Bland & Associates Promotes and Hires to Expand in 2015

Bland & Associates has promoted several associates and welcomes Ashley Postlewait, new marketing coordinator, to kick off 2015. Bland has been recently named one of 2014 Accounting Today’s Best Accounting Firms to Work for.

• Ashley Postlewait hired as Marketing Coordinator
• Ryan McLouth from Supervisor to Manager
• Adam Cooper from Associate II to Senior
• Rachel Turek from Associate II to Senior
• Rebecca Goodwin from Associate I to Associate II
• Lace Fredenburg from Associate I to Associate II
• Sarah Gryp from Associate I to Associate II
• Jordan Peterson from Associate I to Associate II
• Cara Gomez from Associate I to Associate II

4e_1618ASHLEY
Postlewait has joined our growing team to manage all internal marketing tasks to include community involvement, event planning, social media and more. Ashley was born and raised in Bellevue, NE, and is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. She is bringing a wealth of financially focused marketing expertise to Bland, and is a member of BKR International.

R McLouth
Ryan McLouth, newly promoted Manager, is heavily focused on our Medicare division, assisting the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with fraud, waste and abuse projects. He is involved in Medicare Part C & D examinations and projects for the new Accountable Care Organizations established through the Affordable Care Act, focused on compliance. McLouth graduated from Creighton University in 2004, and has been with Bland & Associates since 2007. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Adam
Mr. Adam Cooper, who primarily works within the audit department, has been promoted to Senior Associate. He has been with Bland since 2013 and works with our closely-held businesses. Born and raised in Omaha, Adam graduated in 2011 from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and is a member of the ACFE.

R Turek
Ms. Rachel Turek has been promoted to Senior Associate after joining Bland in 2013. She is a valuable member of our auditing department, primarily working with our non-profit and family-owned businesses. Turek was born and raised in Omaha, and is a 2011 graduate of Bellevue University.

R Goodwin
Ms. Rebecca Goodwin, promoted to Associate II, is focusing her team efforts within the Medicare and tax departments here at Bland. She is from Arlington, NE, attended Midland University, where she received her degree in 2013. She joined Bland as an intern before graduation and has continued her professional career with us.

L Fredenburg
Ms. Fredenburg has a nonprofit and small business emphasis as a new Associate II in the auditing department. Lace Fredenburg was born and raised in Arizona and holds two bachelor’s degrees from Bellevue University in Business Administration and Accounting. She joined Bland in 2012, and is a member of the Angels Among Us Guild.


S Gryp
Sarah Gryp has been promoted to Associate II after joining Bland initially in 2013. Sarah grew up in Phoenix and attended Creighton University, graduating with her BSBA in Accounting in 2013. She is presently working in the Medicare Department.

J Peterson
Jordan Peterson joined Bland & Associates in 2013, and has been recently promoted to Associate II within our Medicare department. He assists with various financial and compliance audits of healthcare organizations that receive Medicare funding. Mr. Peterson grew up in South Sioux City, NE, and acquired his degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 2012.

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Ms. Cara Gomez has been with Bland since 2012. She graduated with a BSBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2013. She went on to receive her Masters of Accounting from the same institution in 2014, graduating Summa Cum Laude. Gomez’s duties, as a newly appointed Associate II, are within the audit, tax and Medicare divisions.

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