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This month, our firm had new additions join all three of our departments at WFY. We are thrilled to have these new hires join WFY! Lisa Sun Lisa Sun started with WFY this month as our newest Estate & Trust Tax Manager. Lisa has been working in public accounting for over twelve years at firms ranging from small firms to nationwide firms. She specializes in private client services. Outside of the office, Lisa’s hobbies include spending time with family and friends, jiu jitsu, gardening, being active, and baking. Nguyen Pham In mid-July, Nguyen Pham joined our firm as one of
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At the beginning of July, our Director of Business Development Byron Culp was featured in OCBJ for being welcomed to the Board of Directors at WISEPlace. WISEPlace is an organization that leads the effort of ending homelessness for unaccompanied individuals through housing solutions and empowering wrap-around services that provide a path toward personal self-reliance. Culp has been on the Board of Directors since 2022 and helps unaccompanied women experiencing homelessness through his professional network, fundraising efforts, and community engagement. Click the link below to read the full OCBJ article. On the Move: WISEPlace Welcomes Michael Boos, Erin Giglia,and Byron Culp
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WFY welcomed new additions to our tax department and estate and trust department. We are excited to have these four new hires join our team. Andrea Gonzalez Andrea Gonzalez recently joined our firm as an Estate & Trust Tax Senior. She graduated from San Diego State University in 2021 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Andrea has over four years of experience in public accounting. Her background includes bookkeeping and tax primarily with high net worth individuals and real estate pass through entities.  Prior to WFY, she worked at another accounting firm and joined WFY to fully specialize her
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In May, WISEPlace had its grand opening of WISEPlace on Broadway, the first permanent supportive housing (PSH) community in our nearly 100-year history. At the grand opening, there were more than 200 partners and supporters who joined in on the celebration. The celebration was even featured on KTLA 5 News. The historic renovation and modern expansion provides vital support services and permanent affordable housing for 47 residents plus a unit for the onsite site property manager totaling 48 housing units. The spaces include the service areas, wellness and fitness rooms, and outdoor courtyard with community gardens and room for domestic
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Earlier this month, WFY welcomed new hires to our audit department and administration. We are thrilled to have them join our team! Robert Wright Robert Wright started with WFY in June as one of our newest Audit Staff. He previously interned with our firm last May as an Audit Intern. Robert graduated from CSU Fullerton with his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. In his spare time, he likes hanging out with friends and watching movies. Muriel Nguyen At the start of the month, Muriel Nguyen joined our audit department as an Audit Intern. She is
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In May, Our firm welcomed four new hires to our tax department and administration. WFY is excited to have them join our growing team. Rachel Alm This month, Rachel Alm joined our firm as our Director of Human Resources and Administration. She graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University with her degree in English. She received her certificate in Human Resources Management from Cornell University, and also has certifications from HRCI, SHRM, and Mental Health First Aid. Rachel has been in human resources and office administration since 2013. In her spare time, she enjoys live music, going to the
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This month, WFY welcomed a group of full-time and intern new hires to our tax department. We are thrilled to have these new hires join our team coming into the new year. Olga Stebakov In January, Olga Stebakov joined WFY as our newest Tax Director. Olga graduated from UCLA with a degree in Business Economics/Accounting and received her Masters in Business Taxation from USC. She spent the past 20 years servicing high-net-worth households, generally working with their family offices, focusing on trusts and flow-through entities, real-estate and other various closely held businesses. Most of Olga’s other time is spent keeping up
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Wright Ford Young & Co. (WFY) is pleased to announce Ryan Working and Thomas Kim as our newest Tax Partners.  The firm practices a full spectrum of accounting services for closely held companies and family business owners, including audit, tax, estates and trusts, and business consulting. Ryan Working joined WFY after college in 2004. Ryan manages a wide variety of tax compliance clients, advising clients with tax issues and strategies, and the lead on all tax services for tax-exempt organizations.  His range of expertise includes tax compliance and planning services for a wide variety of closely-held and family-owned corporate businesses
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In December, WFY welcomed three new hires to our WFY team. Vrinda Jagad and Hannah Nguyen joined our tax department, and EJ Herron joined our IT department. We are excited to have these new hires join our team. Vrinda Jagad In the middle of December, Vrinda Jagad joined WFY’s tax department as our International Tax Manager. Vrinda received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received her Master’s degree in Accounting from UC Irvine. She has been in the accounting industry, specifically in international tax, for 4 years. In her spare time, Vrinda loves traveling and cooking. Hannah Nguyen Hannah
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This month, WISEPlace chose our Director of Business Development, Byron Culp, as their Board of Directors Spotlight. Byron has been a WISEPlace Board Member since May 2022 and dedicates his time to create awareness of women struggling with homelessness throughout the community. Byron is s passionate about initiatives focusing on children, cancer, hunger and homelessness. He also serves of the Board of Deacons at Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana and is the Chairman of the Benevolence Committee. WISEPlace is an organization that dedicates its efforts to ending homelessness for unaccompanied women through housing solutions and empowering wrap-around services that
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