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BGW accountants honor and thank Todd Webb

Jerry Lindeman shows a portrait of the Todd A. Webb accountants at a farewell party for the Hendersonville accountant, who is moving to Sarasota. The CPA firm BGW acquired the Webb practice.

By Bill Moss, Published: June 14, 2015

Coworkers, clients and friends thanked Todd Webb for his civic volunteerism last week while also celebrating a changing of the guard at the King Street accounting firm.

The CPA firm of BGW announced last month that it had acquired the Todd A. Webb firm and would incorporate the Hendersonville office into the firm’s Western North Carolina division. Sean Mitchell will manage both the Asheville and Hendersonville offices.
“One of the worst things I’ve ever had to do is say goodbye to Todd Webb,” Ruth Birge, who recently retired as United Way executive director, said during a farewell event under a shade tent behind the King Street offices of the CPA firm.
Todd WebbLike Birge, Webb is an Indiana native, an Indiana basketball fan and a tireless worker for his adopted hometown. Webb chaired the United Way Board of Directors and served on the Four Seasons hospice and Hands On! boards.
Before Webb joined the Hands On!, the volunteer board functioned unsteadily, Executive Director Heather Boeke said.
“He brought a lot of professionalism to the board,” she said. “He mentored me personally.”
Webb moved to Hendersonville in 1994 and started his own firm in 2005. He and his family are moving to Sarasota. He and his wife, Tonia, who are Mennonites, made the decision to move to Sarasota, Fla., where they will enroll their children, ages 13, 11, and 7, in a Mennonite school he said is highly regarded. He plans to take three months to settle in. “Then we’ll start to look for our next opportunity,” he said. It may — nor may not be — in accounting. “I haven’t decided what it’s going to be yet,” he said.
Patti BakerThe acquisition of the Webb practice dovetails with BGW’s continued expansion into the mid-size manufacturing, hospitality and craft brewing sectors, BGW said in a news release. Counting Mitchell, the office will have eight employees. Patti Baker, who was vice president for tax operations at the Webb practice, will oversee the core operations.