Careers in Accounting: A Major with
Countless Opportunities
Monday, October 28, 2024
Panel Discussion | 12:00-1:00 pm | Jepson Center Wolff Auditorium
Come learn about the versatility of an accounting degree from professionals who have followed very diverse career paths.
Panel Members Include:
Melissa Webb, Eide Bailly
Melissa provides tax consulting and compliance for privately held entities in the healthcare, real estate development and hospitality industries. She also works with individuals on tax strategy and planning. She helps implement federal and state tax planning strategies, retirement planning and accounting solutions to make your business more efficient.
Amelia Magruder, Senior Accountant, Schweitzer Engineering
Amelia is a Washington State CPA working as a Senior Accountant for Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories supporting Engineering Services. She graduated from Gonzaga University with a Bachelors of Business Administration (Finance) in 2021 and a Masters of Taxation in 2022.
Jared Crooks, CFO of Spokane Eye Clinic
Jarod Crooks is a CPA/MBA, business strategist, and leading finance executive with over 20 years’ experience helping businesses develop and implement sound financial and operational strategies for sustainability and growth. He has a concentrated focus in healthcare services in the following settings: physician practice, ambulatory surgery center, laboratory, hospitals (large tertiary 600+ bed to critical access sized facilities), nursing homes, and assisted living. For the past 10 years he has been the CFO and most recently also the Chief Strategy Officer of Spokane Eye Clinic PS helping the group grow while maintaining sound financial decisions for continued future success.
His accounting and finance experience began as a state auditor, transitioned to a CPA firm specializing in hospital cost accounting, and then transitioned to management as a finance leader working directly for healthcare providers (hospital system, laboratory, and physician owned practice).
Nick Fuller, Financial Planner, Quantum Financial Planning
Nick is a CPA and Certified Financial Planner at Quantum Financial Planning in Spokane. He helps business owners and high earners build wealth and navigate life transitions, such as retirement or selling a business, with a strong focus on tax and estate planning. Nick previously worked as an auditor of financial institutions and publicly traded companies at Moss Adams and currently sits on the Spokane chapter board for the Washington Society of CPAs.
Moderated by Gerhard Barone, Professor of Accounting