Schuyler J. Sharp, CPA, has joined First Bank & Trust of Fullerton as a loan officer and assistant compliance officer. Jeffrey W. “Jeff” Sheets, CPA, is serving on the Junior School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a senior manager at Labenz & Associates LLC in Lincoln. Lori L. Shelbourn, CPA, helped sponsor The Looney Lutherans performance in Valentine. Susan K. “Sue” Wilkinson, CPA, received the Lincoln Journal Star’s 2023 Excellence in Business Inspire Award, which celebrates women’s leadership. Wilkinson was recently appointed president and chief operating officer of Ameritas. In 2020, the Nebraska Society of CPAs presented her with the Outstanding CPA in Business & Industry Award. Andrew S. Young, CPA, is serving on the School of Accountancy Advisory Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is a partner at RSM US LLP in Omaha. Richard G. “Dick” Zacharia was inducted into the Central High School Hall of Fame in Omaha in 2023. Now retired, Zacharia has been a prominent figure in Omaha accounting circles for decades, serving as the managing partner of Frankel Zacharia for 25 years. He also served on the Nebraska Board of Public Accountancy for 10 years and received the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Distinguished Service to the Profession Award in 2017. Zacharia has been a member of the Nebraska Society of CPAs for 53 years. BMG CPAs LLP of Lincoln sponsored the 106.3 KFRX annual Wheel of Wishes event held at Scheels Southpointe in December. BMG is a long-time sponsor of this event, benefiting Make-A-Wish® Nebraska, which has granted more than 3,100 wishes since 1983. Learn more at https://bit.ly/BMG-Make-A-Wish. E&H CPAs & Management Consultants PC of Scottsbluff and Kimball has merged into Wisconsin-based MBE CPAs. The strategic collaboration marks MBE CPAs’ second U.S. office outside of Wisconsin. MBE CPAs also has 11 branches in Wisconsin and a branch in Chandler, Ariz. Frankel LLC in Omaha has been recognized by Inside Public Accounting (IPA) as a top firm in the U.S. by participating firms’ net revenue. Frankel ranked No. 285 on the list of 2023 IPA Top 500 Firms. The Nebraska Society of CPAs apologizes for inadvertently not including Frankel on the listing in Issue 4 of the Nebraska CPA magazine. The IPA annually ranks the largest accounting firms; the data was drawn from responses to IPA’s annual practice management survey and analysis of firms. Learn more at https://insidepublicaccounting.com/topfirms/ipa-500. Submit your news for future publication in Members in the News and Firms in the News to joni@nescpa.org. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 25 26 Nebraska CPA
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