News Releases

DDAF has elected new shareholders to the firm's ownership group for 2011, including: Danielle Adair, Faith Crump, Missy DeArk, Travis Frick, Simon Keemer, Lance Mann, and Gary Roth.

Charles Bixler, Kelly Jowski, Nathan Plack, and Susan Schmidt have joined our client services team.  Charles graduated from Indiana University Southeast with a B.S. in Business, majoring in Accounting.  Kelly graduated from University of California, Davis with a B.A. in History, then earned her M.S. in Accounting at the University of Kentucky.  Nathan graduated from the University of Louisville with a degree in Finance and then completed the Accounting Certificate Program at U of L.  Susan is a Miami University (OH) graduate with a B.S. in Business and double majors in Finance and Organizational Leadership; she then earned her M.S. in Accounting at the University of Kentucky.

Jennifer Hutchinson is a new member of our support team in Louisville, serving as Front Desk Coordinator.

Tiffany Oelze also is a new member of our support team, working in Document Processing in our Lexington office.

Kerri Schwaner has joined our Human Resources group after spending about 13 years in corporate HR recruiting and management roles.  Kerri holds a B.S. degree from Missouri State University.

We also welcome Jenny Jacoby, who has joined our support team as a business development associate.  Jenny is a Centre College graduate.

Travis Frick presented “Internal Controls and Auditing Update” at the KYCPA Not For Profit Conference in August.

Melissa Hicks is serving on the Leadership Lexington Alumni Association Steering Committee.

Amelia Sebastian presented at the KYCPA Leadership Council Meeting regarding the work of the Accounting Careers Opportunities Committee.

Elizabeth Woodward and Lance Mann published the article “Current Trends in Accounting Fraud” in the July/August 2011 issue of the Greater Louisville Metro Attorney at Law Magazine.

Bill Kohm, Jim Tencza and Mike Harbold presented at the inaugural KYCPA Natural Resource Conference.  Their presentations were:  Accounting and Auditing Issues Affecting the Coal Industry (Bill); Accounting and Auditing Issues Affecting the Oil & Gas Industry (Jim); and Kentucky State Tax Issues Affecting the Natural Resources Industry (Mike).

Missy DeArk has successfully completed the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts’ examination.