Burr Pilger Mayer (BPM) has announced that Michelle M. Ausburn has joined the firm’s Santa Rosa office as a Senior Manager in the Assurance Services Practice Group, effective January 1, 2012. Ausburn joins BPM with more than eleven years of experience in public accounting, most recently as a leader within Moss Adams’ Wine Industry Group. Her practice focuses on performing audits and reviews for wineries, vineyards, real estate entities, négociants, custom crush facilities, and wine and spirits distribution companies.

Note: In January 2011, Ausburn authored a Wine Business Monthly article on accounting software solutions in the wine industry.