Adam J. Pfeiffer, CPA, has been promoted to tax director at Lutz in Omaha. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pfeiffer began his career in 2009. He is responsible for providing tax consulting and compliance services to clients, with a focus on the real estate and restaurant industries. Rose M. Pinkman, CPA, CFE, was promoted to assurance director at HBE LLP in Lincoln. She graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy. Upon completion of her master’s degree, she worked for Union Bank and Trust in the internal audit department before joining HBE in 2014. Since that time, Pinkman has provided specialized nonprofit and government audits for a variety of HBE clients. BrenDee R. Reinke, CPA, was promoted to partner at Herley & Reinke Accounting, PC in Norfolk. Reinke began her career in public accounting in 2009 following graduation from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis and a Master of Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis. Reinke specializes in business and individual tax compliance and consulting services, audit, compilation, and review of financial statements. Jody J. Sanders, CPA, has become the first woman to serve as Fremont’s city administrator. A lifelong resident of Fremont, Sanders graduated valedictorian fromFremont High School in 1979. She started working at the Fremont Tribune in 1980 and spent nine years as the newspaper’s CFO/controller. While at the Tribune, she attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha. After a brief family move to Missouri in 1990 and back to Nebraska the next year, she worked at a Mutual of Omaha affiliate and resumed attending UNO in 1991. She eventually earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting fromUNO in 1998, then earned her CPA. After graduating, Sanders worked at Shaw, Hull & Navarrette in Fremont. After being approached by an employment consultant, she then became the accounting/ finance manager with the city of Fremont in 2007, was appointed director of finance for the city in 2011, and then interim city administrator in December 2021. Sanders’ official appointment as city administrator began June 1. Firms in the News Dana F. Cole & Company LLP has opened a new branch at 114 Central Avenue in Grant. The Grant location is one of 25 of the f irm’s offices spanning six states. Talon M. Gorgen, CPA, (pictured right) who is a partner and has been with the firm for nine years, will lead the office in Grant. Gorgen graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Christian G. “Chris” Fryzek, CPA, (pictured left) will also be in the Grant office but will continue to oversee the Ogallala location. He graduated fromMidland University with a double major in accounting and business management. Fryzek has been with Dana Cole for 14 years. Seim Johnson of Elkhorn became part of Eide Bailly, based in Fargo, N.D., on July 25. The merger marked Eide Bailly’s first office in Nebraska, adding 20 partners and 70 staff members to the firm, which currently has more than 350 partners and nearly 3,000 staff in the U.S. Eide Bailly has more than 40 offices in 15 states as well as an office in Mumbai, India. The firm ranked 20th on Accounting Today’s 2022 list of the Top 100 Firms. McMill CPAs & Advisors of Norfolk sponsored a Lemonade Camp for approximately 85 first through sixth graders from the community. The goal of the annual camp, now in its 11th year, is to raise money for a local nonprofit and to teach children about financial literacy and giving back. McMill CPAs started the day at their office with a financial lesson for the children about the importance of budgeting. The day campers then made their way to downtown Norfolk, raising $1,000 through lemonade sales this year for the Norfolk Library Foundation. 29 nebraska society of cpas W W W . N E S C P A . O R G
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