Buckno Lisicky & Company named a new managing director as the firm heads into its 46th year of operation.

Named managing shareholder of the firm earlier this year, Lou LeMaster heads into his first tax season in the new leadership position.

LeMaster joined Buckno Lisicky & Company in 1993 and became a shareholder of the firm in 1998. He has been a member of the firm’s executive committee for the past 15 years and has headed the technology department for the past 10 years.

LeMaster received a BS in Business Administration, Accounting from Kutztown University.

LeMaster is treasurer of the Lower Macungie Youth Association. He has served on the Lehigh Valley American Cancer Society board of directors; past president, secretary and treasurer of Kutztown University Alumni Association and alumni representative to the Kutztown University Foundation; the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce and March of Dimes.

LeMaster, his wife, Patricia, and their family reside in Lower Macungie Township.