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

Jim Ramstad

Former U.S. Congressman and Chairman of the IRS Oversight Committee;
alliantgroup Senior Advisor

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

Frank Tirelli

Vice 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.

David H. Brotemarkle, CPA

Brotemarkle, Davis & Co. LLP, Managing Partner

Jackie Buck, CCIFP

Vice President of Finance and Administration at Harper Construction

Ron Cerruti

Former IRS Senior Manager

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

Jay A. Feller, CPA

Principal at Somerset CPAs and Advisors

Richard Franklin, CPA

Co-Managing Partner at Warady & Davis LLP

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

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

Bernie Nagle

Senior Manufacturing Consultant

Jeffrey S. Pawlow, CPA

The Growth Partnership, Inc., Chief Executive Officer & Managing Shareholder

Greg Porter, CPA, CVA, CFFA

Berntson Porter & Company PLLC, President of Berntson Porter Wealth Management & Consulting

Robert M. Pratzel, CPA

HOK Group, Inc., 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

WeiserMazars LLP, Principal

Jeffrey Resnick, CPA

Friedman LLP, Partner

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)

Chuck Wilson

Executive Director of the National Systems Contractors Association