Denise graduated summa cum laude from Baldwin-Wallace College in 2000, earning a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting.
Over the past 12 years she has worked in various areas within the accounting field. She began her career as an intern in public accounting doing bookkeeping, preparing quarterly payroll tax returns and corporate tax returns for small to medium sized businesses. She then moved on to corporate accounting where she worked in financial reporting at two global companies headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. During this time her focus was spent handling the accounting for various corporate ledgers headquartered throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico, as well as preparing, reviewing and analyzing the consolidated financial statements and annual budget.
Upon starting a family, Denise made the decision to make a switch and use her skills and experience to go out on her own to support the small business owner. For the past 5 years she has focused her time striving to make their job easier, allowing them to devote more time running their business. She has enjoyed helping them find solutions to make their business run more efficiently, and looks forward to continued growth and success in the future.
Denise is a certified bookkeeper (CB), a registered tax return preparer (RTRP), a Quickbooks ProAdvisor, and a member of the AIPB.
She resides in Medina, Ohio, where she enjoys spending time with her family, running, and enjoying the outdoors. She currently volunteers her time serving as Treasurer on the board of her Homeowners' Association.