The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants named Mark Soticheck II as chief executive officer, effective July 1. He has been chief operating officer of the Mooresville-based trade association since May 2016.
Sharon Bryson, who had led the group since 2016 and been a staffer for 39 years, retired in January. The N.C. CPAs had selected her successor, Greg Wilder, chief operating officer of the Georgia Society of CPAs. He was slated to start on Feb. 19, but changed his mind and turned down the job in January.
Solticheck has led the 12,500-member group on an interim basis in recent months.
“Mark’s extensive experience within the organization and his forward-thinking approach are invaluable assets that will undoubtedly strengthen our association,” Courtney Knoll, chair of the NCACPA board of directors, said in a release.
Sotichek worked at Fidelity Bank and Dixon Hughes Goodman before joining the trade group, according to his LinkedIn profile He has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Florida State University.
