alliantgroup’s Strategic Advisory Board
provide invaluable service and key insights for our clients and CPAs
alliantgroup maintains an active Strategic Advisory Board whose members – all renowned experts in their fields and top business minds – bring their own unique experience and expertise to alliantgroup. These individuals provide invaluable service and key insights for our clients and CPAs.

Tom Ridge
Former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, former Governor of Pennsylvania; alliantgroup Chairman of Cybersecurity and Technology

Mike Johanns
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, former Nebraska Governor & former U.S. Senator; alliantgroup Chairman of Agriculture

Mark W. Everson
Former IRS Commissioner;
alliantgroup Vice Chairman

Steve Miller
Former IRS Acting Commissioner;
alliantgroup National Director of Tax

Kathy Petronchak
Former IRS Commissioner of Small Business/Self-Employed Division (SB/SE); alliantgroup Director of IRS Practice & Procedure

Kit Bond
Former Missouri Governor & U.S. Senator; alliantgroup Senior Advisor

Harold Ford, Jr.
Former U.S. Congressman

Rick Lazio
Former U.S. Congressman; alliantgroup Senior Vice President

Bob Riley
Former Alabama Governor and U.S. Congressman;
alliantgroup Director

Joe Crowley
Former U.S. Congressman; Chairman for Job Creation and Retention

Frank Tirelli
Chairman of Professional Services

Dawn Levy O’Donnell
Former Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee;
alliantgroup Director

Dean Zerbe
Former Senior Counsel to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee;
alliantgroup National Managing Director

Ronald G. Abeles, CPA
Abeles and Hoffman P.C., President and Shareholder

Jay Adkisson, J.D.
Riser Adkisson LLP, Founding Partner & Author

Mike Amerio
Lucas Horsfall, Managing Partner

Stephen G. Austin, CPA
Swenson Advisors, LLP, Firm Managing Partner

Tom Barton
Shareholder with Barton, Walter & Krier P.C.

Jim Brady
Former Chief Operating Officer for Grant Thornton;
Vice Chairman of Advisory Services

David H. Brotemarkle, CPA
Brotemarkle, Davis & Co. LLP, Managing Partner

Adam E. Buchanan
CPA Partner

Jackie Buck, CCIFP
Vice President of Finance and Administration at Harper Construction

Ron Cerruti
Former IRS Senior Manager

Phil Chludzinski
CPA Partner

Rhianna Collier
VP & Managing Director, SIIA’s Software & Services Division
VP & Managing Director, TechCouncil of Southern California

Timothy M. Cooper
Managing Partner at Cooper, Travis & Company, PLC

John J. Corcoran, CPA
Executive Director of the Construction Industry/CPAs Consultants Association (CICPAC)

James A. Cordova, CPA
Windes & McClaughry, Partner & Chairman

Donald J. DeGrazia, CPA, ABV
Gold Gerstein Group LLC, Senior Shareholder

Crystal Faulker
CPA Partner

Jay A. Feller, CPA
Principal at Somerset CPAs and Advisors

Richard Franklin, CPA
Co-Managing Partner at Warady & Davis LLP

Donald Friedman
Senior Vice President at Risk Strategies Company

Dennis Gardiner, CPA
Managing Partner at Gardiner Thomsen

Tom Gibbons, CPA, J.D.
Frost, PLLC, Partner & Head of Tax Department

Scott Goldsmith
Managing Partner at JamisonMoneyFarmer PC

John Hakopian
President of First Foundation Advisors

Edward T. Hanley, CPA
Shea Labagh Dobberstein, Director & Principal

Victor K. Hausmaninger, CPA
Hausmaninger Benoe Lang & Alford, CPAs Inc. (HBLA), Chief Executive Officer

Heidi Hietkamp
Former U.S. Senator, Attorney General, and Tax Commissioner for North Dakota; alliantgroup Director of Agriculture

John Higginbotham
Blue Ridge Network Chairman and CEO

Mike Jain, CPA
Jain and Jain, P.C., Founder and Partner

Howard Lewis
Former IRS National Program Manager

Ryan L. Losi, CPA
Piascik & Associates, P.C., Executive Vice President & Director of Business Development

James Mendelssohn
Former Chair and CEO of the MSI Global Alliance

David P. McKelvey, CPA
Friedman, LLP, Tax & Business Consulting Partner

Matt Miller
President at Tri-Phase Automation

Myron Moser
Chairman of the Board of Hartfiel Automation

Bernie Nagle
Senior Manufacturing Consultant

Anthony Nighswander
President and Founder of APT Manufacturing Solutions

Greg Porter, CPA, CVA, CFFA
Berntson Porter & Company PLLC, President of Berntson Porter Wealth Management & Consulting

Robert M. Pratzel, CPA
HOK, Senior Financial Advisor

Jim Redpath, CPA, CGMA
Partner at Redpath and Company

John R. Repetti, CPA
President and CEO at Bestia Consulting, LLC

Barry Resnick, CPA
Friedman LLP, Principal

Jeffrey Resnick, CPA
Friedman LLP, Partner

Doug Richardson
Chairman of the Frost, PLLC Executive Committee

Deirdre Ricketts
2019 alliantgroup Houston ISD Elementary Science Teacher Award Winner; alliantgroup Director of STEAM Education

David Sullivan JR., CPA
Partner in the DiCicco, Gulman & Company’s Commercial Business Group

Dave Tilstone
Business Development Officer at iT SpeeX

Ken Wasch
President of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)

Rick White
Former U.S. Congressman & CEO of Technet

Chuck Wilson
Executive Director of the National Systems Contractors Association