GT announces a record 87 new partners, principal & MD

CHICAGO — Grant Thornton LLP, a leading tax, audit and advisory firm, has admitted a record 87 new partners, principals and managing directors. Of those promoted, 46 professionals were admitted as new partners and principals and 41 professionals were promoted to managing director. These appointments and promotions are effective immediately.

“Every new Grant Thornton partner, principal and managing director has been integral to helping our clients overcome the unprecedented challenges of the past year,” said Brad Preber, CEO of Grant Thornton. “Each of these leaders lives our brand promise every day to make business more personal and build trust into every result — offering the diverse thinking, commitment to quality and relationship-building skills required to go beyond expectations for our clients.”

By service line, Tax accounts for the largest number of promotions (32%), followed by Advisory (30%), Audit (29%), and internal services (9%).

Name	Title	Service Line	Location
Jose Antonio Alicea	Principal	Tax	Denver
Brian Angstadt	Managing Director	Tax	Atlanta
Omri Avdi	Managing Director	Internal Services	Los Angeles
Sai Avula	Principal	Tax	Atlanta
Tracey Baird	Managing Director	Tax	Houston
Brittany Barbosa	Partner	Advisory	Atlanta
Brad Barrett	Partner	Advisory	Dallas
Kevin Benton	Managing Director	Tax	Dallas
Jay Bethard	Managing Director	Tax	Metro D.C.
Andree Bourgon	Principal	Advisory	Philadelphia
Andy Brown	Managing Director	Audit	Salt Lake City
Rachel Byerly	Managing Director	Advisory	Cleveland
Veronica Caputo	Partner	Tax	Atlanta
Matt Cassidy	Managing Director	Advisory	Philadelphia
Alfredo Castillo	Managing Director	Tax	Los Angeles
Kristen Chapman	Partner	Tax	Milwaukee
Dan Cherwin	Partner	Audit	Chicago
Staci Ciafrani	Principal	Advisory	Pittsburgh
Tony Ciotti	Managing Director	Internal Services	Pittsburgh
Scott Dalessio	Managing Director	Advisory	Metro D.C.
Ash Dalnoot	Partner	Audit	Boston
Nina Damiano	Principal	Advisory	Metro D.C.
Kevin Dawson	Managing Director	Audit	New York
Brian DiMaria	Managing Director	Tax	Iselin, N.J.
Sean Doherty	Managing Director	Tax	Charlotte, N.C.
Brian Duffy	Managing Director	Internal Services	Chicago
Michael Eder	Principal	Advisory	Metro D.C.
Elizabeth Epstein	Principal	Internal Services	Chicago
Jessica Estrada	Partner	Audit	Phoenix
Christine Etue	Managing Director	Advisory	Metro D.C.
Niall Fagan	Partner	Audit	Orange County, Calif.
Martin Ferrer	Partner	Advisory	New York
Max Geier	Managing Director	Advisory	Los Angeles
Keith Harari	Managing Director	Audit	Miami
Amy Hastings	Partner	Audit	Charlotte, N.C.
Christine Hilton	Partner	Audit	Oklahoma City
Chanson Ho	Partner	Advisory	Los Angeles
Rob Holt	Partner	Audit	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Erik Horton	Managing Director	Advisory	Chicago
Jonathan Jayasinghe	Managing Director	Advisory	Orange County, Calf.
Khadyja Johnson	Partner	Advisory	Denver
Brent Johnson	Partner	Advisory	Minneapolis
Michael Joseph	Managing Director	Advisory	Los Angeles
Brandon Joseph	Partner	Tax	Chicago
Alex Koltsov	Managing Director	Advisory	Phoenix
David Kraynick	Partner	Audit	Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Dan LaForge	Partner	Audit	Iselin, N.J.
Doug Lauckhardt	Partner	Audit	Iselin, N.J.
Meechal Litzenblatt	Partner	Audit	New York
William Mann	Partner	Audit	Atlanta
Derrick McGrow	Partner	Audit	Philadelphia
Luke McNair	Managing Director	Audit	Jacksonville, Fla.
Sarah Merrill	Managing Director	Audit	Denver
Allison Moran	Managing Director	Internal Services	Downers Grove, Ill.
Meredith Murphy*	Principal	Advisory	Minneapolis
Eric Myszka	Principal	Tax	Orange County, Calf.
John Neely	Managing Director	Tax	Atlanta
Yasuhiro Nishikawa	Managing Director	Internal Services	Los Angeles
Joshua Nixon	Partner	Audit	Tampa, Fla.
John O’Brien	Managing Director	Advisory	Miami
Brian Papsun	Managing Director	Tax	Philadelphia
Jennifer Parker	Partner	Audit	Dallas
David Pearce	Managing Director	Tax	Seattle
Cory Perry	Partner	Tax	Metro D.C.
Barrett Popst	Partner	Advisory	Dallas
Mike Powers	Partner	Tax	Charlotte, N.C.
Stacie Richardson	Managing Director	Tax	Charlotte, N.C.
Heidi Ryan Patton*	Partner	Tax	Philadelphia
Craig Sanford	Managing Director	Tax	Iselin, N.J.
Jill Schulz	Partner	Audit	Denver
John Seidensticker	Principal	Advisory	Denver
Nola Showers	Partner	Tax	Philadelphia
Saylor Sims	Principal	Tax	Dallas
Michael Sinese	Partner	Tax	Philadelphia
Christopher Spratt	Managing Director	Tax	Philadelphia
Steve Srmag	Managing Director	Tax	Cleveland
Andrew Surgan	Managing Director	Advisory	New York
Sunil Taneja	Partner	Tax	Chicago
Chris Thom	Managing Director	Advisory	Overland Park, Kan.
Ajay Thomas	Partner	Audit	Boston
Ty VanDeGrift	Managing Director	Internal Services	Tampa, Fla.
Laura Wagner	Managing Director	Audit	Salt Lake City
Aiman Wahdan	Partner	Audit	Pittsburgh
Rashada Whitehead	Managing Director	Internal Services	Chicago
Amy Wieman	Partner	Audit	San Francisco
Dana Wissman	Managing Director	Tax	Atlanta
Eric Young	Managing Director	Advisory	Dallas

*Promoted earlier in 2021 with approval from Grant Thornton’s Partnership Board.

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