McGladrey Promotes 35 to Partner/Principal

CHICAGO - Oct. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Chicago, IL (October 1, 2013) -- McGladrey LLP, the nation's largest provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, recently announced the promotion of 35 employees to partner and principal roles, effective Oct. 1.

“Each of our new partners and principals has demonstrated a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities facing the middle market,” said Joe Adams, managing partner and CEO of McGladrey (http://www.mcgladrey.com/). “These individuals have consistently used this understanding to provide innovative insights and services to help our clients succeed while embodying McGladrey’s core values of respect, integrity, teamwork, excellence and stewardship. The entire McGladrey leadership team is proud to recognize their contributions to our clients and our firm.”

The complete 2013 class of partners and principals includes:

Name -- Line of Business -- Office

Owen Bailitz -- Assurance – Chicago

Chris Banse – Assurance – Dallas

Joe Benfatti – Consulting -- San Francisco

Gireesh Chugh – Assurance -- New York

Greg Dempsey -- Consulting -- New York

Craig DeWulf – Assurance -- Cedar Rapids

Daimon Geopfert – Consulting -- Chicago

Lisa Hanmer – Assurance -- Madison

Melissa Harp – Consulting -- Minneapolis

Beth Johnson -- Consulting -- Kansas City

Jen Kalla – Tax -- Minneapolis

Josh Kettler – Consulting -- Kansas City

Brian Kirkell – Tax -- Washington, DC

Jim Klimkowski – Consulting -- Columbus

Paige Kuroyama – Assurance -- Los Angeles

Ryan LeMond – Assurance -- Irvine

John McCourt – Assurance -- Vienna

Faye Miller -- Assurance -- Baltimore

Patrick Mulloy – Assurance -- Blue Bell

Chris Murphy – Assurance -- Chicago

Bryan Nelson – Consulting -- Burlington

Al Nunez – Tax -- Las Vegas

Karen Pornoy – Consulting – Chicago

Jackie Prillaman -- Tax -- Raleigh

Roger Prough – Assurance – Cleveland

Jim Richardson – Assurance – Omaha

Jennifer Seaton – Tax – Chicago

Vikas Sekhri – Tax -- New York

Kartik Sundar Raj – Consulting – Vienna

Jolene Topinka – Consulting -- Cedar Rapids

Jerry Varga – Assurance -- San Diego

Patti Walker – Consulting -- Los Angeles

Mike Watson – Tax – Elkhart

Dan Wheadon – Consulting – Boston

David Wood – Consulting -- Schaumburg

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