Katerin Traugh earlier this month became the executive director of Scarinci Hollenbeck in Lyndhurst. Previously the controller at the firm and chief of staff to managing partner Donald Scarinci during the transition to remote work earlier this year, Traugh has been with the firm since 2017. Prior to that, she spend a decade in accounting and finance, the firm said.

“Katerin has the experience, the wisdom and the institutional knowledge of the firm to lead us through the COVID-19 crisis and take us to the next level when the world finally emerges from it,” Scarinci said in a statement. ”She has the right temperament and personality to inspire confidence and inject our at-home work force with the comfort of knowing that Scarinci Hollenbeck will not just survive, but that it will prosper during the difficult economic times ahead.”