Ann Claire Billips
Accounting Services
(615) 371-2152 abillips@bcpas.com
Ann
Claire Billips joined BCPAG in September 2008 as a staff accountant. She received
her degree from Samford University, and has worked in the accounting industry
for over 4 years.
Ann
Claire married Will in June 2009 and loves spending time with her husband.
She is involved with the Cystic Fibrosis and Hearing Bridges foundations.
Ann Claire and her husband attend Woodmont Christian Church.
Rodger B. Byrd
joined BCPAG in September, 1993. He had his own accounting firm prior to
that. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University in June, 1968
and started his career with Touche Ross (now Deloitte and Touche).
Rodger and his
wife have been married since 1974 and are the proud parents of two children and one grandchild. He enjoys watching sporting events, being with his
family and friends and traveling.
Don Coomer, MSFS, MSM, CPA, CHFC, CFE, CLU
Tax, Estate & Trust Services
(615) 371-2145 dcoomer@bcpas.
com
Don Coomer joined
the team in November 2008 when Coomer-Wells & Co. CPA became a part of
BCPAG. After nearly a half-century in
public accounting, Don's primary areas of interest are tax controversy, wealth
transfer, estates and trusts.
Don is a native
Nashvillian and plays bluegrass music at every opportunity. He is also a licensed airplane and glider
pilot who enjoys "slipping the surly bonds of earth." Don and his wife, Sue, have four children and
six grandchildren.
Carol
Crick joined BCPAG in February 2010 as a Tax Manager. She has over 10 years in public accounting
experience and 8 years in private industry.
Carol graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with
a major in Accounting from the University of Tennessee.
She is a board member of the Donelson/Hermitage YMCA and a Patricia
Hart Society Member. Carol also volunteers with the Heart Beat
Community Help Center.
Tiffiny Davis joined BCPAG in September of 1996 as our receptionist. She has lived in the Nashville area since
1995 and has loved every minute of it. She
has family in South Carolina and Texas and is the youngest of two
children. She enjoys traveling, is a big
time Tennessee Titans fan and loves going to see plays at the Tennessee
Performing Arts Center and going to concerts.
At BCPAG, she is responsible for answering the
phones, greeting clients who walk through the front door, processing all of the
tax returns, overseeing the transition process for new clients as well as
general administrative responsibilities.
She does it all!
Mike Dunn is a principal at the
firm and joined the team in January 1999. He is a 1990 graduate of the University of
Tennessee at Martin where he received a Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration degree, while majoring in Accounting. He worked for a CPA firm in his hometown of
Martin before moving to Nashville in 1993.
Since that time, he has been providing tax preparation and planning,
primarily for individual and small business clients. His work has a strong emphasis in the
planning, preparation and administration of estates and trusts as well as
working closely with non-profit and charitable organizations.
In 1992, Mike married his high
school sweetheart and best friend, Tina, whom he began dating in 1985. They have a daughter, Cameryn, who was born
in June 2009. When not chained to his
desk, Mike enjoys spending time with his family and watching his baby girl grow
up way too fast. Because he lives in a
very wooded area of Fairview, his hobbies include picking up fallen limbs and
raking leaves. His father, a former
high school football coach, once held the state record of 42 consecutive
wins. A baseball player during all of
his youth, including two years at a junior college in Mississippi, Mike is a
huge sports fan.
Larry joined BCPAG in 2008. He has over 39 years of experience auditing
State and Federal programs, small and mid-sized companies, nonprofit
organizations, and employee benefit plans.Prior to joining BCPAG, he worked 34 years as a Federal auditor and 4
years with Coomer - Wells & Co., P.C. Certified Public Accountants.He received a Bachelor of Science degree in
accounting from Austin Peay State University.
Larry and his wife are
blessed with three children and five grandchildren.He enjoys his work and attends Our Savior
Lutheran Church with his family.
Kristen C. Gold, CPA
Accounting Services & Tax
(615) 371-2150 kgold@bcpas.com
Kristen
Gold joined BCPAG in May 2009 as a member of Accounting Services. She graduated from Middle Tennessee State
University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in
Accounting. Kristen is a Certified
Public Accountant and worked as an auditor for Ernst and Young out of college
before moving to the private sector. She
has experience in banking and manufacturing with an emphasis in small business.
Kristen and her
husband, Will, have three children, Katy, Madalyn and Andrew. Along with her family she attends Church
Street Church of Christ in Lewisburg where she teaches the kindergarten Sunday
school class. She enjoys cooking with
her daughters and along with her children participates annually in the Susan G.
Komen "Race for the Cure" 5K walk.
