Spring 2017 Issue of Horizons

RUBINBROWN RETIREMENTS

Help RubinBrown celebrate and congratulate four RubinBrown Partners who will retire May 31 , 2017 . Each of these leaders has had a tremendous impact on the firm and its clients.

Jim Castellano will retire from RubinBrown on May 31, 2017, after an illustrious 43- year career at RubinBrown. Jim served as the second Managing Partner in the history of the firm, as well as the firm’s Chairman. Jim’s impact on our firm, the accounting profession and the business community as a whole has been exceptional.

Jim 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. On the 125 th anniversary of the AICPA in 2012, the Journal of Accountancy named Jim one of the 125 People of Impact in the History of the Accounting Profession. In addition, the AICPA bestowed the accounting profession’s highest honor on him, the Gold Medal for Distinguished Service. More recently, Jim 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 Foundation and is a member of the St. Louis Regional Business Council.

Jim served as Chairman since 2004, when John Herber succeeded him as the firm’s Managing Partner. Jim 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, Jim continues as Chairman of Baker Tilly International, the world’s ninth largest network of independent accounting firms.

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