Tax, married John Brauneis on November 30, 2019. She is
currently sitting on two public company boards, SpartanNash (SPTN) and Principal Mutual
funds.

Kumar Nitish, Chicago Consulting, is SFDC Architect at National Instruments. “Deloitte was and
always will be my dream organization. I am doing well in my current company and my employer
trusts my decisions. I have learned a lot within short span of time.”

Alexander Obregon, Houston Risk & Financial Advisory, was recently appointed Chief
Operating Officer for the Office of the Houston City Controller and also serves as Deputy City
Controller.

Anay Patel, Chicago Consulting, left Deloitte in 2015 to pursue a healthcare tech startup called
MDInsider. MDI was founded to help consumers and healthcare providers find care based on
data-driven insights around provider quality and experience. At MDI, he leads the Revenue and
Corporate Strategy functions, helping shape their go-to market and product offerings. On
7/2/2020, Accolade went public on the NASDAQ (ACCD) with an Initial Public Offering.

Nicole Pope, Houston Consulting, after leaving Deloitte, built up the SAP Center of Excellence
function in the application development and support space for a chemical manufacturing
company. She had the opportunity to participate in some of the initial planning for transitioning
to agile and product teams and recently transitioned to their new Enterprise Architecture
function on the governance team.

Brian Ray, Chicago Consulting, has been leading a Global Data Science Team for Maven Wave
Partners, a U.S.-based cloud and technology consulting firm specialized in delivering digital

                                                                 News about you |September 2020
transformation solutions for large enterprises. Maven Wave was acquired by ATOS in February.
As a hobby, Brian runs a podcast and blog.

Nicholas Reilly, Detroit Audit & Assurance, after leaving a great five-year career in audit, went
into the internal function at Kelly Services and International Automotive Components assisting
management with various special projects, ensuring compliance and testing controls. He is now
an Enterprise Sales Executive with Thomson Reuters helping companies with tax automation.

Miachel Root, Omaha Tax, has a sales agency, MER LTD, primarily selling furniture to retail
stores from factories across the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states. When everything shut
down due to the coronavirus, furniture stores and furniture factories also shut down for 6-8
weeks or more. One of their factories had a sister factory that had been making face masks for
other countries besides the US. They secured the rights and began selling facemasks in the US.
Originally, they were going to sell factory direct in containers but found the real opportunity
was to have them in a warehouse in the US for immediate delivery.

Vincent Sarafa, Chicago Risk & Financial Advisory, after departing Deloitte in early 2015, joined
Bruin Sports Capital and deployed nearly $300mm in equity capital across Sports &
Entertainment (digital OTT, ticketing & hospitality, marketing services, etc.). They raised their
second fund in late 2019 ($600mm). Bruin sold On Location Experiences for $660mm in early
2020. In April, he joined Augeo as Chief Strategy Officer, leading the M&A function as well as
strategic initiatives with an initial focus on expanding across the sports & entertainment
verticals.

Blake Sellers, Irving Consulting, after leaving Deloitte in 2003, co-founded Avalion Consulting, a
start-up consulting firm. He became CEO in 2005, and they grew the firm over several years
until they were acquired in 2010. After serving as a partner for 18 months, he looked for a more
entrepreneurial environment and subsequently worked at multiple start-ups over the next five
years. “At age 55, I purchased the rights to an auto care franchise in McKinney. Over the past
few years we've created several jobs and worked hard to be part of the McKinney community.”

Bruce Sing, Indianapolis Consulting, Practice Director at Patina Solutions, LLC, is a volunteer
career coach at Team Networking Group. TNG is designed to help professionals find their next
career position as quickly as possible.

Kumail Soni, Chicago Tax, is Second Vice President of Corporate Tax at Northern Trust
Corporation. He thanks all at Deloitte for contributing to his personal and professional growth
throughout his time at Deloitte. He says it was a great journey and he couldn't have done it
without everyone’s support.

Jason Stansbury, Detroit Consulting, James and Judith Chambery Fellow for the Study of Ethics
in Business at Calvin University School of Business, was promoted to Professor with tenure. He
teaches undergraduate business ethics and graduate accounting ethics. He is also the Executive
Director of the Society for Business Ethics, a global professional association of academic

                                                                 News about you |September 2020
business ethicists. He earned his PhD in Organization Studies from the Owen Graduate School
of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Juliana Tarpey, London Consulting, is Alexa product manager at Amazon. She was
spokesperson for Alexa at an international engineering congress and interviewed the president
of Colombia on his state visit to Amazon in Seattle last year. She also was the winner of the
2018 innovation competition worldwide.

