Jared L. Abrahamson, CPA, has been hired as a tax manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP in Omaha. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a double major in accounting and finance. Abrahamson serves as treasurer for the Lincoln Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Emily E. Arrigo, CPA, has been promoted to assurance manager at HBE LLP in Lincoln. She
graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Hastings College. Upon the completion of her degree, Arrigo joined HBE in 2018 as an accountant. She provides assurance services for both for-profit and nonprofit clients in addition to employee benefit plans.
Ashley S. Bell, CPA, has been promoted to assurance director at HBE LLP in Lincoln. She
graduated from Nebraska Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a minor in Finance. Upon completion of her degree, Bell worked for BKD as a senior audit associate and Farmers & Merchants Bank as COO and comptroller before joining HBE as a senior accountant in 2018. Since then, she has provided for-profit and employee benefit plan specialized services to HBE clients. Bell serves as treasurer for St. Mark’s Preschool KIDZONE and as a TeamMates mentor. She also has served as a member of the finance committee for the YWCA Lincoln.
Blake L. Berke, CPA, became an owner of McGill Restoration in Omaha in January. He started with the company in 2016 as CFO and presently serves as McGill Restoration’s COO. Berke holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He started his career at Seim Johnson LLP in 2012, where he was a senior associate and earned his CPA in 2014. Berke’s volunteer activities include serving on the board of Citylight Church and the YMCA of Greater Omaha. He has also served as a National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) football official and as a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football official, center judge in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
Lauren M. Duren, CPA, has been promoted to client accounting services and healthcare director at Lutz in Omaha. She provides consulting and outsourced accounting services to corporations, partnerships, and independent medical and dental practices. Duren holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Business
Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She began her career in 2012. Duren is a volunteer for Lutz Gives Back. She is a member of both the Nebraska and National Medical Group Management Association.
Jordan L. Fisher, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager at Lutz and is a remote employee. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Hastings College and started his career in 2015. He is responsible for providing assurance services to clients in the government, nonprofit, public housing, and low-income housing industries. Fisher’s community service includes volunteering for Hastings Give Day and Hercules Haven, as a board member for Start Over Rover, and as treasurer of the Iowa Farm Sanctuary.
Bryan C. Frew, CPA, has been promoted to tax director at Lutz in Hastings. Frew earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and began his career in 2009. As tax director, he is responsible for providing taxation services to businesses and individuals, as well as trusts and estates with a
focus on medical practices. Frew is a past treasurer of the Third City Community Clinic in Grand Island and a volunteer coach for youth sports and camps.
Hannah E. Goscha, CPA, has been promoted to tax manager at Lutz in Omaha. She is responsible for providing tax consulting and compliance services to clients with a focus on partnerships, corporations, nonprofits, trusts, and estates. She graduated with a Master of Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and began her career in 2018. Goscha is co-president of Lutz Gives Back.
Reid K. Hammitt, CPA, has been promoted to audit manager at Lutz in Omaha. He is responsible for providing credibility to clients through financial reporting, with a focus on the manufacturing, engineering, nonprofit, and staffing industries as well as employee benefit plans. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and Finance as well as a Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Melissa L. “Missy” Jackson, CPA, has been promoted to tax director at Lutz in Omaha. Jackson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and began her career in 2010. Today, she specializes in the review of corporate and multi-state returns, maintains and manages client relationships, and assists with international compliance.
Brian M. Klintworth, CPA, MT, has been promoted to partner at HBE LLP in Lincoln. Klintworth graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration, with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance. He joined HBE in 2015
as an intern and began his full-time career shortly thereafter. Most recently, he served as the firm’s tax director. While at HBE, Klintworth earned his Master of Taxation in 2019 from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Since the fall of 2021, he has served part-time as an adjunct instructor for Concordia University in Seward. Klintworth is a graduate of the AICPA Leadership Academy. He presently is chairman of the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ CPE Committee, serves on the Nebraska Society’s Taxation Committee and Accounting Careers
Committee, and is a financial literacy volunteer and mentor for the TeamMates program. In addition, he volunteers for the Nebraska Leadership Seminar, serving as treasurer of the board, president of the alumni association, senior counselor, and photographer for the organization, which empowers soon-to-be high school juniors. The addition of Klintworth brings HBE LLP’s total partner count to 16 with a staff of more than 100 employees.
Margaret E. “Maggie” Knight, DBA, CPA, CGMA, has been appointed chair of the Accounting
and Business Intelligence & Analytics Department at the Heider College of Business at Creighton University. She also currently serves as an associate professor of accounting and director of the Master of Accounting Program.
