Who are the new Grant Thornton partners? Glad you asked. The firm announced them earlier today along with new principals and managing directors, as is customary for the Purple Rose of Chicago. If you like to parse these things out, then it breaks down as: 27 partners, 12 principals and 28 managing directors.
In the past, we’ve only tracked the partners and principals, so the 39 in the 2017 class compares to 47 last year, 50 in 2015, 32 in 2014 (GT link is broken and the GC post is inexplicably lost), 30 in 2013, 27 in 2012, 26 in 2011 and 22 in 2010.
Name | Title | Office Location | ||||
Bob Achtstatter | Audit Partner | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Rob Acuff | Audit Partner | Dallas, Texas | ||||
Ryan Alexander | Corporate Tax Managing Director | Salt Lake City, Utah | ||||
Jin Bahk | Partnership Taxation Managing Director | Arlington, Va. | ||||
Aaron Beason | Public Sector Managing Director | Alexandria, Va. | ||||
Cort Berner | Corporate Tax Partner | Atlanta, Ga. | ||||
Dan Borton | Audit Partner | Cincinnati. Ohio | ||||
Ryan Brady | Accounting Principles Partner | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Bradley Chadwick | Transaction Services Principal | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Warren Clark | Professional Standards Group Partner | Detroit, Mich. | ||||
Tom Coley | Income/Franchise Tax Partner | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Charles Curran | Attest Services Managing Director | Philadelphia, Pa. | ||||
Micah Dekofsky | Audit Partner | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
Christopher DeMartini | Audit Partner | Stamford, Conn. | ||||
Colleen Duffy | Technology Solutions Managing Director | New York, N.Y. | ||||
Elizabeth Epstein | Office of the Chief Legal Officer Managing Director | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Graeme Finley | Public Sector Principal | Sacramento, Calif. | ||||
Eric Floriani | Audit Partner | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
Chris Franklin | Audit Partner | Dallas, Texas | ||||
Charles Gallman | Corporate Finance Managing Director | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Emilie Guilbaud | Controls Advisory Principal | Irvine, Calif. | ||||
Kyle Hansen | Audit Partner | Minneapolis, Minn. | ||||
David Head | Strategic Accounts Managing Director | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Donna Hebson | Corporate Tax Managing Director | Seattle, Wash. | ||||
Neil Hewko | Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services Managing Director | Irvine, Calif. | ||||
Amanda Hurley | Audit Partner | San Jose, Calif. | ||||
Jennifer Jones | Attest Services Principal | Raleigh, N.C. | ||||
Tom Joseph | Strategy & Performance Improvement Principal | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Alan Jutras | Audit Managing Director | Boston, Mass. | ||||
Heather Karpawich | Audit Managing Director | Philadelphia, Pa. | ||||
Jessica Knott | Audit Partner | San Francisco, Calif. | ||||
Matthew Lavery | Technology Solutions Managing Director | Overland Park, Kan. | ||||
Adam Lehmann | Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services Partner | Hartford, Conn. | ||||
Michelle Lehmann | Audit Strategy & Operations Managing Director | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Geoffrey Luiz | Public Sector Partner | Arlington, Va. | ||||
Jeff Martin | Tax Partner | Washington, D.C. | ||||
Bridget McCann | Income/Franchise Tax Managing Director | Iselin, N.J. | ||||
Kathleen McLaughlin | Audit Partner | Philadelphia, Pa. | ||||
Chris Melella | Strategy & Performance Improvement Managing Director | Dallas, Texas | ||||
John Miksich | Technology Solutions Principal | Atlanta, Ga. | ||||
Daniel Mills | Technology Solutions Managing Director | Overland Park, Kan. | ||||
Mike Notarangelo | Audit Partner | Hartford, Conn. | ||||
Chris Oatis | Income/Franchise Tax Managing Director | Orlando, Fla. | ||||
Tessa O’Keefe | Tax Accounting and Risk Advisory Services Partner | Los Angeles, Calif. | ||||
Jaime Onk | Audit Managing Director | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
Paul Peterson | Forensic Advisory Services Partner | Arlington, Va. | ||||
Amy Pope | Assurance Risk Management Partner | Tampa, Fla. | ||||
Kyle Reid | Diligence Partner | Houston, Texas | ||||
Cory Rogers | Forensic Advisory Services Managing Director | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Ethan Rojhani | Controls Advisory Partner | Denver, Colo. | ||||
Adam Ross | Controls Advisory Principal | Philadelphia, Pa. | ||||
Frank Saavedra-Lim | Operations Risk Managing Director | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Nick Saracco | Controls Advisory Principal | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Paul Seckar | Public Sector Principal | Alexandria, Va. | ||||
John Seidensticker | Corporate Finance Managing Director | Denver, Colo. | ||||
David Simprini | Public Sector Principal | Alexandria, Va. | ||||
Elizabeth Sloan | Audit Methodology & Standards Managing Director | Oak Brook Terrace, Ill. | ||||
Tim Smith | International Tax Partner | Minneapolis, Minn. | ||||
Adam Steinmetz | Tax Partner | San Diego, Calif. | ||||
Deron Stoecklein | Technology Solutions Principal | Overland Park, Kan. | ||||
Kevin Stoutermire | Controls Advisory Managing Director | Detroit, Mich. | ||||
Stephen Thome | Health Care Advisory Principal | Cleveland, Ohio | ||||
Kyle Turner | Corporate Finance Managing Director | Dallas, Texas | ||||
Denece Van Pelt | Corporate Tax Managing Director | Tulsa, Okla. | ||||
Brandon Vaughn | Audit Methodology & Standards Managing Director | Charlotte, N.C. | ||||
Michael Wagoner | Technology Strategy & Management Managing Director | Chicago, Ill. | ||||
Brian Wolohan | Audit Methodology & Standards Partner | Arlington, Va. |
The advisory business claimed the most newbies with 42 percent, followed by audit (34 percent), tax (21 percent), and internal client services (3 percent). Twenty-three percent of the new class is women, up from 21 percent last year.
Congratulations to all the new Grant Thornton partners! May you bill happily ever after.
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