Richard Tarrer, Houston Audit & Assurance, writes, “I have been truly blessed with my
wonderful wife, Sherry, four beautiful daughters, and four tremendous grandsons. The oldest
grandson was recently accepted into UT Austin. The next two, twins and gifted athletes, hope
to enter A&M next year with baseball scholarships in hand. And the youngest, our clueless but
brilliant eighth grader, will likely become the shining star of them all. Whatever success I have
enjoyed in this long and fruitful career as a Certified Public Accountant, I owe in great measure
to the Deloitte & Touche experience. I was trusted with financial audits and other client
responsibilities well beyond my experience level at that time. Yet, I came to enjoy the
challenges to reach ever higher levels of trust and responsibility.

Joe Taylor, Dallas Tax, his current practice is limited to business taxation related to formations,
divestitures, mergers and acquisitions, and other business tax related matters as well as
contract review.

Eddie Turner, Chicago Services, was a Systems Technician in the Chicago office in the late '90s.
“I'm no longer in IT. I'm now a leadership consultant. I was featured in The Wall Street Journal
on page A11 in the Print Edition on July 13, 2020. I was also featured on The Wall Street Journal
Online. I'm proud to be an alumnus of Deloitte and I'm proud to have a voice in the important
discussion unfolding in our country about race and ally ship currently.”

Kenneth Watson, Chicago Consulting, like so many others, experienced a COVID-19 layoff. Yet
after a few months of quarantine landed at Ever Bridge, headquartered in Boston. He is now a
subject matter expert helping internal Sales team in the Financial Services (FinSvcs) vertical,
based out of Dallas. In short, helping FinSvcs to monitor, respond and to report on operational
risks, business continuity incidents and employee safety threats.

James Weber, Toledo Audit & Assurance, sold his practice, one of the largest locally owned
CPA firms in Toledo, to GBQ whose principal offices are in Columbus, OH, on February 1 ,2020.

Martha Wentworth, Indianapolis Tax, in December 2019, gave the keynote speech for
Indiana's "We the People" middle school competition finals, ending with an imperfect rendition
of the Broadway play Hamilton’s rap “My Shot.” She is now in her tenth year as Judge of the
Indiana Tax Court, and in February, she completed her 20th year as an adjunct professor
teaching State & Local Tax at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business.

                                                                  News about you |September 2020
Christi Westman, Minneapolis Audit & Assurance, VP/Controller at Gate City Bank, and her
husband are looking forward to welcoming their second son in October. His big brother, Elijah,
turned two in August.

Lemon Williams, Houston Risk & Financial Advisory, Partner, The Ionado Group, just published
his first book How-To Write Quality Compliance Documentation: Policy and Setting the Tone for
Controlling Process available in paperback. The book provides the basic concepts and elements
of strong, clear, enforceable foundational compliance documentation.

Jeremy Williams, Chicago Risk & Financial Advisory, was a campus hire into Deloitte Advisory's
Extended Enterprise Risk Management practice in 2014 and served a variety of clients in the
TMT industry. In 2017, he was recruited by a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company and
accepted a role as a senior global IT audit coordinator. In that role he helped the organization
mature its audit and risk management program while coordinating large multi-function audits
across the pharmaceutical business processes. From there he was recruited by a large
healthcare system in Chicago and accepted a newly created position at the beginning of 2020 as
a Senior Cybersecurity GRC Analyst at Rush University Medical Center.

John Wilson, Chicago Consulting, is Director of Medicaid Solution Strategy at Cerner
Corporation. He is currently leading a seven-person team responsible for strategy and market
development for Cerner’s State and Local Government team which includes solution
development, partnership strategy, pricing model, use cases, and building and refining
capabilities that empower clinical transformation, data governance, and improving patient
outcomes. He also recently joined the board of the Cancer Recovery Action Network, a political
advocacy organization focused on increasing funds for cancer research and advocation on
behalf of survivors.

Stephen Zink, Chicago Consulting, after 18 years in a variety of operational roles both internal
and client-facing, took some time to figure out what he wanted to do next. Always interested in
home renovation, and after investing in several rental properties, he took the next logical step
and became a residential realtor. The skill set crossover between consultant and realtor is more
extensive than he expected, and he hit the ground running with a great first year - often the
toughest for any realtor. Now in his second year, he’s excited to bring his strong intuition as
well as his people and project management skills to his new industry and help guide people
through what is often the single most expensive investment decision of their lives.

East
Gabriel Abraham, Rosslyn Consulting, joined DAI as a principal and continues to work in
governance in emerging markets.

