Elgee Rehfeld Mertz, LLC, has promoted Ashley Ahrens to senior accountant and hired staff accountant Ryan Beason. Both are Juneau-Douglas High School graduates.
Ahrens joined the firm in 2003 while still in high school. She went on to study business administration with an emphasis in accounting at the University of Alaska Southeast, graduating earlier this year.
“[She] consistently demonstrates a high level of technical proficiency and expertise in her assigned areas, and adds value to each of her assignments and client relationships through her effective and timely communications with partners, clients and staff,” ERM partner Bridget Lujan stated in a release.
Beason was recently recruited to begin his accounting career. He graduated from JDHS in 2007 and studied business administration and accounting at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. He graduated magna cum laude. ERM partner George Elgee said he enthusiastically endorses Ryan’s decision to return to Juneau.
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Add commentI also heard that McDonalds
I also heard that McDonalds gave their manager a 10 cent/hr raise. Why is this in the paper? Who cares other than the families of those employees?
Used to be our hometown
Used to be our hometown newspaper had a lot of these types of articles in them. You know the story ... local kid does good. I appreciate them and am happy to read about our locals. Some people though just have to complain, even about something that is good.
Get a life.
But who decides what to
But who decides what to print? Is it more impressive that someone at a fancy accounting firm got a promotion, or that the struggling family has finally gotten a perk? Or theat the former whino downtown is celebrating 1 yr of sobriety? These are local celebrations that deserve merit. Why not have every promotion in the SOB or the Fed Building have and article? These articles are always about some "impressive" category of job like "senior accountant". They are nothing more than puffing up the feathers of someone who is not "one of the people". Its a "look at me, I'm important and better than you". Sorry, that went out in grade school. I'm happy for them, but do you really need to trumpet it from the mountain tops?
Goodness sakes man!
People always gotta be complaining! Cripes, you know, now you have made me complain about you, so that makes me no better, but oh well, I will take one for the team. Because that is what it is all about, the team.
Good Job Ashley, well done!
-Weed
Good ol boy network in
Good ol boy network in action. You have to wonder who those kid's families are networked with...
These kinds of stories have
These kinds of stories have been going on for a very long time. I remember back in 1987 when I was hired at a local travel agency right after I graduated for the Travel Academy (now known as The Career Academy) My boss wrote a little "press release" and sent it to the paper. They printed it when they had space. Throughout the years I worked for her, she would occasionally send these press releases when we had a new agent join, or complete a specialized travel course. Again - when they had space, they would print it.
Here's one:
This is how they printed stories like that back in 1997:
http://juneauempire.com/stories/071597/move.html
badmrfrosty
I agree with badmrfrosty. He knows teams. He also seems like a handsome young fellow with the physique of a viking.
kpawsuh why do you have to
kpawsuh why do you have to complain about every article that's on here? I for one am very happy for Ms. Ahrens. You're probably just mad because you never amounted to anything as great as a Sr. Accountant ;-P
Great job Ashley! I'm sure you worked very hard to earn that promotion.