French retires from Belfint Lyons & Shuman French Michael French, CPA, former managing director and director of tax & small business, retired on April 30, 2023 after more than 43 years in public accounting and at Belfint, Lyons and Shuman. Michael started at BLS in 1980, as the
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Trellist Marketing and Technology, Wilmington, named
Maria Gunther as CEO. As part of this transition, Trellist founding partner and longtime CEO David Atadan will become Chief Ventures Officer, while continuing to hold the role of Chief Operations Officer, and serve on the firm’s Board.
Gunther joined Trellist in 2005 as a design contractor and soon moved into project management, building strategic relationships throughout the years and across industries.
She was promoted to an Account Services Lead in 2010, a role that gave her an enhanced view of customer challenges and how Trellist’s unique portfolio of services can help meet them. In 2016, Gunther was unanimously elected as a partner in the organization thanks to her extraordinary efforts in building the business.