Kaufman Rossin, a Florida-based independent accounting firm, has promoted Ed Hirschberg, Mark Scott and Kara Stearns Sharp to Principals.  Hirschberg is head of the Fort Lauderdale office for Forensic Accounting and Valuation Services.  Scott has been promoted from Manager to Principal in the Estate and Trust department.  Stearns Sharp was made Principal in the Forensic Accounting and Valuation Services department.  She previously worked as the Director of Advisory Services for the Firm.

Ralph MacNamara, Director of Client Services at Kaufman Rossin, has been named Chairman of the Internet Coast Economic Development Advisory Council.  InternetCoast is a nonpartisan organization of civic and corporate leaders dedicated to strengthening the economic competitiveness of South Florida.