                                                                News about you |September 2020
Thomas Agnello, Rochester Services, retired six and a half years ago and started his own M & A
consulting company, M-One Advisors, LLC. He focuses primarily on baby boomers looking to
retire through the sale of their company. He enjoys working directly with the owners of these
companies and finding strategic buyers to carry on their legacies.

Sameer Ahirrao, Hermitage Services, recently founded enterprise software start up Ardent
Privacy, AI powered Data Minimization and Data Privacy platform. “We just raised seed funding
from TEDCO and are making great progress with our product launch soon. Working with
Deloitte was a great part of my career which enabled me to pursue this journey. I gained not
only great professional experience at Deloitte serving great customers but also made social
impact with Impact Day and other social responsibility initiatives.”

Antonia Arnone, Boston Consulting, is celebrating 10 years in business. Dakota Prairie Lodge &
Resort is an all-inclusive luxury destination for outdoor enthusiasts and specializes in
exceptional customer service.

Ergin Ayalp, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, is an incoming MBA candidate at the University
of Virginia - Darden School of Business Class of 2022.

Karl Bagger, Copenhagen Consulting, is Director at Ferdom. 20 years ago the company began
distributing medicine to Nigeria. The problem is that women giving birth have a high incidence
of death due to bleeding. We distribute medicine which limits the deaths. We have 20 people
committed to the job.

Prashant Ballambat, Stamford Consulting, is currently a senior manager at HCL AMERICA INC
and has gained experience in Aerospace & Defense in SAP. She has become certified in Activate
Methodology in addition to her manufacturing and supply chain experience.

Christopher Banks, Rosslyn Consulting, is very excited to start his MBA at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management this fall through Deloitte's graduate
school sponsorship program, GSAP.

David Berry, Richmond Services, President, David H Berry, PC, married Linda Davis on June 27,
2020.

John Blaney, Rosslyn Consulting, is currently CEO, Bridge of Gold Entertainment LLC, heading
up a start-up screenplay writing company for movies and television. They have done well in
script competitions. And though COVID-19 is affecting the industry’s production, they have very
good prospects for works in the future.

Kimberly (Bonstein) Campbell, Washington DC Audit & Assurance, CFO, Campbell Wealth
Management, Inc., recently completed writing a trilogy about the Triple Crown. The books are

                                                                News about you |September 2020
historical fiction and showcase each of the three races, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and
the Belmont.
Thomas Brown, Stamford Services, retired to Wilmington, NC in 2008 and recently co-founded
a North Carolina nonprofit named Eden Village of Wilmington. Their mission is to build a village
of approximately 30 tiny 400 sq ft permanent homes for chronically homeless and disabled
individuals. It's patterned after a successful village in Springfield, MO developed by his brother,
under a nonprofit called The Gathering Tree and their village is called Eden Village. They are
about to open Eden Village II and have property for two more.

Shane Callahan, Hermitage Services, was appointed CISO at naviHealth \ Optum in Nashville,
TN.

Philip Carduck, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, retired as Vice President Operations and
Finance at SIPC in 2011.

James Carroll, New York Consulting, after 37 consecutive years in academia (29 years at
Georgian Court), decided to move on to other things. While departing, the University's Board of
Trustees granted him "Professor Emeritus" status.

Clarence Crawford, Rosslyn Consulting, received the African American Federal Association’s
Ebenezer Bassett Award in September 2019. The award recognizes career members of the
Senior Executive Service and non-career senior Federal officials for distinguished service to our
Nation. In November 2019, Clarence was elected as a National Academy of Public
Administration Fellow.

Sandra Crew, New York Services, retired 10 years ago and still misses working at DTT. She
sends fond regards to all her former coworkers who are still there!

John Daidone, New York Services, left DTT in 2006 to be Director of Content Management at
Barnes & Noble, Inc., where he managed the company intranet and corporate website, among
other things. In 2018, he and his partner semi-retired, relocating to the scenic North Fork of
Long Island in their newly built, net-zero home. Initially he took on a couple of consulting gigs
from home but missed the social aspect of working so he accepted a position as a Technical
Writer/Editor at Brookhaven National Laboratory in November 2019.

Joseph Delaney, New York Services, was featured in The Staten Advance Newspaper for raising
$95,000 to assist local food pantries during COVID-19.

Mouhamadou Diagne, McLean Audit & Assurance, was appointed as Vice-President for
Integrity, The World Bank Group, effective September 2020.

Robert Dickens, Charlotte Audit & Assurance, was fortunate to land a job with Metrolina Eye a
year ago. “COVID-19 has been challenging, but we are opening a Procedure Center.”

                                                                   News about you |September 2020
Reese Dunbar, Atlanta Consulting, is VP leading his organization’s Human Capital Management
practice for North America. “Loving the work, the clients and the impact we are having on
customers. I will always be thankful for my time at Deloitte.”

