In December, RBF partner
Sal Falzone, his wife
Liz, RBF client
Darryl Settles and his wife
Lisa Owens and RBF firm administrator
Beatrice Casseus attended the Living Legends Gala in Boston. Sponsored annually by the
Museum of African American History, the gala honored former U.S. Attorney General
Eric H. Holder, Jr. and
'Black-ish' star
Anthony Anderson for their contributions to the advancement of equality, education and justice for all.
Congratulations to RBF partner
Vincenzo Botta for passing the Series 65 license exam. Successful completion of this rigorous exam leads to the coveted Investment Advisor Representative (IAR) designation, and qualifies Vinny to provide RBF clients with investing and financial advice.
RBF partner
Bill Rucci presented a seminar about federal tax reform law to members of the Mass. chapter of
Associated Builders and Contractors on February 14 at the RBF training center. Titled "How the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 Will Impact Your Construction Firm," the session focused on the financial and reporting impact of new tax provisions on construction-related companies.
Bill Rucci also was interviewed recently by the podcast
"Accounting Influencers" for his views on the public accounting sector's health and where he sees the profession going in the future. The 30-minute episode will be available in late-February on the podcast's
website.
In RBF client news,
Greg Erman, President and CEO of RBF client
EmpiraMed, Inc. was named to the Leadership Council of the National Small Business Association. Greg joins other advocates from across the country as they work to promote the interests of entrepreneurs to policymakers in Washington, D.C. More
details here.
And congratulations to RBF client
CAMP4 Therapeutics for securing its research collaboration deal with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The collaboration brings together CAMP4's expertise in rapidly pinpointing signaling targets that control the expression of genes with Alnylam's expertise in RNAi therapeutics development to advance novel rare disease drug candidates. More
details here.
In early December, RBF hosted the
Russell Bedford International North American Managing Partners conference. The meeting focused on the network's growth strategy for North America. A detailed recap can be
found here.
RBF's Closely Held/Family Business Group sponsored a presentation on "Conflict and its Mediation in the Growing Family Business" in January.
George P. Bukuras, Esq., CPA and
Louis B. Turchetta, Ed. D. of Milestone Business Advisors were the featured presenters.
The Raffoni Group held a Partner Program Meeting and Social in late January. RBF partner
Paul Bardaro and RBF tax principal
Lenny Smith represented RBF at the gathering.