Associations Bulletin Board

AGN International admitted Ecomentor of Copenhagen, Denmark. The firm has two partners and 10 total staff. AGNI also elected William A. (Bill) Moody, Jr., founding partner of Gamble Givens & Moody of Charleston, S.C., as chairman of its international board of directors. Elected to the executive

committee of AGN North America were Lawrence S. (Larry) Kuechler, principal at Berger/Lewis Accountancy Corp. in San Jose, Calif. - chair; Sandy Beckman, MP at Weinstein, Spira & Co. of Houston - vice chair; Jennings Hastings, MP at Faw, Casson & Co. in Dover, Del. - treasurer; Charlie McGimsey, MP at Windham Brannon in Atlanta - secretary; Ben Doerr, MP at James Moore & Co. of Gainesville, Fla., - immediate past chair.

The AICPA awarded its Gold Medal for Distinguished Service to James G. Castellano, chairman of RubinBrown in St. Louis. Castellano is a former chair of the AICPA and is chairman of the board for Baker Tilly International.

Alliott Group North America admitted Boohaker, Schillaci & Co. of Birmingham, Ala. The firm has FY04 net revenue of $3.1! million, six partners and 35 total staff.

BKR International admitted two new members: Godfrey Hammel, Danneels & Co. of Detroit (eight partners, 35 staff) and Tarifi Institution Co. of Ramallah, West Bank, Israel (three partners, 12 total staff).

JHI admitted Willsonn Partners, which has offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Singapore. It also admitted RP Richter & Partner of Munich, Germany, and AO & A Chartered Accountants of Lagos, Nigeria.

The International Accounting Group admitted Hisham Labib & Co. of Cairo, Egypt; Intercura of Vienna, Austria; Portman International of Floriana, Malta; and Ulusal Bagimsiz Denetim of Istanbul, Turkey.

Kreston International admitted the following new members: AEG Assessoria e Consultoria Contabil S/S Ltda. of Curitiba, Brazil; Ananthanarayanan Associates of Cochin, India; Castillo y Asociados Despacho of Cordoba, Argentina; Consultative Group for Accounting Systems of Cairo, Egypt; Despacho Ramiro Valles y Asociados of Chihuahua, Mexico; Fujian Jian You of Fuzhou, China; Miguel del Olmo of Merida, Mexico; Partnership Auditores & Consultores of Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Ramirez Asociados of Santiago, Chile.

The Leading Edge Alliance admitted two new members: Burr Pilger & Mayer of San Francisco (FY04 net revenue: $2.4 million, 17 partners, 156 total staff, three offices) and Hbner & Hbner of Vienna, Austria (net revenue: $13 million, 11 partners, 130 total staff). Also, the following member firms were recipients of LEA's annual Edge Awards: Innovative Firm of the Year, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain of Brentwood, Term.; Innovative Firm Initiative of the Year, Baden Gage & Schroeder of Fort Wayne, Ind.; Innovative Firm Leaders of the Year (tie), Patrick J. Machray of Johnston Carmichael in Aberdeen, Scotland, and Robert H. Charron, MP of Carlin Charron & Rosen of Westerborough, Mass.; Cultural and HR Innovation, PKF Texas of Houston; Outstanding Marketing Initiative, Alpern Rosenthal & Co. of Pittsburgh; IT Innovation, Fuller Landau of Toronto; Volunteer of the Year, Michael B. Davis of H.W. Fisher & Co. of London; On The Edge Innovation Award, the late Bruce Carlin of Carlin Charron & Rosen.

Polaris International admitted two new members: HRT Revision of Luxembourg, which has five partners and 43 total staff; and Nez Dubn Y Asociados of Guatamala City, which has two partners and 25 total staff.

RSM McGladrey admitted Hazlett, Lewis & Bieter of Chattanooga, Tenn. The firm has eight members and 55 total staff.