Allison Filipek, Nashville Audit & Assurance, Accountant 2 at Nashville Electric Service, married
incoming Nashville first year, Matthew Leet, on May 24.

William (Tim) Finnegan, Jericho Services, was awarded an ACC credential from the
International Coach Federation (ICF). ICF credential holders are part of a group of elite coaches
who provide accountability to clients and the coaching profession.

Keith Florance, McLean Consulting, is President, Embedded Healthcare. After over a decade of
strategic and operational work in developing paths to value for various US healthcare
stakeholders, he decided to own the agenda and take the lead at the startup seeking to infuse
behavioral economics into provider behavior change.

Adrienne Fretz, Parsippany Consulting, joined OnPoint HR in 2012 and has been working to
grow and diversify the firm. We remain committed to executive search, working with Fortune
50 companies to PE-backed turnarounds and VC-backed high-growth tech companies to help
them build top HR/People/Talent teams.

Jason Ginsberg, Rosslyn Consulting, recently started as Chief of Staff at AeroFarms, a vertical
farming company on a mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity.
He is excited to take his passion for problem solving and social impact to help transform
agriculture and the future of farming at this unprecedented time for the food industry.

Jean Goodson, Atlanta Services, retired from Deloitte after 50+ years and recently married
Walter Baker. They originally planned a traditional wedding for April 2020 but had to cancel due
to COVID-19. They persevered, tying the knot in a private ceremony at the Cobb County
courthouse July 21, 2020. While it wasn't exactly the wedding they planned, it was a beautiful
ceremony.

Amy (Gothard) Gordon, Ft. Lauderdale Risk & Financial Advisory, is Manager, Financial Data
Analysis at Southeast Toyota Distributors, LLC. After working as an auditor, she did a rotation in
the Data Quality Integrity group helping run data analysis in SAS Enterprise Guide software. “I
really enjoyed the technology aspect which I believe launched me into being a more
technology-minded CPA.”

Brian Greene, Atlanta Consulting, his time at Deloitte was brief but he loved it and greatly
enjoyed the people he worked with, from consultant to partner. After a few stops along the
way, he’s been at Thought Logic Consulting, a local consultancy, since 2014 and is still enjoying
a quasi-entrepreneurial experience six years in. “I officially manage our finance practice but

                                                                  News about you |September 2020
unofficially I am overseeing the development of new offerings and capabilities as we look to
expand.”

Neerav Gupta, Stamford Consulting, Program Director, is working as an engagement lead for a
couple of life sciences clients, handling the program for Oracle Cloud implementations for
Product Hub and PLM. He is also involved in multiple pre-sales for other projects.

Johanna (Anderson) Hancock, Newark Services, is currently Associate Director Expanded
Access Programs at Early Access Care, working with pharmaceutical companies providing
investigative medicines to end stage cancer patients and rare disease patients who have
exhausted all approved therapies or for whom no therapies currently exist, at no cost, USA and
globally.

Julianne Harrington Fryer, Baltimore Risk & Financial Advisory, is a Security Cloud Solution
Architect at Microsoft. She passed the AZ-500 certification exam and is helping customers move
their applications to the Azure Cloud with a full suite of security solutions.

Catherine Herrold, Boston Risk & Financial Advisory, was recently promoted to Associate
Professor with tenure at Indiana University. She has also served as a Visiting Scholar at the
American University in Cairo (Egypt) and Birzeit University (Palestine), and has conducted
fieldwork in Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, and Qatar. Her first book, Delta Democracy:
Pathways to Incremental Civic Revolution in Egypt and Beyond (Oxford University Press, 2020),
uncovers the strategies that Egyptian NGOs have used to advance the aims of the country’s
2011 Arab Spring uprisings.

Willard Hoagland, Washington DC Audit & Assurance, joined up with a renewable natural gas
startup, Bioenergy Devco LLC as CFO & Treasurer, earlier this year as a great new adventure. “It
has been fun, and I am enjoying our location in historic downtown Annapolis.”

Sara Horowitz, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank,
welcomed a son in June 2020.

Martin Howard, New York Consulting, is a Partner in Fortium Partners’ East Region, where he
serves healthcare enterprises including health systems, physician and specialty networks, home
health and hospice, aging in place, healthcare IT, telemedicine, medical device, and
pharmaceutical services.

Stephen Ingram, Boston Services, marked three years as a Partner in Boston. “My 15 years as a
Deloitte partner gave me the relationships and background to lead a national industry program.
From working on EGC and global 100 TMT clients, my Deloitte experience helped position me to
retire at 55 from Deloitte and have an exciting next career. There are many partners who
mentored me but the two I will always remember are Mark Jensen and Bill Bacic.”

