Michael R. Abramson, CPA has been promoted to director with Labenz & Associates LLC in Lincoln. He joined the firm in 2013 following graduation from Hastings College with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting and a minor in mathematics. Abramson currently serves as a board member on the Lincoln Parks Foundation. Lynda M. Anderson, CPA, a Crete native and financial industry veteran with 27 years of experience, has joined Pinnacle Trust Services in Beatrice as a trust officer. Anderson is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance and a master’s degree in accounting. Laurie Ann J. Buhlke, CPA of Grand Island, has become a shareholder in Contryman Associates PC. Buhlke joined the firm after graduating from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting. She began her career in 2016 with Contryman in Scottsbluff, relocating to Grand Island in 2019. She is a graduate of the Emerging Leaders Academy from Upstream Academy and currently participates in Upstream’s New Partner Program. Buhlke plays an active role in the Nebraska Society of CPAs, serving on the Society Board of Directors, CPE Committee (vice chairman), Taxation Committee, Women in Accounting Committee, Accounting Recruitment Campaign Task Force, and Pass-Through Entity Tax (PTET) Working Group. In addition, she serves on the Goodwill Industries Foundation of Greater Nebraska Board of Directors, the Habitat for Humanity Finance Committee, and the Central Community College Advisory Council. Countryman Associates celebrated 85 years of providing accounting and consulting services to clients in 2024. The firm has seven locations throughout central and western Nebraska. As a professor, Ryan L. Burger, CPA continued his biennial tradition of developing and providing a grant for a selected Lutheran organization from his auditing class at Concordia University Nebraska in Seward. This year’s grant was more than $5,900 and was awarded to Lutheran High School in Fremont, which will open its doors in August 2025. Burger graduated from Concordia in 2004 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accountancy. He returned to teach at the university in 2010. Burger is also a partner at Gabriel Burger & Else, CPA in Seward. He is a past chairman of the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Directors, has served as chairman of the Society’s Accounting Careers Committee for the past decade, and presently serves on the Foundation of the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Trustees. Gail M. Endorf, CPA has been promoted to audit director at Frankel LLC in Omaha. Endorf joined the firm in 2007 and specializes in assurance and consulting services for not-for-profit organizations, government entities, and privately held companies. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Donald L. “Don” Erftmier, Jr. has joined Cline Williams law firm as of counsel to the transactional services team in the firm’s Omaha office. He brings nearly 35 years of experience to the firm and is an AV rated attorney with Martindale-Hubbell, the highest peer rating earned by attorneys at the highest level of professional excellence for legal expertise. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Erftmier is also recognized in Omaha Magazine’s Best Lawyers edition for corporate law and estate planning. In addition to his membership in the Nebraska Society of CPAs, Erftmier is a member of the Omaha Estate Planning Council, the Business Law, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, and Taxation sections of the American Bar Association, the Business Law section of the Nebraska Bar Association, and the Omaha Bar Association. Megan C. Holt, CPA, FRM received the 2024 Young Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Established in 2014, the Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes outstanding career achievement, active community involvement, or exceptional service to the university by UNO graduates 40 years old or younger. Holt is the CFO at Mutual of Omaha Mortgage Inc. She began her career with KPMG LLP and served clients in the financial services industry for six years before joining Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. in 2016. She joined Mutual of Omaha Mortgage in July 2022 as vice president of financial reporting and took on the role of CFO in July 2023. Holt received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an accounting emphasis from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2009. She earned her CPA designation in 2010 and her Financial Risk Management (FRM) certification in 2022. Holt is a past member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Directors and presently serves on the board of directors for Live On Nebraska and Volano Software. She also serves on the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Accounting Careers Committee and Women in Accounting Committee. 30 Nebraska CPA
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