Michelle Endres (pictured) was appointed to the newly created position of chief people officer at LBMC, Nashville, where she will lead all human resources functions.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy, Nashville, announced its board of directors for 2019-20: as chair, Laurie Tish, partner and national practice leader for government services for Moss Adams; as vice chair, A. Carlos Barrera, a partner at Carr, Riggs Ingram; as Great Lakes regional director, Kenya Watts, a manager of business services at BHM CPA Group; as Mountain regional director, Jason Peery, vice chair of the Idaho State Board of Accountancy; as Middle Atlantic regional director, Alison Houck, a managing partner of Faw, Casson Co.; as Northeast regional director, Stephen Langowski, chair of NASBA’s Compliance Assurance Committee, as director-at-large and chair of NASBA’s CBT Administration Committee, Tyrone Dickerson; and as executive directors’ liaison and chair of the Executive Directors Committee, Grace Berger, executive officer for the Montana Board of Public Accountants. Additionally, NASBA announced as continuing board members: J. Coalter Baker (director-at-large), Maria Caldwell (director-at-large), John Dailey Jr. (director-at-large), W. Michael Fritz (treasurer), Sharon Jensen (director-at-large), Stephanie Saunders (secretary), Janice Gray (past chair), J. Andy Bonner Jr. (Southeast regional director), Katrina Salazar (Pacific regional director), Faye Miller (Central regional director), Richard Reisig (director-at-large), C. Jack Emmons (Southwest regional director), Catherine Allen (director-at-large) and Ken Bishop (president CEO). (Read the full story.)