Pub. 1 2019 Issue 5

S E P T E M B E R / O C T O B E R 2 0 1 9 18 nebraska cpas Seth Christensen has become a partner in Ritterbush & Piotrowski LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Laura Fender has been elected to the Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska Board of Directors. Fender is senior vice president and controller at Mutual of Omaha, where she serves as the executive sponsor of the Women in Leadership Employee Resource Group. A graduate of Creighton University, she also serves on the boards of Completely Kids, Mutual of Omaha Foundation, and the Omaha chapter of Financial Executives International. Robert L. “Bob”Kardell has joined Baird HolmLLP in Omaha. His practice focuses on technology-based risk management solutions, technology and cyber threat prevention, remediation and response, and fraud prevention and investigation. He has more than 22 years of experience working for the FBI and is experienced as a computer forensics examiner and accounting forensics investigator. Mark Myers has been promoted to vice president of accounting at the Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD). Myers joined MUD in 2015 as manager of budgeting and financial analysis. He has more than 30 years of experience in a variety of accounting and finance positions with organizations including the city of Bellevue, First Data Corp., and First National Bank of Omaha. O’Donnell, Ficenec,Wills & Ferdig LLP of Omaha is celebrating its 68th anniversary in 2019. Joseph Pritchard has become a partner at Berger, Elliot & Pritchard CPAs LLC. He earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 2012 and soon joined Berger and O’Toole CPAs LLC. In 2015, Pritchard returned to his hometown of Spalding and opened a branch of the firm. On January 1, 2019, he became a partner in the newly formed firm of Berger, Elliot & Pritchard, where his focus is on agricultural business and taxes. Locally, Pritchard is treasurer of the Cottonwood Green Golf Course and is a member of the Greeley County Fair Board. Taylor Pugh has been promoted to audit shareholder at Lutz in Omaha. With eight years of experience, she provides accounting, auditing, and consulting services to privately held companies and leads the Transaction Advisory Services practice, in addition Members in the News