NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 2012) – Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC (LBMC), is pleased to announce the following promotions for the firm’s year beginning June 1, 2012 – all are located in the Nashville office.

J. Chris Crowder, CPA, CIA, has been promoted to a senior manager in audit. Chris has been with LBMC for seven years and has diversified experience across a broad spectrum of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, governmental, service industry, and technology in financial audit, Sarbanes-Oxley, and internal audit procedures.

Meredith Douglas, CPA, has been promoted to a senior manager in audit. Meredith has been practicing public accounting for eight years and primarily serves the healthcare industry. She has extensive accounting and auditing experience and manages a number of healthcare audit engagements, including for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, long-term care facilities, surgery centers, behavioral care centers, hospice care, and physician practice management companies. She is actively involved in the Leadership Health Care and Nashville Health Care Council organizations, currently serves on the Finance Committee for the YWCA of Nashville and previously served on the Membership and Marketing committee for Leadership Health Care.

Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC, and The LBMC Family of Companies has nearly 400 employees, with offices in Chattanooga, Nashville (Brentwood), and Knoxville, Tenn. Founded in 1984 as a traditional accounting firm, LBMC has expanded its focus to meet a broad range of financial, human resources and technology needs for its diverse client base. Specific services offered by the LBMC “Family of Companies” include: accounting and assurance services, business and personal tax consulting, investment advisory services, professional staffing, human resources outsourcing, payroll services, technology solutions, healthcare consulting, planning services, litigation support, business valuations, and mergers and acquisitions. For more information, visit www.lbmc.com.