                                                                News about you |September 2020
Mark S. Kalen, Boston Audit & Assurance, is putting lessons learned at Deloitte to good use at
ServiceNow as Director Product Marketing for Integrated Risk Management. “My oldest son
Nicholas is at Northeastern University working his first co-op at Wayfair. My middle son Ryan
will be a junior and my daughter Celia is heading into middle school in Hopkinton, MA. Stay safe
and healthy everyone.”

Peter Kennedy, Boston Consulting, Peter Kennedy, managing principal of Futures Strategy
Group (FSG) reports that the firm's foresight and scenario planning work for the US Coast Guard
was recently profiled in the July-August issue of The Harvard Business Review, in an article
titled, "Learning from the Future."

Jon Lamphier, New York Tax, joined DuPont in December 2019 and was selected to lead the tax
function for the Nutrition & Biosciences division, which is being separated from DuPont in a
reverse Morris Trust transaction expected to close in February 2021. The U.S. based company
will have operations around the globe and is expected to continue with transition and
integration efforts throughout 2021 and beyond.

Werner Lazo, Rosslyn Consulting, worked at Deloitte from 2009-2011 after the acquisition of
BearingPoint. He had been with BearingPoint for almost two years. Then, another opportunity
closer to home arose and he took it. He has been with that same employer ever since and was
promoted to a more senior position since joining his current employer, JSITI. Things are going
well so far.

Sui Lin, New York Tax, retired in 2019. She started her tax consulting career in 1993 in New
York and later moved to the Deloitte member firm office in Shanghai. During her 28-year
tenure, she served numerous strategic clients and participated in several task forces and
strategic initiatives.

Zakiya Mabery, Rosslyn Consulting, is now CEO of B. Global Diversity & Inclusion Strategic
Planning. Zakiya strongly believes authentic storytelling is one of the most powerful tools for
catalyzing effective change. She was featured on Great Day Washington (CBS), The Black News
Channel (BNC) and Good Morning Washington (ABC). She has presented for small and large
organizations such as the Department of Defense, University of Minnesota, The American
Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), The American Association for Access, Equity and
Diversity (AAAED), Disability In, and The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) in the
U.S. Department of Labor to name a few.

Lizna Makhani, McLean Risk & Financial Advisory, recently started a new role with Gavi, the
Vaccine Alliance, as a Senior Analyst in the Immunisation Financing and Sustainability team.

Vincent Manuele, Philadelphia Risk & Financial Advisory, following his tenure at Deloitte,
worked as a Director at a professional services firm in the Capital Projects & Infrastructure
Advisory practice before joining HKA Global, Inc. in 2017. As an HKA Partner, he now serves as
General Counsel (Americas) providing legal advice to management regarding all aspects of the

                                                                News about you |September 2020
business in North and South America. From 2012 to 2019, he was an appointed member of the
Whitemarsh Township Planning Commission and served as its Chair in 2018 and 2019. In the
November 2019 general election, he was elected by the residents of Whitemarsh Township to a
4-year term on the Board of Supervisors (the 5-member governing body for this PA
municipality), and assuming office in January 2020.

Janine Marderian, Rosslyn Consulting, after getting posted to Indonesia for her spouse's job,
joined the Economic Section of the Department of State at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta. As a
member of the Finance, Investment, & Trade Unit, she works on a portfolio of issues pertaining
to transportation, the digital economy, cybersecurity, and entrepreneurship, with the goal of
promoting trade and investment ties between the United States and Indonesia, building
economic prosperity, and strengthening international economic security.

Anthony McBryan, New York Consulting, since leaving Deloitte in 2015, “I have had the
pleasure of working at two financial services firms - Morgan Stanley and BlackRock. Directly
after Deloitte, I landed at Morgan Stanley, leading the Vendor Management function for the HR
team. After two years I transitioned to a more formal procurement role, VP Sourcing and
Vendor Management, leading the sourcing team for BlackRock's HR function.”

Kristin McKenna, Boston Consulting, Managing Director, Darrow Wealth Management, became
a shareholder at the Boston-based SEC-registered investment advisory firm this year. Founded
by her father in 1987, Darrow Wealth Management is proud to be an independent, fee-only,
second-generation family business. Kristin is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional
and holds an MBA in Finance from Northeastern University. She's a Senior Contributor for
Forbes and regularly appears in the financial news media.

Robert Miller, Tampa Services, “Thanks to Deloitte I found my career path in the information
management industry that I love and can’t see myself doing anything else. For that, I thank
Deloitte. Deloitte was like my college years that I attended for 13 years.”

