Grant Thornton Adds 56 New PPMDs

Top seven accounting firm Grant Thornton admitted its annual class of new partners and principals and promoted a group of professionals to managing directors, effective Aug. 1.

Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, which provides non-attest services, admitted nine new principals and promoted 22 professionals to managing directors, while Grant Thornton LLP, which provides attest services, admitted 13 new partners and promoted 12 professionals to managing directors.

The firm now operates as an alternative practice structure—allowing Grant Thornton to comply with securities laws prohibiting conflicts of interest that could impair the objectivity of its auditors—following a significant private equity investment from New Mountain Capital. That deal closed on May 31.

Of the newly promoted professionals, the largest number (44%) practice in audit and assurance at Grant Thornton LLP, followed by professionals at Grant Thornton Advisors working in the tax (27%), advisory (20%) and internal services (9%) areas.

Grant Thornton Advisors admitted the following professionals as principals or promoted them to managing directors:

Name	Title	Area	Market
Jason Anderson	Managing Director	Internal Services	Chicago
Omri Avdi	Principal	Internal Services	Orange County, Calif.
Tracey Baird	Principal	Tax	Houston
Monica Bambury	Managing Director	Tax	Bellevue, Wash.
Renee Cahill	Managing Director	Tax	Chicago
Colin Crawford	Managing Director	Advisory	Philadelphia
Fletcher Davidson	Managing Director	Internal Services	Tampa, Fla.
Mike Del Medico	Managing Director	Tax	Cleveland
Oliver Dennison	Principal	Advisory	Charlotte, N.C.
Jeff Eichinger	Managing Director	Tax	Chicago
Justin Ferguson	Principal	Tax	Metro D.C.
Patrick Foos	Managing Director	Advisory	Charlotte, N.C.
Kelly Granado	Managing Director	Tax	Houston
Eileen Leyhane	Managing Director	Tax	Detroit
Catherine Love	Managing Director	Tax	Boston
Katie MacQuivey	Principal	Advisory	Bellevue, Wash.
Adam Martinson	Managing Director	Tax	Cleveland
Lindsay Miller	Managing Director	Tax	Orange County, Calif.
Mani Muthappan	Managing Director	Advisory	Boston
Matt Nelson	Principal	Advisory	Charlotte, N.C.
Ryan Nodal	Managing Director	Tax	Orange County, Calif.
Mark Owens	Managing Director	Advisory	Philadelphia
Brian Papsun	Principal	Tax	Philadelphia
Leena Patel	Managing Director	Internal Services	Metro D.C.
Sam Salha	Managing Director	Advisory	Bellevue, Wash.
Diana Schuetz	Managing Director	Internal Services	Bellevue, Wash.
Guinevere Seaward Shore	Principal	Tax	Metro D.C.
Supreet Singh	Managing Director	Advisory	Houston
Peter Stiegler	Managing Director	Advisory	Minneapolis
Rick Strasser	Managing Director	Advisory	Metro D.C.
Ray Vizza	Principal	Tax	Chicago

Here are the new partners and managing directors at Grant Thornton LLP:

Name	Title	Area	Market
Alex Banez	Partner	Audit	Los Angeles
Sydney Been	Managing Director	Audit	Wichita, Kan.
Caryn Blackwell	Partner	Audit	Dallas
Denny Childress	Managing Director	Audit	Phoenix
Kevin Dawson	Partner	Audit	New York City
Eric Elberg	Managing Director	Audit	New York City
Adrian Gaffney	Partner	Audit	Tampa, Fla.
Pat Grubb	Partner	Audit	Dallas
Andrew Herrick	Managing Director	Audit	Phoenix
Marcy Johnson	Partner	Audit	Metro D.C.
Joe Kilkenny	Partner	Audit	San Francisco
Sara Krueger	Partner	Audit	Detroit
Peter Ladas	Partner	Audit	Iselin, N.J.
Dan Mueller	Partner	Audit	Fort Lauderdale, Fla
Ross Ramsour	Partner	Audit	Houston
Matthew Rodriguez	Managing Director	Audit	New York City
Mike Schmidt	Managing Director	Audit	New York City
Laura Schuetze	Partner	Audit	Chicago
Sandra Seymore	Managing Director	Audit	Pittsburgh
Allison Smith	Managing Director	Audit	Chicago
Grant Spannuth	Managing Director	Audit	Denver
Destinee Swanson	Managing Director	Audit	Jacksonville, Fla.
Nate Wandel	Partner	Audit	Chicago
David Weber	Managing Director	Audit	Bellevue, Wash.
J.B. Yett	Managing Director	Audit	Dallas

“I look forward to this milestone every year because it celebrates those newly promoted and acknowledges the personalized, quality services they provide every day,” Seth Siegel, CEO of Grant Thornton Advisors, said in a statement. “Grant Thornton is approaching our 100th anniversary, and we’re meeting the moment by combining dynamic client services with a singular work environment for our teammates. These talented and diverse new leaders will help fuel this momentum and make Grant Thornton the industry’s platform of choice for our next century—and I congratulate them on their important new roles.”