Sue McClelland
joined the firm in November 2009 after moving from McLean, Virginia where she
was a principal in a small firm in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She has over twenty years experience in
public accounting and specializes in individual, fiduciary and estate tax
consulting and preparation.
The move to
Franklin allows her to spend more time with her two year old grandson and
family who live nearby, and to be closer to her other daughter and six month
old granddaughter in Austin, Texas. Her
volunteer interests focus on low income housing. Before moving to Tennessee, she served on the
Board of Directors of the local Habitat for Humanity and she is seeking new
opportunities to pursue that interest in the Nashville area. Her hobbies include travel, reading and
cooking.
Alan Siliski, JD, CPA
Client Services & Tax
(615) 371-2144 asiliski@bcpas.
com
Alan Siliski
received his undergraduate degree from Duke University in Durham, NC, an MBA
degree from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL, and a JD from Cumberland School
of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, AL. He works mainly in the
areas of tax and auditing.
Alan enjoys
playing golf and tennis, and traveling to the New England area to see the
beautiful scenery in the summer time.
Doug
Smithhisler joined BCPAG in January 2007 as a staff accountant. Since
joining the Company he has obtained his CPA license and moved into an audit
manager position. Doug graduated from Trevecca Nazarene University.
Doug is primarily responsible for attest services across a broad range of
industries including non-profit, staffing, HUD, and other small business.
Doug enjoys
spending time with his wife, his friends, and his Church. His favorite
hobbies include any activity in the great outdoors, playing music, volleyball,
basketball, and most other sports.
Deborah joined BCPAG in July 2008 in the position of
Client Services, Tax Preparation and Accounting Services. She has over 9
years of experience in individual income tax preparation and, in addition, has
over 20 years of bookkeeping and accounting experience.
Deborah was born in Tennessee but was raised in
California for her first 18 years then she returned to Tennessee (where most of
her family resides) and has been here ever since. She is married with 2
daughters and also a granddaughter. She enjoys cooking, movies and all
crafts, but enjoys spending time with her family the most.
Anne D. Waters, JD, CPA
Tax, Estate & Trust Services
(615) 371-2128 awaters@bcpas.com
Wayne
Wells joined BCPAG in Novemeber, 2008. He graduated
from Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN in 1970 with a Bachelor of
Science in Accounting and Economics. With
over 35 years experience in public accounting, Wayne annually instructs
numerous continuing education seminars and in-firm training classes all over
the US for major continuing education providers in the areas of accounting,
auditing, fraud, and taxation.
Wayne is the Treasurer of Our Savior Lutheran Church and Academy. He and his lovey wife have been blessed to be married for 25 years and they share 3 sons. Other than spending time with his family, he enjoys his work and seminars.
Penny Wilson joined BCPAG in October 2005 and works in tax services at the firm.
She has been in public accounting since she earned her Bachelor of
Business Administration degree in Accounting from Belmont University in
1979. Her primary emphasis is taxation. Penny is a member of the
American Institute
of Certified Public Accountants and the Tennessee Society of Certified
Public
Accountants.
Minnie Butler
Accounting Services & Tax
(615) 371-2138 mbutler@bcpas.
com
Minnie Butler
joined BCPAG in January 2002 along with William L. Rieder, CPA and his firm's
staff. She has worked in tax and
accounting services for over 30 years, with 16 of those years in Evansville,
Indiana.
After
living in Southern Illinois and Indiana, Minnie moved to Tennessee in
1994. She enjoys dancing, hiking and
herbal gardening.
Chris
Dickinson joined BCPAG in January 2002 along with William L. Rieder, CPA and
his firm's staff. She has over 25 years
experience in tax preparation and accounting services.
Chris is originally
from Akron, Ohio. She married her
husband, John, is 1972 and with his career they lived in Mexico City where
their 2 sons were born, Panama City, Panama where their daughter was born,
Lima, Peru and Caracas, Venezuela, for a total of 16 years overseas. They moved to Nashville in 1994 with John's
job transfer. All 3 adult children are
now married and starting their own families.
Betsy Norris joined Blankenship CPA Group in June, 1999 and serves in Accounting Services.
After graduating from
Middle Tennessee State University, she was an elementary school teacher for
twenty-six years. Betsy enjoys reading
and is an avid University of TN Lady Vols basketball fan.
Pam Owen
joined BCPAG in November 1996 as a Staff Accountant in the Accounting Services
Department. She has prior experience in both public accounting and
private industry accounting. Pam was
born and raised in Middle Tennessee. She is a graduate of David Lipscomb
University.
Blankenship CPA Group, PLLC
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