Lynndsy J. Beckmann, CPA, has become a shareholder of McMill CPAs & Advisors in Norfolk. A graduate of Wayne State College, she joined the firm in 2015 as an intern and obtained her CPA license in 2017. Allison C. “Allie” Boulay, CPA, of Deloitte Tax LLP in Omaha, has received the Omaha Community Foundation’s Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) designation, after graduating from the foundation’s graduate-level training program for professional advisors. Grant H. Buckley, CPA, is serving on the Junior School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a partner at Buckley & Sitzman LLP in Lincoln and serves as treasurer of the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Directors. Benjamin J. “Ben” Burton, CPA, of Lutz in Omaha, has received the Omaha Community Foundation’s Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®) designation, after graduating from the foundation’s graduate-level training program for professional advisors. Katelyn A. “Katie” Byrd, CPA, is serving on the Junior School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Byrd is an audit director at Lutz in Omaha. Nicole L. Cooper, CPA, MBA, has been named chief financial officer at Project Harmony, one of the largest child advocacy centers in the nation. Cooper earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from the University of NebraskaLincoln, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is an AICPA Leadership Academy Graduate, Class of 2020. She serves on the UNO School of Accounting Advisory Board, the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Accounting Careers Committee, and as a volunteer with St. Stephen the Martyr’s Home and School Association. Eric W. Cruise, CPA, is serving on the School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cruise is a tax managing director at KPMG LLP in Lincoln. Ellen S. Dasher, CPA, is serving on the School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Dasher is vice president of global taxation at Valmont Industries Inc. in Omaha. Diane D. Davies, CPA, of Cruise & Associates in Norfolk, has been elected to the Northeast Community College Board of Governors. Jodi M. Eckhout, CPA, has become a shareholder of Woods & Durham Chartered CPAs in Holdrege. She serves as vice chairman of the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Taxation Committee and secretary of the Nebraska Society of CPAs Board of Directors. In addition, Eckhout is a member of the AICPA Individual & Self-Employed Tax Technical Resource Panel and is a graduate of the AICPA Leadership Academy. Sheila M. Hansen, CPA, of Blair co-presented a workshop on business entity selection for farms and ranches prior to the 39th Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference in Kearney in February. Troy L. Hilyard, CPA, will join MBE CPAs as its newest partner, following the merger of E&H CPAs & Management Consultants PC of Scottsbluff into Wisconsin-based MBE CPAs. Joseph E. “Joe” Hunhoff, CPA, of Bloomfield and his family held their fourth annual “Angels Among Us” gift-shopping event in memory of Phyllis Hunhoff. The event was held at the local school so that all 136 pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade students were able to shop for gifts. 24 Nebraska CPA
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