The Nashville office of public accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC, one of the Southeast's 'Top Four' accounting and business consulting firms and a top 40 firm nationally, has announced the addition of Kathy Hall and Rachel Cowan to the firm's growing tax group.

A resident and native of Lebanon, TN, Hall joins the firm as a tax senior with more than a decade of experience in both public accounting and as controller for a large medical practice. She holds a B.B.A. degree in Accounting from Belmont College, and is currently pursuing renewal of her CPA license.

Cowan joins as a staff accountant and is a native and current resident of Hendersonville, TN. She holds both her B.B.A. in Accounting and a Masters of Information Systems and Accounting from Middle Tennessee State University. Cowan is an active member of the Tennessee Society of CPAs, of Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society and of Golden Key International Honor Society. She has more than a year of public accounting experience prior to joining Carr, Riggs & Ingram.

As members of the CRI tax team, both Hall and Cowan will work with middle-market and emerging organizations, primarily in the trucking, healthcare, hospitality and manufacturing arenas, as well as with high-net-worth individual clients.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) is ranked 35th in Accounting Today magazine's top 100 firms in the nation and 4th in the Southeast region. Today, CRI employs over 550 professionals in 16 offices across Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi, and is recognized as one of the fastest-growing firms in the United States.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram LLC, has 16 offices across Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi. One of the largest regional CPA firms headquartered in the Southeast, CRI offers comprehensive tax, audit, and consulting services to Southeastern businesses and individuals.