Christi Nix-Bloomer, Orlando Consulting, has spent two years coaching since she left Deloitte in
2018. “I work with professionals making big changes. My clients are high performers, driven,
intentional, and brave. I coach independently and on a contract basis for other companies. I
also do some contract consulting, as I can't completely give up the love for HR and tech.”

Brenda Nixon, Charlotte Services, is happy to have retired early at 62 after 20 years with
Deloitte.

Fred Nouri, Parsippany Audit & Assurance, after 4.5 Years at Deloitte Audit, 2.5 years at Tiffany
& Co (Internal Audit), and two years at Vornado Realty Trust as the FP&A and Internal Audit
Assistant Manager, left to start his own home flipping business in July 2018. Using the business
professional and accounting skills he learned at Deloitte, he has learned to calculate and
analyze budgets for each one of his rehab projects. He is very grateful for the training and
multiple skill sets developed at Deloitte.

                                                                 News about you |September 2020
Brendan Perrin, New York Audit & Assurance, worked out of the Deloitte office in NYC in the
World Financial Center location. After Deloitte, he joined the NBA and also earned his master’s
at Columbia University in 2015. After 10 years at the NBA League Office, he joined the Miami
Heat as Vice President of Finance & Strategic Planning in December of 2018. He currently lives
with his wife and 3-year-old son in Weston, FL.

Brooke Pottish, New York Consulting, is currently working at New York Life Investors in the
Internal Operations, Reporting and Project Management function.

Natzariani Quinones, San Juan Audit & Assurance, was promoted to Internal Audit Director at
PRISA Group.

Laurie Radler, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, is Director of Privacy at Healthfirst. She
joined the company five years ago to grow and mature its privacy program. Prior to joining
Healthfirst, she served as Director of Compliance and Privacy Officer at Montefiore Medical
Center and Chief Compliance Officer at Lenox Hill Hospital. She still lives in Port Washington.

Harsha Vardhana Reddy, Atlanta Consulting, after a successful and progressive 15-year career
at Deloitte, Harsha has taken a prominent leadership role with a Fortune 500 company, ADP. As
a Senior Director, he oversees growth and operations of a new group in the Southeast region.
He will be based out of Alpharetta, GA.

Christian Richardson, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, is currently the Head of Creative and
Brand Strategy for The Spice Suite in Washington, DC. “For the past three years, I've worked
with the owner to build The Spice Suite's infrastructure, brand, and voice. As a result, The Spice
Suite has amassed 80.6K followers on Instagram; been featured by The Washington Post,
Essence, Forbes, and Martha Stewart; earned a partnership with Williams Sonoma, the
Container Store, Wolfgang Puck, and Kelis' Bountiful products; and was verified on social
media.”

Danny Rojas, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, as of January 1, 2020, became the Executive
Director of All-Star Code, a national non-profit computer science education organization,
founded in 2013, serving Black and Latino young men. Their mission is to create economic
opportunity by developing a new generation of young men of color with an entrepreneurial
mindset and tools they need to succeed in a technological world.

Allen Sackadorf, Reston Consulting, recently joined ServiceNow as a US Defense Intelligence
Account Executive to help the US Defense Intelligence agencies modernize by transforming
their workflow to "Make Work Better!"

Anand Sairam, New York Consulting, recently joined Becton Dickinson as pricing leader for US
region (US and Canada) and is now working with Deloitte teams as a client.

                                                                  News about you |September 2020
Peter Schmidt, New York Services, after many years in the publishing business, recently
changed industries and is now working as Director of Operations for a scent marketing
company called Scentisphere. He’s having a great time.

Michael Schnur, Richmond Services, following his tenure at Deloitte, continued his education
at the University of Virginia and Lynchburg in finance, economics, money and banking, and
criminal justice. Additionally, he worked in law enforcement conducting financial crime
investigations for the Albemarle County Police Department. He is now Assistant Professor at
University of Lynchburg.

Brian Scruggs, Richmond Audit & Assurance, was recently promoted to corporate controller at
Five Guys.

Santosh Shanbhag, Parsippany Consulting, is very excited to take a new role at Becton
Dickinson as Associate Director of solution delivery.

FNU Shivashankar, Philadelphia Consulting, after working at Deloitte as a senior consultant,
joined Dell Services which was later acquired by NTT Data. It was a five-year stint during which
he held multiple roles: CoE leader, Project Manager of a $20M project, Associate Director, etc.
Realizing the importance of being connected to customer’s business problems, and his interest
in technology and process solutions, he switched back to consulting and working with Oracle.
He works as an architect on cloud transformation projects in the SaaS space for healthcare,
construction services, and other industries, and also plays an active role in pre-sales activities. “I
value and relish the consulting skills picked up during my tenure at Deloitte. Proud to be a
Deloitte Alum.”

