Bradenton CPA office names new top exec

BRADENTON — Wade Sansbury, a CPA with nearly two decades experience, was named lead partner for the Bradenton office of Mauldin & Jenkins, an Atlanta-based firm with $46 million in annual revenues.

Sansbury takes over for Jerry Marlar, according to a release. The promotion is the final phase of a transaction that dates back to January 2011, when Mauldin & Jenkins acquired Bradenton-based CPA Associates. A prominent executive in the Bradenton business community for years, Marlar headed up CPA Associates before the merger with Mauldin & Jenkins. CPA Associates, with 45 employees in 2011, was one of the largest independent accounting firms in the Sarasota-Bradenton market. The firm's specialties were in government, litigation support, business valuation and banking services.

Sansbury's accounting career has been focused on state and local government clients, the release states. He worked in Mauldin & Jenkins' Macon, Ga. office for 18 years before he transferred to Bradenton in June 2013.