Melissa is a firm director in Baker Tilly’s Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania office. With more than 20 years of experience specializing in the audits of employee benefit plans, Melissa is a regional leader of our employee benefit plan practice and the firm leader for the Form 5500 practice.
- Coordination and completion of all audits and preparation and review of IRS Form 5500
- Areas of expertise include employee stock ownership, defined contribution, defined benefit and health and welfare plan auditing
- Firm specialist for Form 5500
- Conducts both internal and external education regarding this practice line
- Licensed CPA in Pennsylvania
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
- Frequent speaker at PICPA employee benefit plan conferences
- PICPA Employee Benefit Plan Committee and Conference Planning Committee
- PICPA Professional Ethics Committee, 2016-2019
- Pennsylvania CPA Journal Editorial Board, 2015-2017
- PICPA Nominations Committee
- Leadership Wilkes-Barre – board of directors, secretary/treasurer
Location
Wilkes-Barre, PA
Education
Bloomsburg University (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)
Bachelor of Science, accounting