Last Thursday, Grant Thornton announced the blessed naming of 75 new partners, principals and managing directors, 21 fewer PPMDs than 2022’s record class of 96. Although overall PPMD promotions are down, partner and principal promotions are up at 43 this year versus 38 in 2022. Let’s take a look at historical partner and principal promotions over the years at GT:
- 2023: 43
- 2022: 38
- 2021: 46
- 2020: 30
- 2019: 42
- 2018: 32
- 2017: 39
- 2016: 47
- 2015: 50
- 2014: 32
- 2013: 30
- 2012: 27
- 2011: 26
- 2010: 22
Unfortunately, GT CEO Seth Siegel did not use the word DYNAMIC a single time in the press release. Booooo.
Audit took the biggest piece of the pie for this year’s promotion class at 40% followed by 28% in Tax, 28% in Advisory, and 4% in Internal Services. The lucky winners are:
| Name | Title | Service Line | Market |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Abate | Partner | Audit | Philadelphia |
| Charmone Adams | Partner | Advisory | New York |
| Anthony Adkins | Managing Director | Audit | Dallas |
| Sabrina Allen | Managing Director | Internal Services | Dallas |
| Andrea Anderson | Partner | Tax | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Brian Angstadt | Partner | Tax | Atlanta |
| Mark Atkins | Managing Director | Tax | Dallas |
| Greg Baker | Managing Director | Audit | Tampa, Fla. |
| Loma Barad | Partner | Tax | Chicago |
| JJ Bennett | Partner | Audit | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Rachel Binder | Partner | Audit | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Patrick Boruta | Managing Director | Advisory | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Adrianne Boylen | Partner | Advisory | Los Angeles |
| Andy Brown | Partner | Audit | Salt Lake City |
| Andrea Brown | Partner | Audit | Oklahoma City |
| Amanda Budday | Managing Director | Audit | Detroit |
| Nate Burkhart* | Partner | Audit | Detroit |
| Laura Cacioppo | Managing Director | Tax | Tampa, Fla. |
| Michael Caruso | Managing Director | Tax | Orange County, Calif. |
| Matt Cassidy | Principal | Advisory | Philadelphia |
| Seth Chaikin | Principal | Advisory | Kansas City, Mo. |
| ZengYu Chen | Managing Director | Audit | San Jose, Calif. |
| Heather Collazo | Partner | Tax | Miami |
| Kate Collins* | Partner | Audit | Atlanta |
| Joe Cowan | Partner | Audit | Tulsa, Okla. |
| Alvin David | Managing Director | Audit | Iselin, N.J. |
| Eric Downey | Partner | Advisory | Atlanta |
| Carrie Dullye | Managing Director | Advisory | Dallas |
| Mike Eickhoff | Principal | Tax | Chicago |
| Rob Eisenberg* | Managing Director | Audit | Metro D.C. |
| Todd Farrell | Partner | Audit | Fort Lauderdale, Fla. |
| Chad Figueroa* | Partner | Audit | Milwaukee |
| Bob Gershon | Managing Director | Tax | Kansas City, Mo. |
| Neima Golnabi | Managing Director | Advisory | Dallas |
| Rick Gove | Principal | Tax | Dallas |
| Alex Gramajo | Partner | Audit | Boston |
| Nic Haas | Managing Director | Advisory | Metro D.C. |
| Aftab Hemani | Managing Director | Audit | Dallas |
| Alen Hodzic | Partner | Audit | New York |
| Josh Jagust | Managing Director | Tax | Chicago |
| Lisa Kaestle | Managing Director | Audit | Hartford, Conn. |
| Alex Koltsov | Principal | Advisory | Phoenix |
| Karolyn Ladas* | Managing Director | Audit | Jacksonville, Fla. |
| Ariana Landstreet | Principal | Advisory | Hartford, Conn. |
| Samantha Lang | Partner | Audit | Minneapolis |
| Paul Mark | Managing Director | Tax | Boston |
| Sarah Merrill | Partner | Audit | Denver |
| Max Mitchell | Managing Director | Advisory | Chicago |
| David Murdock | Partner | Tax | San Jose, Calif. |
| Sanjiv Raman | Principal | Advisory | Philadelphia |
| John Reedy | Managing Director | Advisory | New York |
| Phil Romero | Partner | Audit | Iselin, N.J. |
| Moises Sanchez | Partner | Audit | Chicago |
| Chris Saracco | Principal | Advisory | Chicago |
| Ryan Scott | Managing Director | Audit | Houston |
| Jigna Shah | Managing Director | Advisory | Atlanta |
| Pallavi Singaraju | Partner | Audit | Dallas |
| John Sobota | Managing Director | Internal Services | Downers Grove, Ill. |
| Colin Spreier | Partner | Audit | Dallas |
| Tom Stonkus | Managing Director | Tax | Los Angeles |
| Michael Sullivan | Managing Director | Advisory | New York |
| Myung Tee | Managing Director | Tax | Bellevue, Wash. |
| Kushal Thakore | Principal | Tax | San Jose, Calif. |
| Kim Zeifang | Managing Director | Advisory | Houston |
| Scott Thompsett | Principal | Tax | Melville, N.Y |
| Scott Trip | Managing Director | Advisory | Metro D.C |
| Ray Vizza | Managing Director | Tax | Chicago |
| Laura Wagner | Partner | Audit | Salt Lake City |
| Megan Walters | Principal | Advisory | Atlanta |
| John Ward | Partner | Tax | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Rashada Whitehead | Principal | Internal Services | Chicago |
| Katie Wojszynski | Partner | Audit | New York |
| Mary Xu | Managing Director | Tax | Boston |
| Ben YoKell | Principal | Advisory | Denver |
| Chris Young | Partner | Tax | Charlotte, N.C. |
| Kim Zeifang | Managing Director | Advisory | Houston |
*Promoted earlier in 2023 with approval from Grant Thornton leadership.
Congrats to all. Just pretend Sasha Velour’s RPDR finale lip sync featured purple roses and that’ll be celebration enough.
Grant Thornton names 75 new partners, principals and managing directors [GT]