In addition, having published multiple articles in top-tier journals, Knight has joined the ranks—10th internationally—of notable accounting researchers whose work is recognized by
Brigham Young University (BYU) Accounting Rankings. The BYU Accounting Rankings is considered the gold standard in accounting disciplines, covering numerous specialized fields,
including accounting education research, which is Knight’s expertise. The report ranks accounting programs and faculty worldwide on their success in publishing in top-tier, peer-reviewed accounting journals. It is also helpful for accounting researchers to compare their research productivity to their contemporaries, says Knight.
Knight earned her doctorate at Creighton University in 2018 and has an interest in behavioral accounting and management research. Up until August 2016, she served as CFO for the primary and specialty care networks of physicians in CHI Health, serving more than 800 providers and 140 locations. Knight originally joined CHI Health in 2008 as the system controller, where she oversaw accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, financial analysis, capital planning, benchmarking, and decision support/cost accounting for the health system. Prior to her time with CHI Health, she spent seven years in public accounting with KPMG, where she served healthcare and not-for-profit clients throughout the Midwest.
Lisa M. Kohler, CPA, CIA, has been appointed vice president of internal audit and compliance at Cobalt Credit Union in Papillion. Kohler comes to Cobalt with more than 16 years of audit experience, most recently serving as the internal audit manager for Farm Credit Services of America. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Justin J. Korth, CPA, has been promoted to tax director at Lutz in Omaha. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and Finance from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and began his career in 2016. He is responsible for individual, business, and fiduciary tax compliance and consulting, estate and business planning, and taxpayer representation on IRS matters. In addition, he oversees the firm’s international workforce initiative. An active volunteer at his alma mater, Korth is an advisory board member for the UNO School of Accounting, a mentor for the UNO College of Business Scholars Academy, and a member of the UNO Young Alumni Academy. He also is a member of St. Vincent de Paul Knights of Columbus, the former president of Youth Catholic Professionals in Omaha, a finance committee member at the JPII Newman Center, and a mentor at Sacred Heart Catholic School. He presently serves on the Nebraska Society of CPAs’ Legislation Committee and in the past has served on the Society’s Accounting Careers Committee and Political Education Committee.
Derek L. Meyer, CPA, has been promoted to tax manager at HBE LLP in Lincoln. Meyer graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, then received his Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Upon completion of his degree in 2017, Meyer joined HBE and now provides specialty tax, advisory, and healthcare services to HBE clients. He currently serves as treasurer for the Seniors Foundation.
Phillip S. Oman, CPA, has been promoted to tax manager at HBE LLP in Lincoln. He graduated
from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy. Upon completion of his degree, Oman joined HBE as an accountant and now provides specialty corporate, partnership, and individual income tax planning and preparation services. He also specializes in State and Local Taxes (SALT) and business valuation services.
Adam J. Pfeiffer, CPA, has been promoted to tax director at Lutz in Omaha. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Pfeiffer began his career in 2009. He is responsible for providing tax consulting and compliance services to clients, with a focus on the real estate and restaurant industries.
Rose M. Pinkman, CPA, CFE, was promoted to assurance director at HBE LLP in Lincoln. She
graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy. Upon completion of her master’s degree, she worked for Union Bank and Trust in the internal audit department before joining HBE in 2014. Since that time, Pinkman has provided specialized nonprofit and government audits for a variety of HBE clients.
BrenDee R. Reinke, CPA, was promoted to partner at Herley & Reinke Accounting, PC in Norfolk. Reinke began her career in public accounting in 2009 following graduation from the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis and a Master of Business Administration with an Accounting emphasis. Reinke specializes in business and individual tax compliance and consulting services, audit, compilation, and review of financial statements.
Jody J. Sanders, CPA, has become the first woman to serve as Fremont’s city administrator. A lifelong resident of Fremont, Sanders graduated valedictorian from Fremont High School in 1979. She started working at the Fremont Tribune in 1980 and spent nine years as the newspaper’s CFO/controller. While at the Tribune, she attended the University of Nebraska at Omaha. After a brief family move to Missouri in 1990 and back to Nebraska the next year, she worked at a Mutual of Omaha affiliate and resumed attending UNO in 1991. She eventually earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from UNO in 1998, then earned her CPA. After graduating, Sanders worked at Shaw, Hull & Navarrette in Fremont. After being approached by an employment consultant, she then became the accounting/ finance manager with the city of Fremont in 2007, was appointed director of finance for the city in 2011, and then interim city administrator in December 2021. Sanders’ official appointment as city administrator began June 1.
