Appointments: Kenneth Paumier Joins Rea & Associates

REA & ASSOCIATES

Kenneth Paumier, staff accountant

Paumier has more than 25 years of accounting experience and specializes in working with small business.

KIMBALL MIDWEST

Chas McCurdy, chief sales officer

Patrick McCurdy III, vice president of sales

Kimball Midwest is a family-owned, national distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products.

COLUMBUS METROPOLITAN LIBRARY

Shannon Burt, director of human resources

BLUE & CO.

Andrew Davidson, intern on the tax team

Joshua Hohler, intern on the reimbursement team

Blue & Co., LLC is an independent accounting and advisory firm with more than 450 people in 13 offices across Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Texas.

ALLIANCE DATA

Greg Betchkal, chief risk officer

Most recently, Betchkal worked for KeyBank, where he served in various roles including chief compliance officer, chief operational risk officer, and chief enterprise risk officer.

HALITE PARTNERS

Nicci Harrell Hicks, director of wealth services

Kevin Kale, director of business development

Halite, headquartered in Columbus, recently opened a new office in Palm Beach, Florida.