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BMSS Advisors & CPAs is proud to share our newly promoted employees:

The following have been promoted to Senior Manager: Amanda Houston, CPA (Gadsden) Jake Bechert, CPA (Birmingham) Kayla Phillips, CPA (Gadsden) Luke Arnett, CPA (Gadsden)

Houston Bechert Phillips Arnett

Bradshaw Nichols Riles Mayfield

Carter Roberts Sanders Love

Winborn Murphy Bunn

King Yarborough Gilmer Melvin Capps Vincent Chappelle Watkins

The following have been promoted to Manager: Dalton Bradshaw, CPA (remote) Drew Nichols, CPA (Birmingham) Emily Riles, CPA (Birmingham) Jennifer Mayfield, CPA (Birmingham) Ryan Carter, CPA (Birmingham) Tyler Roberts, CPA (Birmingham) Cassandra Sanders, CPA (Huntsville) Kelly Love, CPA (Huntsville) Also, Heather Chappelle has been promoted to Director of Human Resources and Laura Watkins has been promoted to Director of Audience Development.

Machen McChesney announces the promotion of Emma Farris, CPA to Supervisor, Lance Meacham, CPA to Senior Accountant, and Eric Perry, CPA to Senior Accountant.

Emma has been employed with Machen McChesney since 2018. Emma’s principal areas of practice include business taxation and accounting and auditing governmental entities. She received her BSBA in Accountancy from Auburn University, and holds minors in Economics and Spanish from Auburn University.

Lance has been employed with Machen McChesney since 2020. Lance’s principal areas of practice include individual and business tax and auditing. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Auburn University and holds a minor in Business-Engineering Technology.

Eric has been employed with Machen McChesney since 2020. Eric’s principal areas of practice include individual and business tax and auditing. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accountancy from Auburn University and holds a minor in Finance.

Eric was also recently chosen to be part of the Opelika Chamber of Commerce 20 Under 40 program, which comprises 20 outstanding people under the age of 40 who live in Opelika, love Opelika, and have a vested interest in shaping the direction of this city’s future. The program is designed to help create future leaders.

Wilkins Miller LLC, an accounting and advisory firm with offices in Mobile and Fairhope, is pleased to announce Logan Etheridge has successfully completed and passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) examination. Etheridge joined Wilkins Miller as a student administrative assistant in 2019. He became an intern and joined the firm full time in 2021 after graduating magna cum laude and earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from the University of South Alabama. Ethridge was recently promoted to Senior Associate.

The following have been promoted to Supervisor: Hannah Winborn, CPA (Birmingham) Mason Murphy, CPA (Birmingham) Nathan Bunn, CPA (Gadsden)

The following have been promoted to Senior Accountant: Bentley King, CPA (Birmingham) Caleb Yarborough, CPA (Huntsville) Caroline Gilmer, CPA (Birmingham) Cooper Melvin, CPA (Birmingham Eliza Capps, CPA (Huntsville) Olivia Vincent, CPA (Birmingham)

Wilkins Miller LLC is also pleased to announce the following promotions: Lucas Brunson to Senior Associate, Mallory Byrne to Senior Associate, Kate Welch to Supervisor, Mitchell Wolfe to Supervisor, and Jeffrey Kintz to Manager. Each of these team members have demonstrated expertise in their roles, professionalism, leadership and stellar attitudes.

The firm recently welcomed two new employees: Kaden Kramer and Katelyn Thigpen, CPA. Kramer joined the firm as an intern in 2022, and is a student member of the ASCPA. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in accounting from Auburn University, he was brought on as an associate. Thigpen earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration and Master of Accountancy from the University of Alabama. She began her career in public accounting in 2013 before joining the firm as a manager in 2022.

UAB Collat School of Business students recently honored four professors with the inaugural CSOB Teaching Excellence Awards. ASCPA Member Marena Messina, Visiting Instructor of Accounting at the Collat School of Business, was one of those four. The new teaching awards honor one professor in each academic department and in the graduate program and are voted on by Collat students. The award recipients were honored at the school’s 50th Anniversary reception celebration in April. Each receives a $1,500 cash award. Messina was awarded the Loudell Robinson Excellence in Accounting Teaching for the 20212022 academic year.

Messina serves as the co-advisor of both Beta Alpha Psi and the Janet Herring Mentoring Program. Messina is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting at Kennesaw State University. She is also a UAB and University of Alabama alumna. She teaches AC 200 (Principles of Accounting), AC 402 (Income Taxation I) and AC 452 (Income Taxation II).

Brunson Byrne Welch Wolfe Kintz Kassouf’s trusted advisors are offering their expertise in a new format: the Kassouf Podcast Network.

“Podcasts continue to be a popular and easy way to consume content. We’re excited to offer tips in a new and accessible way for our clients and colleagues, truly meeting them where they are,” said Director Gerry Kassouf.

The channel is comprised of two shows, the Kassouf Podcast Network and Kassouf Healthcare Solutions’ Revenue Radio. Both shows release monthly.

KPN uses Kassouf’s team of certified public accountants, information technology experts, business advisors, healthcare consultants, and financial planners to offer tips to help business owners and individuals make smart financial decisions.

Revenue Radio gives practice managers the tools they need to run a successful and profitable medical practice. Revenue Radio’s host, Kassouf Healthcare Solutions Executive Director Jeff Dance, discusses the opportunities and challenges related to the business side of medicine along with engaging guests.

The Kassouf Podcast Network is available on all major listening platforms. It is also available as a vodcast via Vimeo.

(Top left) In June, BMSS advisory experts represented

the firm at the 145th Alabama State Bar Annual

Meeting.; (Top right) BMSS team members hit it off

at NAWIC’s (National Association of Women in

Construction) recent Top Golf event! (Bottom left) BMSS

Advisors & CPAs was honored to host Birmingham’s Women in Manufacturing Alabama event in July at Key

Circle Commons. (Bottom right) We are thrilled to be

named a 2022 IPA 200 Firm by INSIDE Public Accounting!