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Leadership Team

Our team members serve as expert advisors and stay current with evolving trends and regulations.

Rosemary Rehner

CPA, CEPA - President

Rosie is our firm's president. Her work focuses on audits, including employee benefit plans, internal controls, and SOC engagements.

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Angela Alexander

CPA, MSA - Director

Angela is a director in our tax department. Her work focuses on consolidated structures, transaction planning, and mergers and acquisitions.

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Michael S. Essenmacher

CPA - Director

Mike is the director of the assurance services department and leads our construction group practice. His work focuses on audit, reviewing internal controls, and fraud awareness.

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Larry D. Friedman

CPA, MT - Director

Larry is the chairman of the tax department. He specializes in S Corp taxation, corporate acquisitions and reorganizations.

Laurie is a director in the assurance services department, and leads our not-for-profit group practice. Her work focuses on compliance services, internal control studies, financial and quality of earnings analyses, and due diligence procedures.

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Janine M. Iacobelli

CPA, CEPA - Director

Janine is a director in the assurance services department, and serves as our firm administrator. She leads the firm's human resources consulting group to assist clients with recruiting, hiring, and benefits analysis.

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Matthew D. Maker

CPA, MT - Director

Matt is a director in the tax department. His work focuses on tax compliance, consulting, research, and tax planning at the federal, state, and local levels.

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Timothy D. Mayles

CPA, CFF, CFE - Director

Tim is a director in the assurance services department. He specializes in fraud prevention and detection, forensic accounting, internal control studies, and audits of privately-held businesses.

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Jeffrey D. Neuman

CPA, JD - Director

Jeff works with a diverse group of clients, specializing in business development, and estate, retirement and succession planning. He advises business clients on growth and exit strategies.

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Michael Pappas

CPA, CEPA - Director

Mike is a director in the assurance services department. He specializes in succession planning, benchmarking services, and operational management reporting and metrics.

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Steven J. Piatak

CPA, ABV, CFF - Director

Steve is a director and leads Barnes Wendling CPAs' Valuation Services. His work focuses on valuation and ligation services, along with fair value for financial reporting, including intangible and option valuations.

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Jeffrey L. Schmittgen

CPA - Director

Jeff is a director in our tax department and specializes in family businesses, healthcare, and hospitality. His work focuses on practice management reviews, software evaluation, financial analysis, and consulting on business acquisition and expansion.

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Floyd A. Trouten III

CPA - Director

Floyd is a tax director in the transaction advisory service area. His industry focus includes working with manufacturers, distributors, financial service companies, high-tech and software companies, and private equity/investment companies.

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Robert G. Zunich

CPA, ABV - Director

Rob is a director in the assurance services department. His experience includes business and accounting consultation, attest services, and corporate taxation.

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Ryan N. Bidlack

IT Principal

Ryan is an IT principal and leads our team in performing SOC 1 and SOC 2 audits. His work focuses on designing and implementing internal controls over data security, including configuring firewalls, implementing backup solutions, and assessing disaster recovery and business continuity plans.

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Kathrine T. Gabel

CPA, CFE - Principal

Kathrine is a principal in our assurance services department. Her work focuses on providing accounting, audit, fraud, and tax services for privately held companies.

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Donald P. Hanck

CPA, ABV, CFF - Principal

Don serves local businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and individuals. He specializes in consulting on business valuations for estate and gift tax planning, succession planning, business acquisitions and sales, and litigation support.

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Laure B. Javorsky

CPA - Principal

Laure is a principal in the assurance services department and a member of our employee benefit plan group practice. She provides audit, review, compilation, and tax services to privately held companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and service industries.

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Lacie L. O'Daire

JD, LL.M. - Principal

Lacie is a principal who works in all areas of taxation, specializing in individual and business income and transfer tax planning.

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Lena M. Parks

CPA - Principal

Lena is a principal in the assurance services department and a member of our not-for-profit industry group practice. She provides accounting, audit, and tax services, and assists clients in consulting needs.

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Sondra L. Sofranko

CPA - Principal

Sondra is a principal in our tax department. Her work focuses on personal services, individuals, trusts, estates, and gifts.

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Jordan A. Batch

CPA - Senior Manager

Jordan is a senior manager in our assurance services department. She specializes in employee benefit plan audits, corporate audits, reviews, and compilations.

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Stephen J. Cox Jr.

CPA - Senior Manager

Stephen is a senior manager working across both our tax and accounting services lines. His work focuses on tax review, planning, research, consulting, and compliance services for not-for-profit and service enterprise clients.

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Heather R. Cunningham

CPA, MBA - Senior Manager

Heather is a senior manager in our assurance services department. She works closely with the firm’s manufacturing and distribution and service enterprises clients.

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Mandi C. Raneri

CPA, MT - Senior Manager

Mandi is a senior manager working with our manufacturing and distribution, and service enterprise clients. Her work focuses on S and C corporations, and tax and accounting considerations related to high-net worth individuals.

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Michael D. Shepherd

CVA - Senior Manager

Michael is a senior manager in our business valuation services department. His work focuses on valuation and litigation services, along with fair value for financial reporting.

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Zachary A. Weiss

CPA - Senior Manager

Zack is a senior manager in our assurance services department. He specializes in audit, review, and compilation engagements in the construction, manufacturing, and service industries.