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September 7, 2023

2023 GRF Diversity Matters Scholarship Opens

GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) is pleased to announce that the firm is now accepting applications for the 2023 GRF Diversity Matters Scholarship. Underscoring the firm’s efforts to support more people of color entering the accounting profession, the scholarship was created to level the playing field for underrepresented groups.

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August 29, 2023

The Daily Record Announces 2023 Empowering Women Awards

The Daily Record has named GRF CPA and Advisors as a recipient of a 2023 Empowering Women Award. Empowering Women winners will be honored at The Daily Record’s Women’s Leadership Summit on Oct. 25 at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, 621 West Lombard Street in Baltimore.

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August 14, 2023

GRF’s Jim Norton Joins SCSU’s Accounting Advisory Board

GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) Principal, Jim Norton, CPA has been selected to join Southern Connecticut State University’s (SCSU) newly formed Accounting Advisory Board. The Board will provide valuable insights, recommendations, and connections that will help enhance the quality of SCSU’s academic offerings and better prepare students for successful careers in the dynamic field of…

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August 9, 2023

Richard Bell, CPA, J.D., Joins GRF CPAs & Advisors as Principal in Tax Services

August 9, 2023 (Bethesda, MD) – GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF), an Inside Public Accounting (IPA) Top 125 Public Accounting Firm and Accounting Today Regional Leader, is pleased to announce Richard Bell has joined the firm as a principal in the tax services department. Mr. Bell has more than 18 years of experience working in…

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August 7, 2023

GRF Named One of Accounting Today’s 2023 Best Accounting Firms to Work For

GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) is pleased to announce the firm’s inclusion in Accounting Today’s 2023 Best Accounting Firms to Work For. The annual ranking recognizes the top firms across the country who set the standard for being an employer of choice in the accounting profession. This most recent accolade follows GRF’s recognition earlier this year as one of Accounting Today’s Top Firms in the Capital Region for 2023 and a 2023 Firm to Watch.

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August 7, 2023

IPA’s 2023 List of Top U.S. Accounting Firms Ranks GRF at #118

For the eleventh consecutive year, GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) was honored among high-performing firms by INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA). The “who’s who” of the public accounting profession, the IPA 500 ranks the top US-based accounting firms annually based on participating firms’ net revenues. Ranking data was compiled through IPA’s analysis of its annual practice…

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August 2, 2023

GRF’s Kristen Ocampo Earns CFE Credential

August 2, 2023 (Bethesda MD) — GRF CPAs & Advisors is pleased to announce that Kristen Ocampo, Risk & Advisory Services Supervisor, has been awarded the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). To achieve the award, Kristen met a stringent set of criteria and passed a rigorous exam…

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July 10, 2023

Ryan Ham, CPA, Joins GRF CPAs & Advisors as Partner in Tax Services

July 10, 2023, Bethesda MD – GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF), an Inside Public Accounting Top 125 Public Accounting Firm and Accounting Today Regional Leader, is pleased to announce the appointment of Ryan Ham, CPA, as a Partner in the Tax Division. With more than 18 years of experience in providing tax advisory services to…

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June 9, 2023

Mac Lillard Receives AICPA’s Technology Advisory Standing Ovation Award

June 12, 2023 GRF CPAs & Advisors (GRF) Senior Manager, Mac Lillard, CPA, CITP, CFE, CISA, CRISC, was honored for his significant contributions to the accounting profession at the 2023 American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) & Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Engage conference last week in Las Vegas. He received AICPA’s 2023 Technology Advisory…

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June 2, 2023

Kashif Ali Recognized in CIOLook’s Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders to Follow

GRF’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Kashif Ali, MCITP, MCTS, Security+, has been named one of CIOLook’s Top 10 Pioneering Business Leaders to Follow in 2023. In the latest edition of their magazine, CIOLook profiles the excellence of 10 business leaders who inspire and motivate their teams with vision, innovation, empathy, and courage. CIOLook is a…

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