Leon Shustin, New York Tax, Senior Tax Analyst at Prudential, was accepted to Rutgers Law
School for the 2020 Evening Part-Time Program. He started classes last month.

Richard Simonetti, Orlando Tax, was promoted to lead Private Wealth Management for the
Wells Fargo US Southern Region.

Lynette Smith, Washington Consulting, recently accepted a new position as a Senior Manager
at a professional services company.

Zara Stasi, New York Consulting, “since my time at Deloitte as the first ever National
Greenhouse Artist (a role I designed for myself), I have been building my creative studio, Good
for the Bees. Based out of NYC, Good for the Bees is a studio that uses art as a tool to help
others thrive. This year, Good for the Bees was selected to partner with Madewell in this year’s
Hometown Heroes Collective. We are one of nine makers who have a collection on Madewell's
website, selling local and handmade goods to their incredible audience. My collection features
10 hand drawn art prints, my favorite is a map of the green spaces of NYC.

                                                                    News about you |September 2020
Gabriella Teixeira, Miami Consulting, “soon after I resigned, I studied diligently for the LSAT,
applied super late in the application process because my decision to go to law school came later
than I wish it did, nevertheless, I got into school to begin this fall at the University of Miami
School of Law.”

Jesse Thomas, Rosslyn Consulting, now works as a Planner at Sam Schwartz Transportation
Consultants in Chicago, in the transportation consulting industry with public clients.

Charles Tierney, Rosslyn Consulting, “navigating a new business environment without the
safety of Uncle D! I left Deloitte in the fall of 2015 to move 'in-house' at Amazon doing talent
management consulting work Deloitte allowed me to do for clients. After 4+ years at Amazon, I
struck out to grow a small recruiting business in the Pacific Northwest, Hansell Tierney. What a
wild few months it has been with COVID-19. Since March, I have had to navigate the turbulent
waters of today's economy, all without the safety, security, and resources of a bigger firm.
Luckily Deloitte prepared me well and I can rely on the lessons my mentors and others who
taught me about relationship building, business development, project management, and HR
consulting. While none of us probably feel well prepared for what the Pandemic world has in
store for us, as someone who is trying to grow a small business, I feel fortunate that I have a
great foundation from my days at Deloitte to help me. Thank you!”

Raquel Torrijos Sanchez, Orlando Consulting, was working with the Human Capital practice as
an HRT Solution Analyst at Lake Mary, FL when her student visa expired. However, when she
returned home to Panama, she was offered a job as a Business Intelligence Specialist with the
Financial Instruments team.

Benjamin Tsoi, Rosslyn Consulting, is currently a first-year MBA student attending
Northwestern Kellogg as part of Deloitte’s graduate school assistance program. Prior to this, he
spent an amazing five years as a GPS Technology Consultant out of the Arlington, VA office
helping Federal clients modernize their supply chains and adopt emerging technologies. He was
also highly involved in the Deloitte IoT practice developing assets for digital tracking and
connected fleet (vehicles).

Greg Turner, Boston Audit & Assurance, after five years at the PCAOB, recently joined the
Audit Quality Team in the National Office at a professional services company.

Rober Vachon, New England Audit & Assurance, is retiring in September 2020 after more than
30 years with Northmark Bank.

Sandy Viola, Jericho Services, retired last month 42 years to the day after she joined the
Touche Ross Jericho office in 1978. “Through the years, I grew with the firm and all its
transitions as I moved from audit to recruiting, then to industry marketing, and ending my
career as National Alumni Relations Director. It’s not the path I would have ever expected,
sitting in that bullpen room on day one, but every step since then proved to be even better

                                                                 News about you |September 2020
than the previous role. As Forest Gump says, ‘. . . life is like a box of chocolates!’ In almost every
way, the firm was very different in 1978, but what has never changed is that it is an incredible
place to learn and grow and work with some of the most talented people you will ever meet. I
thank all of my Deloitte colleagues and the legions of Deloitte alumni that I had the pleasure of
working with all these years. Touche Ross / Deloitte and Touche / Deloitte has been an
incredible part of my life and a place that nurtured me to become the person that I am.”
Ravikanth Vishnuvajjala, Hermitage Services, recently joined a professional services
organization as assistant manager.

Barbara Watson, Chattanooga Audit & Assurance, completed a Master of Science in
Jurisprudence from Seton Hall University School of Law in May 2020. She is continuing in
capacity of CFO but has added Chief Administrative Officer to her business card in recognition
of the expanded corporate oversight.

