Cori Power

Job Title
Alliance Education Director
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Waverly, Iowa
Phone
612-367-3064
cpower@bdo.com

Cori has over 15 years of experience in learning and development and human resources. Her background includes recruiting and onboarding, workforce retention strategies, succession planning, training, career planning, and leadership development. Currently, she serves as the Alliance Education Director where she oversees training and CPE provided to firms in the Alliance program and offers one-on-one support with competency plans and internal training programs for members. Prior to her position with the Alliance, Cori worked for many years in the accounting profession, most recently as the Learning & Development Manager for a large CPA firm. She received her bachelor’s degree in industrial organizational psychology from the University of Northern Iowa.

In her off hours … Cori is typically chauffeuring her 11 & 14-year-old children around to all of their various activities. They’re living their best life and she’s their ride. Cori also practices and teaches yoga, loves to read and bake, and enjoys motorcycle rides with her husband when the weather is nice.

Unique fact: I am slightly obsessed with bulldogs and currently own two – Loki (7 yrs old) and Chubbs (3 yrs old). The only reason I do not own more is because my husband of 16 years won’t allow it.

Kasey Boone

Job Title
Alliance Education Specialist
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Canton, Mississippi
Phone
248-244-6576
kboone@bdo.com

Kasey has over 10 years of experience in training and learning & development operations. Her background includes process improvement, project planning, and training and development. Currently, she serves as the Alliance Education Specialist supporting Alliance firms with internal training and development programs. She has prior experience in the accounting industry where she was heavily focused on firm compliance, licensing and development. Kasey received her master’s degree in business administration from Belhaven University.

In her off hours…I enjoy sitting on the porch with a good book or relieving stress by tending to my plant babies. I have a five-year-old son, nine-year-old bonus daughter, two dogs, and one cat.

Unique fact: I am an Army veteran, who enjoys a slight adrenalin rush. I will try any activity at least once and base jumping is on my bucket list.

Antonette New

Job Title
Alliance Events Coordinator
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Nashville, Tennessee
Phone
629-224-4981
anew@bdo.com

Antonette has over 10 years of experience in administration and project management. Currently, she serves as the Alliance Events Coordinator helping with Area Meeting administration and preparation, as well as with virtual roundtables and coordinating new member onboarding meetings and activities. Prior to her position with the Alliance, she worked in BDO’s Nashville office as an administrative assistant planning local office events and providing support to various professionals. Her background also includes licensing administration, customer service and production support for several organizations and media companies in the music business. Antonette received her bachelor’s degree in recording industry/music business from Middle Tennessee State University.

In her off hours: I enjoy crafts, taking walks outside, traveling (especially to beach locations), and most of all spending time with my family. My husband, Kelly, and I love collecting snow globes from places we travel to. We have the most adorable fur baby, Molly, who is a Shitzu/Poodle/mutt mix that we rescued in 2014.

Unique fact: I was born and raised in Louisiana. Back where I come from, I grew up tubing on the river (yes, the same water the gators live in!), regular crawfish boils (my favorite food is crawfish) and living the great southern life, Louisiana-style.

Julianna Proffitt

Job Title
Alliance Azure Data Engineer
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Atlanta, GA
Phone
404-942-2939
jproffitt@bdo.com

Julianna brings more than seven years of experience in data engineering and analytics within Transaction Advisory Services. Currently, she serves as an Alliance Azure Data Engineer, supporting the design of data systems to ensure data accessibility and reliability for analysis and reporting. Julianna received both her bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and master’s degree in Computer Science from Georgia Tech.

In her off hours: I enjoy planning vacations, traveling, cooking new dishes, and playing tennis.

Unique fact: I come up with strategies to accumulate as many travel points as possible.

Palmira (Pam) Rzeznik

Job Title
Data Analyst and Reporting Senior Specialist
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Detroit, Michigan
Phone
248.688.3431
przeznik@bdo.com

Pam has over four years of experience in financial analysis, marketing and the mortgage industry. Currently, she serves as an Alliance Data Analyst and Reporting Senior Specialist, supporting the analytics and reporting needs of the Alliance program. Prior to her position with the Alliance, Pam worked for a wholesale mortgage lender as a Business Innovation Specialist. She returned to BDO in 2021, having previously worked here as a finance intern during college. Pam received her bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Grand Valley State University.

In her off hours … I enjoy traveling, trying new restaurants, staying active by doing yoga, strength training or barre, and most importantly spending time with family.

Unique fact: I was born in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Trey Cooper

Job Title
Alliance Contract & Procurement Manager
Regions Covered
National
Home Base
Houston, Texas
Phone
713-407-3716
tacooper@bdo.com

Trey has more than six years of experience in contract management. Currently, he serves as the Alliance Contract & Procurement Manager. Prior to his position with the Alliance, Trey worked as a Contracts and Proposal Manager for a global organization that provides testing, inspection and management system certification services. He received his bachelor’s degree in Parks and Tourism from Texas A&M University.

In his off hours … I enjoy being outdoors, traveling, and spending time with family and friends.

Unique fact: I’m left-handed.