2013 CPAmerica Northeast Partners Meeting More than 25 CPAmerica members met in June for the CPAmerica Northeast Partners Meeting held this year in Providence, R.I. Joe Tarasco of Accountants Advisory Group, LLC, and Paul Gerry of Gray, Gray & Gray, LLP, went over the topics of staff development, family practice management, and firm growth retention. David Graling of Gelman, Rosenberg & Freedman CPAs, and David Wolfenden of Wheeler, Wolfenden & Dwares, P.A., covered succession planning - getting the right fit for your culture and also CRM. Tom Condrasky of McLean, Koehler, Sparks & Hammond, and Bill Finnecy of Malin, Bergquist & Company, LLP, spoke on business development - LinkedIn and networking groups.
CPAmerica would like to thank our Northeast Partners Meeting facilitators. Pictured above, l-r: Joe Tarasco, Tom Condrasky, Bill Finnecy, Paul Gerry, David Graling, and Dave Wolfenden
Providence, Rhode Island, site of the 2013 Northeast Partners Meeting
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