On the move: Prager Metis names next CEO

Prager Metis CPAs, New York, announced Lori Roth was named chief executive officer and Stuart Mayer chief operating officer. Roth previously served as global managing partner and executive committee member of Prager Metis and Mayer was northeast regional managing partner and executive committee member at the firm. (Read the full story.)

The Bonadio Group, Rochester, promoted five to partner; in the Capital Region: Brad Alfred in small business advisory and Jared Amyot in assurance; and in the Rochester region: Courtney Caryl, advisory and consulting, FoxPointe Solutions; Rochelle Moore, small business advisory; and Chelsey Wyant, assurance. 

CohnReznick promoted 14 to partner, effective Feb 1, 2026. The firm promoted, in Boston: Tim Carney, tax, affordable housing, commercial real estate; in Baltimore: Keisha Chinn, tax, affordable housing; in New York City: Lexie Christie, tax, financial services, Courtney Klinga, assurance, real estate; in Chicago: Michael Fussman, advisory, restructuring and dispute resolution in Denver: Michele Herron, tax, affordable housing; in San Diego: Jim Lantis assurance, renewable energy; in Parsippany, New Jersey: Paul Morrisey, national assurance, and Ilias Tillyros, tax, commercial real estate; in Long Island/Los Angeles: Shideh Ovaysikia, assurance, consumer, hospitality, manufacturing; in Los Angeles: Jonathan Schwartz, transaction advisory; in Bethesda, Maryland: Taylor Sphon, tax, consumer, hospitality, manufacturing and commercial real estate, and Mia Thompson, assurance, commercial real estate. In other firm news, Sean Granat, tax partner, was listed in Billboard magazine’s Top Business Managers list for 2025.

LMC, New York, promoted to partner: Nick Grgas, department lead of the audit and assurance department; Gary Sozzi, co-lead  of the tax department; Jonathan Porcelli, co-lead of the tax department; and Ari Shamir, co-lead of the family office department.