The largest new partner/principal class announced thus far in 2021 is technically the 2020 new partner/principal class at RSM US, even though their promotions started on Jan. 1, 2021. And in its press release, RSM said there are 86 new partners and principals in the class of 2020 when the firm only provided the names of 84 people.
So, sorry to the two people who got slighted by RSM’s PR team.
Regardless of whether it’s 84 or 86 people, the class of 2020 could be the biggest ever at RSM, surpassing last year’s class of 80.
Here are a few more interesting numbers about the class of 2020:
- 34: The number of new partners and principals in consulting, the most of any service line, followed by 30 in tax and 20 in audit.
- 23: The number of new partners and principals who are women, or 27% of the class.
- 19: The number of new partners and principals who work in the Northeast region, the most of any region, followed by 18 in the Central region and 14 in both the Southeast region and the Great Lakes region.
Here are 84 of the 86 (apparently) members of the RSM new partner/principal class of 2020:
| Name | Focus Industry(ies) | Line of Business | Region |
| Jon Abee | Financial Services | Audit | West Region |
| Brian Adkinson | Industrials; Consumer Products | Consulting | Great Lakes Region |
| Ved Aswani | Private Equity; Business and Professional Services | Tax | Canada |
| Michael Bancroft | Real Estate; Private Equity | Tax | Canada |
| Josie Behrend | Nonprofit and Education; Health Care | Tax | Central Region |
| Peter Berns | Consumer Products | Audit | Central Region |
| Kunal Bhatt | Consumer Products | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Steve Biskie | Industrials; Financial Services | Consulting | Central Region |
| Addison Blackwell | Financial Services; Private Equity | Consulting | Southeast Region |
| Ron Browning | N/A | Consulting | Canada |
| Kevin Carpenter | Technology; Industrials | Consulting | Great Lakes Region |
| Jenifer Chase | Health Care; Nonprofit and Education | Tax | Central Region |
| Andrew Cohen | Real Estate; Financial Services | Tax | Great Lakes Region |
| Danny Collins | Financial Services; Technology | Consulting | Central Region |
| Leann Collins | Financial Services | Tax | Southeast Region |
| Andy Colson | Consumer Products | Tax | West Region |
| Matthew Dean | Industrials | Audit | Central Region |
| Phil DiBuono | Technology | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Jeff Dunnahoo | Financial Services | Consulting | Central Region |
| Nicole Durkin | Industrials; Private Equity | Audit | National |
| Andrew Ebneter | Industrials; Private Equity | Tax | Northeast Region |
| Holly Edwards | Industrials; Business and Professional Services | Audit | Southeast Region |
| Rebekuh Eley | Nonprofit and Education; Health Care | Tax | Great Lakes Region |
| Josh Ferguson | Industrials; Consumer Products | Consulting | Central Region |
| Jill FitzGerald | Consumer Products; Technology | Tax | Southeast Region |
| Matt Franko | Consumer Products; Financial Services | Consulting | Great Lakes Region |
| Jane Galarce | Consulting | National | |
| Shawn Gilronan | Industrials; Consumer Products | Consulting | Great Lakes Region |
| Brad Gnade | Consumer Products | Audit | Great Lakes Region |
| Crystal Golob Lindholm | Consumer Products; Industrials | Tax | Central Region |
| Todd Gossett | Industrials; Health Care | Audit | Great Lakes Region |
| Julia Gowe | Industrials; Business and Professional Services | Tax | Northeast Region |
| Abigail Griffin-Ryder | Consumer Products | Tax | Northeast Region |
| Brian Hintzsche | Industrials; Real Estate | Tax | Great Lakes Region |
| Emily Ho | Real Estate | Tax | West Region |
| Joseph Housel | Real Estate; Business and Professional Services | Audit | Northeast Region |
| Caitlin Hughes | Business and Professional Services; Technology | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| John Huyette | Financial Services; Consumer Products | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Brendan Joosten | Technology; Life Sciences | Audit | Northeast Region |
| Jit Kabra | Private Equity; Financial Services | Consulting | West Region |
| Bob Kanzler | Nonprofit and Education | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Danielle Kaufman | Industrials; Consumer Products | Tax | Northeast Region |
| Alfred Ko | Financial Services; Life Sciences | Consulting | West Region |
| Jason Krein | Financial Services | Tax | West Region |
| Anna Kyer | Industrials; Health Care | Audit | Central Region |
| Linda Lee | Real Estate; Private Equity | Tax | Southeast Region |
| Tara Leja | Nonprofit and Education | Consulting | Central Region |
| Matt Lubbers | Industrials; Real Estate | Tax | Great Lakes Region |
| Frank Lucas | Real Estate; Private Clubs | Tax | Southeast Region |
| Eric Manus | Industrials; Consumer Products | Tax | Great Lakes Region |
| Adam Marshall | Life Sciences | Consulting | Southeast Region |
| Chris Martin | Life Sciences; Technology | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Hilary Marx | Financial Services; Consumer Products | Consulting | Southeast Region |
| Sean McNama | N/A | Tax | Canada |
| Mike Mendez | Health Care | Audit | Southeast Region |
| Greg Naviloff | Life Sciences; Health Care | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Hong Nguyen | Industrials; Consumer Products | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Nick Passini | Industrials; Real Estate | Tax | National |
| Peter Pentland | Industrials; Consumer Products | Tax | National |
| Ryan Pierson | Industrials; Financial Services | Consulting | Great Lakes Region |
| Kyle Rabbitt | Health Care | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Joe Ring | Life Sciences; Private Equity | Consulting | Southeast Region |
| John Rush | Consumer Products; Technology | Consulting | Central Region |
| Paul Scaturro | Financial Services; Nonprofit and Education | Audit | Northeast Region |
| Nick Schaefer | Industrials; Business and Professional Services | Audit | Great Lakes Region |
| Katie Schuhow | Financial Services; Real Estate | Audit | Northeast Region |
| Hersh Shah | Financial Services | Consulting | West Region |
| Mark Siegel | Health Care; Consumer Products | Tax | Southeast Region |
| Alina Solodchikova | Financial Services; Consumer Products | Tax | National |
| Jeff Soucy | Industrials; Consumer Products | Audit | Northeast Region |
| John Stetzenbach | Industrials; Consumer Products | Audit | Great Lakes Region |
| Rohit Subramaniam | Industrials; Business and Professional Services | Consulting | Central Region |
| Kim Susko | Technology; Life Sciences | Consulting | Northeast Region |
| Kyle Tillman | Financial Services; Consumer Products | Tax | Central Region |
| Matt Vargas | Consumer Products; Technology | Tax | West Region |
| Erol Wallace | Real Estate; Financial Services | Audit | Southeast Region |
| Jerry Warrick | Financial Services; Technology | Consulting | Central Region |
| Andrew Weidenhamer | Consumer Products | Consulting | Southeast Region |
| Joe Wessbecker | Technology; Industrials | Tax | Central Region |
| Brian Whitfield | Industrials; Consumer Products | Audit | West Region |
| Liz Williams | Real Estate; Business and Professional Services | Audit | Central Region |
| Christian Winzeler | Consumer Products; Industrials | Consulting | West Region |
| Andrew Young | Industrials; Technology | Tax | Central Region |
| Jeff Zeichner | State and Local Government | Audit | Southeast Region |
Congrats to all the newly promoted RSMers! And if anyone knows the names of the two other people who got promoted to either partner or principal, let us know using the contact info below.
[RSM US]
It’s good to get some young blood in. RSM has a lot of older partners that were a part of acquisitions that drag the company down. Lots of admin type partners at RSM…