I S S U E 2 , 2 0 2 2 26 nebraska cpas Members in the News Michael R. Abramson was promoted to senior manager at 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. Andrew J. “Drew” Blossom of Omaha was recent ly appointed to the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy by Governor Pete Ricketts to serve a four-year term as an active permit holder representing the second congressional district. Blossom is the managing partner of KPMG LLP in Omaha and Lincoln and has been practicing public accounting since 1989. He has been a member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs since relocating to Nebraska in 2004. He has also been a member of the AICPA State and Local Government Expert Panel and served as chairman of the AICPA State and Local Government Audit Guide Task Force. Blossom holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business from the University of Kansas. He replaces Dr. Thomas “Tom” Purcell of Creighton University in Omaha; Purcell served two four-year terms on the State Board. Sarah J. Borchers of Kearneywas recently appointed to the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy by Governor Pete Ricketts to serve a four-year term as an active permit holder representing the third congressional district. Borchers is an assistant professor of accounting at the University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK). Before entering academia, she worked as an audit manager at Contryman Associates, PC for several years, specializing in audits of governmental entities. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration fromUNK. In addition, she received her Doctorate of Business Administration from Creighton University in 2020. Borchers has served for several years on the State Board’s Education Advisory Committee (EAC). She replaces Glen Waltemath of McChesney Martin Sagehorn, PC in North Platte; Waltemath served two four-year terms on the State Board. Kristin K. Carlson was promoted to partner at Labenz&Associates LLC inLincoln. Carlson began her career in public accounting in 2007 following graduation from Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU), where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a minor in communication. She joined Labenz &Associates in 2010. Carlson specializes in business Paul H. Koehler and his wife Mary Ann recently endowed Concordia University’s business department with a gift of $2.5 million, the largest endowment gift in the history of the university. In appreciation and recognition of their support, the department is being named the Paul H. and Mary Ann Koehler Department of Business. The Koehlers were honored at the Concordia Business Luncheon on March 25, where their historic gift was announced. The couple has also supported the university by establishing an education scholarship endowment, matching gifts to the Concordia Fund, and providing the Vernon Koehler Memorial Clock in Founder’s Plaza. Koehler has been part of the Concordia Nebraska community since high school, when he was a member of Concordia High School’s last graduating class in 1972. His father, Vernon H. Koehler, served as a professor of education at Concordia. Both Paul andMary Ann graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business. Mary Ann worked for 12 years in the banking industry and 30 years in accounting and business at UNL before retiring in 2019. Paul has been affiliated with several accounting firms and today owns his own firm in Lincoln, specializing in government and non-profit auditing, training, and consulting. He also teaches ethics to accountants and CPA firms across the country and serves as a guest lecturer at three universities. Read more at bit.ly/CUNE-Koehler and bit.ly/SCINews-Koehler.
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