On the Move: KatzAbosch’s Ciroula receives YWCA leadership award

May 27, 2010 edition

Posted: 12:05 pm Thu, May 27, 2010
By Wayne Countryman
Assistant Editor

Arlene R. Ciroula, chief operating officer of accounting, tax and consulting firm KatzAbosch, of Timonium, recently received the YWCA Greater Baltimore “Special Leader” Award. Ciroula received Practical Accountant magazine’s Practice Innovation Award in 2005 and 2007, and the CPA Practice Management Forum, Association for Accounting Administration’s ACE Award in 2006. She is president of the Baltimore chapter of the Association of Accounting Administrators and serves on the board of directors for Baltimore Reads, a nonprofit organization that teaches adults literacy skills.

Awards

Michael Ellis-Tolaydo, professor of theater, film, and media studies at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, in St. Mary’s City, received the Helen Hayes Canadian Embassy Award for Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play for his acting in “Heroes” at the MetroStage in Washington, D.C. Canadian Ambassador Gary Doer presented the award. Tolaydo, who was on a one-semester sabbatical from the college, appeared in two other plays this year, “The Accident” and “Benedictus.” He has been a faculty member at SMCM since 1987.
 
Howard County has been awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the 34th consecutive year from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. The award is for the county’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2009. The reports are studied by major investors looking for assurance that the county’s bonds offer low risks. 

Michael Myers, whose son Sam has been a student at The Harbour School in Owings Mills, has won the Maryland Association of Non-Public Special Education Facilities’ annual Inspiring Dreams and Changing Lives Award. Myers was nominated by Linda Jacobs, executive director of The Harbour School, for his work for the school, including fundraising and helping in the launch of the CCBC Harbour Horizons program, which prepares students to live independently. The special education school also has a campus in Annapolis.

Benefits

Jennifer Ronald has joined Innovative Benefit Solutions, of Towson and Berlin, as an account executive specializing in life and health insurance sales for businesses and individuals in the greater Baltimore area. She most recently served as director of marketing and public relations for Trampoline: Learning Programs for Young Minds, an enrichment curriculum developer. Ronald also has worked in account service with the Baltimore office of Weber Shandwick Worldwide. She has a bachelor’s degree from Washington College in Chestertown.

Marketing

Jeaneen Andrews-Feldman has been appointed vice president of marketing of Merkle, of Columbia. She most recently led product and channel marketing at the Corporate Executive Board. Earlier, Andrews-Feldman was vice president of marketing and business development at TrendIQ, a business intelligence software firm, and vice president of marketing and sales at AES. She also spent more than 10 years in regional and product marketing management roles with Sprint and AT&T.