Alyssa Kelly Koliha and Sheri Russell of the Reno certified accounting firm of Kafoury, Armstrong & Co.
were honored by the Nevada Society of CPAs as scoring in the top six of the 64 northern Nevadans who took the state CPA exam in 2002.
Koliha, a senior accountant, joined the firm in 1999.
is a business graduate of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore., and is pursuing a master's degree from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Russell joined the firm three years ago, and serves as a senior accountant.
She earned a bachelor's degree in business with an emphasis in accounting from UNR.