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We are proud to announce the promotion of Aaron Wilzbacher, CPA, to Vice President in the Tax Department for Harding, Shymanski & Company, PSC. He joined the firm in 2006 and specializes in state and local taxation as well as sales tax. He is a member of the firm’s Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution team.

Wilzbacher graduated from the University of Southern Indiana with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Indiana CPA Society. He currently serves as Treasurer for Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley Board of Directors and is a member of St. Peter and Paul’s Finance Committee. He has previously served as Treasurer for the Youth Service Bureau Board of Directors.

We are proud to announce the promotion of Michele Graham, CPA, MST, to Vice President, Tax Department for Harding, Shymanski & Company, PSC.

Graham joined the firm in 2009. She is a member of the firm’s Health Care and Affordable Care Act teams. She works closely with businesses, nonprofit organizations, and individuals in the areas of tax planning and compliance.

Graham graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern Indiana with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting. She has earned a Master of Science in Taxation degree from DePaul University. Graham is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Indiana CPA Society, and the Medical Group Management Association.

She currently serves as the 1st Vice President/Membership Chair for A Network of Evansville Women (ANEW) and was recently elected as their incoming president. She also serves on the Advisory Board for the Borrowed Hearts Foundation and Board of Directors for Easterseals Rehabilitation Center. Previously, Graham has served on the Board of Directors for ANEW, Warrick Public Education Foundation, Pulmonary Fibrosis Partners, Joshua Academy, Warrick County 4-H Council.

We are proud to announce the promotion of Lacy Bender, CPA, MBA to Vice President in the Tax Department for Harding, Shymanski & Company PSC. She joined the firm in 2007 and is a member of the firm’s Manufacturing and Wholesale Distribution Team.

Bender graduated from the University of Evansville in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and graduated from the University of Southern Indiana in 2008 with a Master’s degree in business administration. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Indiana CPA Society, and A Network of Evansville Women. Bender currently serves on the Mater Dei Finance Committee, the Ronald McDonald House Board of Directors and Finance Committee, and the Resurrection Finance Committee.

Harding, Shymanski and Company, P.S.C., is pleased to announce that Scott A. Olinger, CPA, CGMA, CPIM, has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & President for the firm effective January 1, 2020. The firm will continue to be headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. Olinger will take on the responsibilities of CEO from the Louisville, Kentucky, office where he will continue to serve as President for the Louisville Region. The move comes as part of a planned internal succession in which Trudy Stock, CPA, CGMA, will continue to work full time as Chairman of the Board and President for the Evansville Region.

“Scott’s commitment to innovation and growth make him a natural successor,” said Stock. “His dedication to expanding the firm’s reach into the Louisville and Southeastern Indiana region has demonstrated his commitment to our core mission which is to help our clients, our people, and our firm be more successful.”

Olinger who joined the firm in 1995, has been dedicated to the expansion of the Louisville, Kentucky, service area since 2004. “This is a time of great change for the CPA profession where I believe we will see more changes in the next five years than we have seen in the previous two decades,” said Olinger. “I am humbled and proud to follow in the footsteps of four great leaders as our firm continues to deliver exceptional service to our clients as one team, one firm.”