Spring 2009 issue of Horizons

RubinBrown New Hires, Promotions, Awards & Announcements

New Partner

New managerS

Steve Moro joined RubinBrown as a manager in its Tax Consulting Group. He is responsible for providing tax services, including planning, tax return preparation and consulting. He also has experience providing operational audits, general ledger implementation and conversion, benchmarking, business process re-

Audrey Katcher joined RubinBrown as a partner to lead its IT Internal Audit practice. Katcher focuses on team development, business development and service execution and quality. She provides a range of services to clients, including IT risk assessment, IT auditing, data extraction and analysis,

engineering and IRS examination matters. Moro has more than 23 years of experience, previously working in the health care industry as an internal audit manager at BJC Healthcare Systems and a controller at The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis and St. John's Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital. He was a tax manager at Sharamitaro & Associates P.C. prior to joining RubinBrown. Moro holds a master’s degree in taxation from Fontbonne University and a bachelor’s degree in information management from Washington University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Missouri- St. Louis.

IT internal controls effectiveness and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 controls development and testing. Katcher brings more than 18 years of public accounting experience and more than five years of expertise leading full internal audit outsourcing. Prior to joining RubinBrown, she was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, leading the IT audit practice. Katcher serves on the University of Missouri-St. Louis Accounting Advisory Board and is a member of St. Louis Women’s Forum, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors and Information Systems Audit and Control Association. She also served as past assistant treasurer of the Arts and Education Council and volunteers at Anne Malone Children and Family Service Center. Katcher frequently guest lectures at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on various accounting topics. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an accounting emphasis from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Kristin Parshay has been promoted to manager in the Internal Audit Services Group. She provides business process re-engineering, risk-based audit planning, internal audit and Sarbanes- Oxley compliance services to a variety of clients. She focusesonclients in thehealth care, retail and grocery retail industries.

Parshay provides significant expertise in leveraging Sarbanes-Oxley compliance efforts as a catalyst to offer innovative solutions to her clients’ business issues. Parshay has served at RubinBrown for nearly five years and recently published an article titled “Leadership in a Changing World” in the fall 2008 Horizons. In addition, she participates in the LEAD program and served as the treasurer of RubinBrown’s advisory board for two years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting from Alma College in Michigan.

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