Philip Weiss, Parsippany Tax, in 2018 launched Apprise Wealth Management (AWM)
Registered Investment Advisory Firm. AWM provides comprehensive financial solutions on a
fee-only basis. AWM provides wealth management services on a fee-only basis where client
portfolios are managed according to the client’s stated investment goals and objectives. AWM
also offers broad-based and consultative financial planning services on a fee-only basis.

Lauryn Wendus, Hartford Tax, is CEO of Next-Door Creations, LLC. In addition to helping its
clients with website design, SEO, and small business bookkeeping, Next Door Creations has
launched its very own app, It's Local Online! The app was designed to help community
members connect to and support their local businesses.

Michael Williams, Rosslyn Consulting, Senior Systems Engineer at B4Corp, entered his Doctoral
Studies in Cyber Security where he is researching insider threat detection algorithms through
behavioral analysis and should graduate in the Spring of 2021. “My personal and professional
development has been a journey, but I have grown in leaps and bounds. Preceding completion
of my Doctorate in Cyber Security, I plan to build my network by attending several conferences
around the world on insider threat detection through behavioral analysis, change careers in
something in the area of Cybersecurity, spend time expanding my property management
company and maybe even start a family.”

Joseph Wilson, McLean Services, is retired and currently enjoying quarantine in sunny San
Diego/Poway and is going to the beach once or twice a week.

John Wortham, Orlando Consulting, has been in a Consultant/Analyst role at Rural Sourcing,
Inc. since leaving Deloitte in August 2018. He is currently working on a project in a Database
Developer role for a client and their fleet car management system. “I am enjoying the work at
my new company and with the client; they both have a lot of great people to work with. I am
working hard and have grown a lot and gained valuable experience in this role. Personally, I
have also enjoyed the positive feedback I have gotten from my clients and coworkers while

                                                                    News about you |September 2020
performing project and other job-related duties. It is encouraging to me as I continue to
advance my career.”

Nia Yates, Atlanta Consulting, is a New Orleans based Fine Art Consultant for Heather James
Fine Art. Prior to joining Heather James Fine Art in 2017, Nia was an art consultant in Beijing,
China, where she oversaw the inaugural C! Talk initiative, a series of cross-cultural events
sponsored by the World Culture Open organization. She also previously served as an art
consultant in Houston where she co-led the Emancipation Economic Development Council
workgroup for the art non-profit Project Row House. Before relocating to New Orleans, she
served on the board of Loma Linda Hospital’s “Big Hearts for Little Hearts Guild” in Indio, CA,
and was a member of Desert AIDS Project’s “Partners for Life” committee in Palm Springs, CA.

Cheryl Yawman, Rochester Audit & Assurance, left Cochran Cochran & Yale in July to join
Consiliarium Group as Business Development Director.

Kiwoong Yoo, Jericho Risk & Financial Advisory, continues his Ph.D. program in Marketing at
the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, while also working as a graduate research assistant in
the Department of Marketing. He recently wrote an article, "Dissecting the Anatomy of the
Advertising Budget Decision," for the American Marketing Association, which was published in
June 2020. He lives in Knoxville and is pursuing his research interests in marketing strategy,
marketing-finance interface, and international marketing.

Xiaoxin Yu, Atlanta Consulting, coming out of technology consulting, joined a local start-up to
get exposure and experience working in drastically different verticals than data and technology.
“It was very challenging, though also rewarding, to be working in an environment where I had
to be whatever the solution needed to be. 2020 has been full of uncertainties and challenges.
I'm so excited to share that my co-founders and I have officially moved forward with starting
our business in cosmetics for men, promoting a new understanding of what makeup stands for
and what makeup for men means and hoping to launch our products later in the year.”

West
Kare Anderson, San Jose Services, her TED talk on Web of Humanity attracted over 2.5 million
views. She is an Emmy-winning former NBC & WSJ journalist and is now a speaker on
connective behavior and quotability. Her ideas have been cited in 16 books. She is a founding
board member of Annie’s Homegrown and co-founder of nine women’s political PACs. For
Obama's first presidential campaign, she created over 208 issues formation teams. She was
Pacific Telesis' first Cable TV and Wideband Division Director. Kare is the author of How We Can
Be Greater Together, Opportunity Makers, Mutuality Matters, Moving from Me to We, Beauty
Inside Out, Walk Your Talk, Getting What You Want, and Resolving Conflict Sooner.

Gary Boudreau, Orange County Services, since retiring, wanted to contribute to a need in his
community. Turns out the critical need was for volunteer wildland firefighters. “If you see a

                                                                 News about you |September 2020
You can also read