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Rea & Associates was recognized as the 86th largest firm by Accounting Today . The publication also recognized the firm as the 13th largest in the Great Lakes region . Also this year , Rea was named the 13th largest accounting firm in Central Ohio by Columbus Business First . Crain ’ s Cleveland Business also recognized Rea as the 13th largest CPA firm in Northeast Ohio in 2020 , up two spots from last year .
The Rea & Associates Practice Growth team received Marketing Achievement Awards from the Association for Accounting Marketing in the “ Advertising : Print Campaign ” and in the “ Marketing and PR : Nurture / Lead Generation Campaign ” categories .
Rea & Associates was named one of the “ Top 50 Construction Accounting Firms ” in the second annual ranking by Construction Executive magazine .
Rea & Associates won ClearlyRated ’ s 2020 Best of Accounting Award for Client Service Excellence .
NORTHEAST OHIO REGION Michelle Albro received her Lean Six Sigma Green Belt .
Connor Crawford , Joseph Giorgio , Alex Lory , Trevor Ray , and Candice Rowe passed the CPA exam .
Kathy LaMonica and Samantha NeCastro received the Avalara Certified Implementation Partner certification .
Karen Sating was awarded the 2019 Society for Human Resources Management ( SHRM ) Platinum Excel Award .
EAST CENTRAL OHIO REGION
Meghan Buxton earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor ( CEPA ) designation .
Cody Kiser passed the CPA exam . SOUTHEAST OHIO REGION Spencer Gibbs passed the CPA exam . WEST CENTRAL OHIO REGION Hannah Hunter and Derek Mohr passed the CPA exam .
Becca Johns was named in Accounting Today ’ s 2020 list of Top 100 Most Influential People in Public Accounting ’ s “ Ones to Watch ” section . continued >
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