Spring 2016 issue of Horizons

RUBINBROWN NEWS

RubinBrown Announces Senior Leadership Succession & Retirement RubinBrown is proud to announce several top leadership changes effective June 1, 2016. The changes reflect implementation of the firm’s long-term succession plan to support the expansion and growth of the 64-year-old firm.

Jim Castellano

John Herber

Fred Kostecki

Felicia Malter

RubinBrown Chairman Jim Castellano announced that he will step down as Chairman of the firm when his term expires on May 31st and will continue as a Partner in a senior advisory role to the board and to clients until his retirement from the firm on May 31, 2017. Firm Managing Partner John Herber will succeed Castellano as Chairman. Fred Kostecki will move into the role of Managing Partner of the St. Louis Office and Felicia Malter will succeed Kostecki as the Partner-In- Charge of Assurance Services. Todd Pleimann and Michael T. Lewis continue as Managing Partners of the Kansas City and Denver offices, respectively. Castellano announced these changes resulting from the firm’s extensive succession planning efforts conducted over the past several years. “RubinBrown has enjoyed remarkable, consistent growth, and we are blessed to have outstanding leaders at all levels of our firm. I have utmost confidence in this leadership team’s ability to continue our track record, focused on totally satisfied clients and inspired team members,” said Castellano. Castellano has served as Chairman since 2004, when John Herber succeeded him as the firm’s Managing Partner. Castellano had served as Managing Partner since 1989, when he took the reins from the late Mahlon Rubin, who had led the firm since its founding in 1952. In addition to his leadership roles at RubinBrown, Castellano continues as Chairman of Baker Tilly International, the world’s eighth largest network of independent accounting firms. Castellano served as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) during 2002, restoring public confidence during the accounting profession’s fallout from the Enron scandal. The J ournal of Accountancy named Castellano one of the 125 People of Impact in Accounting in 2012 and the AICPA bestowed the accounting profession’s highest honor on him, the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service. More recently, Castellano was named to Ingram’s Magazine 50 Missourians You Should Know. Currently, he serves on the board of governors for the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Foundation and is a member of the St. Louis Regional Business Council.

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