Since 2016, Ben has been providing Tax and Assurance services. Industries served include not-for-profit, government, manufacturing, construction, insurance, and professional services organizations. Experience includes preparing and reviewing tax returns for individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, and not-for-profit organizations. Experience also includes auditing not-for-profit, government, and insurance organizations in order to provide a range of services, […]
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Nicole Acosta
Since 2004, Nicole Acosta has been providing disaster recovery, procurement, and government consulting services. She has provided assistance to multiple state agencies with contract negotiations, contract management, project management, procurement, and grant management. Her areas of expertise include Federal Grant Management, US Treasury Regulations, 2 CFR 200 Uniform Guidance, Single Audit, Transportation, FEMA Public Assistance, […]
Evan Hume
Since 1969, Evan has been providing accounting, auditing, and consulting services to public and privately-held commercial entities. A graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, his range of services provided includes audits, reviews, compilations, agreed upon procedures, consulting, internal control reviews, due diligence for acquisitions and divestitures, resolution of financial […]
Michael Rosciam
Since 1995, Michael has been providing assurance and accounting services. A graduate of San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, he has experience in insurance, not-for-profit entities, technology companies, and local and state governments. Michael has been the Accounting Technology Manager for over ten years at THF. He possess both accounting […]
Catherine Stout
Catherine began working in public accounting when she joined Thomas Howell Ferguson in January 2015. Her experience in public accounting includes providing assurance and accounting services. Her industries served include corporate, governmental, insurance, and not-for-profit organizations. The majority of Catherine’s career has been concentrated on serving the insurance and governmental industries. Her responsibilities consist of […]
Taylor Harmon
Taylor began working in public accounting in January 2013 and joined Thomas Howell Ferguson in 2014. Taylor has over seven years of experience in public accounting providing assurance and accounting services. His range of services includes audits, reviews, compilations, agreed-upon procedures, and other services. Taylor serves as an engagement senior manager, which includes assuming the […]
Leigh Jenkins
Leigh Jenkins began her career in public accounting in 2004 and joined Thomas Howell Ferguson in May 2015. She has experience in public accounting, providing assurance, consulting, and other accounting services. She has a wide range of experience in financial statement audits, technical research, and documentation of accounting standards. Her experience spans numerous industries, including […]
Stacey Kolka
Since 1992, Stacey has been providing tax and consulting services to a variety of corporate clients. A graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Professional Accountancy from Mississippi State University, her responsibilities include planning, supervision of staff, review of tax returns, and research on tax engagements […]
Micah Kunkel
Micah has been providing accounting services and tax preparation for multiple entity types since 2009. His responsibilities include the preparation of S-corporation, partnership, and individual tax returns. His experience includes accounting assistance, campaign accounting, payroll preparation and review, tax return preparation and review, and research of various tax issues. Micah’s CPA license is regulated by […]
Ying Wang
Ying has been providing tax services since 2003. Her experience includes services to individual and family businesses, trusts and estates, manufacturing, retail, technology, wholesale and distribution, as well as auto dealership industries. Ying has worked in national and local firms, as well as private industries. She joined THF in December 2007. Additionally, she has experience […]
Loraine Zaidan
Since 1993, Loraine has been providing accounting, auditing, and consulting services to not-for-profit, government, quasi-government, insurance, healthcare, and for-profit organizations. A graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Florida State University, her range of services provided includes audits, reviews, agreed upon procedures, and consulting. […]
Jeff Barbacci
Since 1995, Jeff has been providing accounting services to a variety of clients. Specific industries include not-for-profit organizations, workers’ compensation insurance, associations, small business, and state and local government. Jeff has dedicated the majority of his career to specializing in government and not-for-profit consulting and auditing. He has developed an excellent understanding of compliance and regulatory issues, […]
Stephen Andrews
Since 2010, Stephen has been providing tax compliance services and consulting services for multiple entity types. His responsibilities include coordination of the insurance tax compliance practice, which includes federal and multi-state tax return compliance, premium tax compliance, income tax provisions on the statutory basis of accounting, consolidated income tax provisions on the GAAP basis of accounting, and representing taxpayers during […]
