Moving up in Southern Arizona

Gronewold takes on
new Ben’s Bells post

The Ben’s Bells Project hired Laura Gronewold for the new position of director of education.

Gronewold comes to the project from the University of Arizona, where she taught writing, gender and women’s studies, and honors civic engagement, and worked with Honors College students on co-curricular civic engagement outside the classroom.

Her background includes earning a Ph.D. in literature from the UA and an M.A. in literature from the University of Montana. From 2013-2015 she served as co-chair of the UA Commission on the Status of Women. She has worked on various community projects, including serving as program manager for the Loft Cinema’s Human Rights Watch Film Festival and as a scholar for the “Coming in Hot” Civil Discourse Tour.

More than 320 schools are participating in Ben’s Bells Project’s kindness education programs, reaching more than 180,000 students.

Lewis Roca’s Patton named equity partner

Mark Patton was named an equity partner in the law firm Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP.

A transactional attorney, Patton represents clients in business formations, restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, private placements and joint ventures, many of which involve real estate.

He is a certified public accountant and former tax consultant, based in the law firm’s Tucson office.

Strongpoint promotes Sullivan to PR director

Strongpoint Marketing promoted Evan S.K. Sullivan to director of public relations.

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Sullivan joined Strongpoint as an account manager in 2012 and was promoted to senior account manager in 2014.

She specializes in integrating traditional mediums, technology and social media to reach internal and external audiences. She holds the accreditation in public relations designation from the Public Relations Society of America and Universal Accreditation Board.

Before joining Strongpoint, Sullivan worked as marketing communications specialist at SOLON Corp. She is a board member of the Women’s Foundation of Southern Arizona, The Women’s Studies Advisory Council for the University of Arizona’s Department of Gender & Women’s Studies and the Tucson Chapter of Public Relations Society of America, serving as the chapter’s external relations chair.

Lawson is appointed
CARF account manager

Shanna R. Lawson was named account manager at CARF International.

Lawson has been a CARF resource specialist helping organizations prepare for accreditation since 2008. Before joining CARF, Lawson worked in the behavioral health and child and youth services fields with experience in quality improvement management, accreditation readiness, and direct service provision.

She earned a master’s degree in public administration from Upper Iowa University.

CPA firm adds Ferry
as senior tax manager

The CPA firm of Flowers, Rieger & Associates PLLC hired Valerie Ferry as a senior tax manager.

Ferry brings more than 28 years of professional CPA firm experience, including nine years’ experience as a senior tax manager at a 50-person firm working with large groups of tiered partnerships, high-net-worth individuals, multi-state business entities, and flow-through entities. She also assists companies in evaluating and improving internal controls.

Ferry is a member of the American Institute and Arizona Society of CPAs and the Tucson Metro Chamber Business Building Alliance. She is a past treasurer of the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance.