Joe Jester, CPA (’85 BBA-Finance and Real Estate Development, ‘91 MS-Taxation) has joined the Mequon office of Hawkins Ash CPAs, where he uses his experience with sophisticated tax strategies to customize solutions that bring value to privately held businesses and their owners.
Steve Pabian, CPA (’94 BBA-Accounting) was promoted to Senior Manager at Hawkins Ash CPAs. He has over 25 years of public accounting experience specializing in assurance and management advisory services for small to medium-sized entities.
Mandy Nowaczynski, CPA (’09 BBA-Accounting and Finance, ’11 MS-Professional Accounting) has joined Operose Advisors as the Director of Tax Services. She leads the firm’s tax and accounting practice and is responsible for family office accounting, tax planning, and return preparation for clients.
Sarah Walker (‘13 Executive MBA), Vice President of Investments at Catholic Financial Life, has joined the advisory council of SecureFutures, a Milwaukee-based nonprofit recognized as a leading provider of financial education for teens.
Aaron Robar (’20 BBA-Finance) has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Business Banking at Port Washington State Bank.
Kristen Sanford (’21 BBA-Human Resources Management) is Senior HR Operations Coordinator for biotechnology company Illumina, Inc., where she recently had the opportunity to travel to Singapore to train the company’s Asia-Pacific offices on new HR technical platforms and practices.