Julian Dozier
Julian Dozier has provided assurance, consulting, and other accounting services since 2006. Julian is a graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance and a Master of Accounting. He has been involved in significant engagements which include forensic audits and litigation support related to both for-profit and governmental enterprises; […]
William (Bill) Ferguson
Since 1977, Bill has spent his career in public accounting serving a variety of clients with a significant concentration on insurance companies and other insurance-related enterprises. His responsibilities include coordinating services provided and ensuring engagement objectives are accomplished within established timeframes. He has specific experience with insurance clients that includes audits of statutory financial statements, […]
Dennis Gallant
Dennis Gallant is a CPA and Accountant in the THF Bainbridge, Georgia office. Since 1995, Dennis has been providing public accounting services. His work is in tax compliance and consulting, and his career started in Ohio. Dennis and his family relocated to Tallahassee in 2015 when he joined THF. In 2019, he moved to Bainbridge, […]
Allison Harrell
Since 2002, Allison Harrell has been providing assurance services to governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit entities. A graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy with an emphasis in Assurance Services, she has blazed a trail for accounting professionals on the fast track by making shareholder in […]
Christopher M. Howell
Christopher Howell is a statutory auditor and CPA specializing in the insurance industry. In addition, he is one of the leaders of the firm’s insurance practice. Since 2000, Chris has been providing accounting, auditing, reporting, and consulting services to clients primarily in the insurance industry. His services provided include planning, supervising, and directing multiple audits […]
Winston Howell
Since 1981, Winston has been providing auditing, accounting, tax, consulting, and general business advice to clients in a number of industries. Winston performs business and individual tax consulting in a variety of industries including business mergers and acquisitions, IRS examinations and appeals, business succession, planned giving, retirement planning, compensation planning, estate tax planning, structuring family […]
Michael Kalifeh
Since 2003, Michael has been serving clients in manufacturing, automobile dealership, retail/wholesale/distribution, construction, medical and legal services, land/farm/timber management, and real estate industries. He also has experience in client representation before the IRS on multiple income tax matters, as well as the Florida Department of Revenue (FDOR) on sales/use tax issues. […]
Debie Leonard
Since 1983, Debie has been providing tax, accounting, and business advisory services to a variety of individuals, small businesses, estates, trusts, not-for-profit organizations, political organizations, and charitable foundations. Selected responsibilities include planning, review of tax returns, research on tax engagements, and wealth management planning. Debie has been involved in the preparation of several applications for […]
Brandon Mott
Since 2007, Brandon has been working with auditing insurance, governmental, not-for-profit, and commercial entities, as well as employee benefit plans. Brandon has extensive experience providing assurance and consulting services to insurance companies and related entities. A graduate of Carson-Newman College with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Brandon has specific experience documenting the major transaction […]
Ben A. (Steve) Stevens, III
Steve Stevens is a CPA and government consultant specializing audits, compliance, and emergency management. Since 1989, Steve has provided assurance, consulting, and other accounting services. His experience includes five years with a Big Four firm in a Director capacity. His industries served include government, not-for-profit, for-profit, insurance, and health and human services. Additionally, his responsibilities […]
Russell Perkins
Since 1993, Russell has provided accounting, auditing, and consulting services to governmental, for-profit, and not-for-profit entities, including those in the financial services industry. The range of services provided includes audits, reviews, agreed-upon procedures, consulting, providing expert testimony before the state of Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, compliance and internal control reviews, assistance with structuring contracts, […]
Canita Gunter Peterson
Since 1995, Canita Gunter Peterson has been providing consulting, tax, and accounting services. She serves a wide variety of business and individual clients with respect to federal, as well as state and multi-state taxation. In addition, she has been involved in mergers and acquisitions, litigation support services, IRS examinations, and representation and examinations related to […]
Brian Walgamott
Brian Walgamott is the leader of THF’s bookkeeping services, which incudes medical bookkeeping and bookkeeping for law firms. Brian has been providing tax compliance and consulting services since 2008. A graduate of Florida State University with a master’s degree in accounting, Brian has experience working with corporate, partnership, not-for-profit, trust, and high-net wealth individual clients. […]
