GRANT THORNTON - Key Persons


Andrea Schulz

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Technology Industry
Andrea Schulz serves as Grant Thornton LLP's national managing partner for Technology. In this role, she oversees the growth and operations of the firm's Technology industry practice, which encompasses a full range of audit, tax and advisory services.

Andrew Brown

Job Titles:
  • Executive Summary
  • Partner in the Tulsa
  • Partner, Audit Services
Andy Brown is a partner in the Tulsa office of Grant Thornton and has significant experience serving private and publicly traded companies and partnerships in the energy industry. He has significant SEC experience, including integrated audits, securities offerings and periodic reporting requirements.

Beatrix Bernauer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Risk & Compliance Officer and National Managing Principal, Risk

Carlos Ferreira

Job Titles:
  • Regional Managing Partner, Northeast Global Co - Head, Transaction Advisory Services

Chris Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Audit & Assurance Partner

Chris Smith - Chief Strategy Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Strategy Officer

Craig Miller

Job Titles:
  • Audit & Assurance Partner
  • Executive Summary
  • Professional Practice Director
Craig Miller is the National Professional Practice Director (NPPD) for the Southeast Region. In his role, Craig works with the offices in the Southeast Region on technical GAAP, GAAS and SEC reporting issues. Craig Miller is an Audit & Assurance partner and the national professional practice director (NPPD) for the East Region. He works with offices throughout the region on technical GAAP, GAAS and SEC reporting issues and is also a member of Grant Thornton's Partnership Board. Prior to his role as NPPD, Miller was an Audit partner in Grant Thornton's Mid-Atlantic practice working out of the Baltimore office and serving as the professional standards partner for that same practice. With more than 30 years of experience in public accounting as well as two years of industry experience, Miller has overseen all aspects of service in various industries including technology, consumer and industrial products, real estate, and government contracting. He has also worked with clients on private placement offerings, initial public and secondary offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures.

David A. Platt

Job Titles:
  • Regional Managing Partner, Central

David Gifford

Job Titles:
  • Audit Services Partner in Grant Thornton 's Phoenix
  • Executive Summary
  • Office Managing Partner
David Gifford is an Audit Services partner in Grant Thornton's Phoenix office. He has more than 20 years of experience in public accounting. David Gifford is an Audit Services partner in Grant Thornton's Phoenix office. He has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting. Gifford has a strong background serving clients with various ownership structures, including public registrants, private corporations and LLCs, private equity, and venture-backed companies and partnerships. Clients enjoy his ability to quickly assess and simplify complex issues and offer practical solutions. Gifford's technical capabilities include assisting clients regarding the application of complex accounting pronouncements, among them revenue recognition, business combinations, financing transactions, stock-based compensation and impairment.

David R. Hazels

Job Titles:
  • India / US ( INDUS ) Managing Partner

Dawn M. Olivardia

Job Titles:
  • Executive Summary
  • Orlando Office Managing Partner, Hospitality & Restaurant Industry Leadership Team and Florida Tax Partner in - Charge
Dawn is the Florida Tax Partner In-charge of the Florida practice of Grant Thornton LLP, which consists of offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando and Tampa. She brings with her more than 29 years of experience in public accounting. Dawn's specialization in tax has allowed her to serve hospitality and restaurant clients in many capacities including compliance, tax planning, mergers and acquisition consultation, tax controversy matters, tax accounting methods unique to timeshare and tax provision issues.

Doreen L. Griffith

Job Titles:
  • Tax Partner Office Managing Partner

Elliot Findlay

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, Transaction Advisory

Enzo Santilli

Job Titles:
  • Chief Transformation Officer

Ethan Rojhani

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Advisory Services

Gregory Westfall

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, Private Equity

Jacqueline Akerblom

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Global Client Services

James A. Fortosis

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Counsel
  • Principal

Janet L. Malzone

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Audit & Assurance Services

Jason Geisler

Job Titles:
  • Audit Partner in Grant Thornton LLP 's Florida Practice
  • Executive Summary
  • Office Managing Partner, Tampa
Jason is an Audit Partner in Grant Thornton LLP's Florida Practice and resides in the Tampa office. He started his career in 2004 with PricewaterhouseCoopers and joined Grant Thornton in 2013. Jason's client service experience includes assisting his clients with meeting SEC and other regulatory filing requirements, audits of internal controls, implementing new accounting pronouncements, business acquisitions, debt and equity offerings, as well as numerous other matters. Jason has extensive experience with public and private companies in a variety of industries including financial services, private equity, technology, and consumer industrial products.

Jeanna Shapiro

Job Titles:
  • Chief People & Community Officer

Jeff Hughes

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Audit Quality and Innovation

Jim A. Peko

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, Operations

Joseph H. Loretto

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Audit & Assurance Services

Kelli A. Knoble

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Wealth and Human Capital Services / Chairperson

Kenneth R. Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, RRLA / Chief Legal Officer

Lisa Walkush

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, Industry

Marci Kaminsky

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Director, Communications / Chief Communications Officer

Mark A. Margulies

Job Titles:
  • Regional Managing Partner, Southeast

Mary Torretta

Job Titles:
  • Healthcare Tax Leader
  • Tax Principal
Mary is a Tax Principal in Grant Thornton's Not-For-Profit and Healthcare Practice and is solely dedicated to tax-exempt clients. As a tax attorney, Mary is responsible for research in the legal and business consequences of tax planning strategies, tax controversy, applications for exemption, and private letter ruling requests for not-for-profit organizations.

Mathew Tierney

Job Titles:
  • Global Insurance Practice Leader

Matt Unterman

Job Titles:
  • Principal - Advisory Services, Not - for - Profit & Higher Education Practices

Michael S. Desmond

Job Titles:
  • National Audit & Assurance Client Experience Leader

Muhammad Bhayat

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chief Financial Officer

Nichole Jordan

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Geography Regional Managing Partner, Texoma

Omri Avdi

Job Titles:
  • Chief Sales Officer

Rashada Whitehead

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Principal, Culture, Immersion & Inclusion

Renato Zanichelli

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Tax Services

Ron Messenger

Job Titles:
  • Audit & Assurance Partner

Scott McGurl

Job Titles:
  • Executive Summary
  • Principal, Transaction Advisory
Scott has worked in industry and management consulting environments for over 25 years supporting clients define and achieve their business transformation objectives. He is an accomplished customer centric leader with a reputation for delivering a step change in CAGR, customer experience, go-to-market, and bottom-line results at every assignment throughout career. Scott has served as a trusted business advisor to executive leadership and all organizational levels to envision, design, and build sustainable capabilities, and to execute transformational global programs. He has extensive international experience working with consumer products, retail, agriculture, healthcare, and life science sector clients. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Scott was a principal within Ernst & Young's Consulting Services practice where he was a member of their Consumer Products and Retail leadership team. He rejoined EY in 2010 to restart their Advisory practice in the upper Midwest and oversaw its growth to market leadership. Scott built and led two of EY's largest global accounts through his tenure of service. Earlier in his career he was a member of the executive team at Siemens where he held positions as vice president of strategy & transactions, and general manager. During his first tour with EY he was a strategy consultant and led a venture capital team investing in mid-stage technology companies to launch new consulting practices for the firm.

Scott Peyton

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Internal Audit Cybersecurity Practice

Seth L. Siegel - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Tony Dinola

Job Titles:
  • Partner, Digital Transformation and Management

Tony Perazzo

Job Titles:
  • Regional Managing Partner, West

Wade Kruse

Job Titles:
  • National Managing Partner, Advisory Services

Will Whatton

Job Titles:
  • Principal, Technology Modernization