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"Andersen & Company has provided exemplary business accounting services for Carlile • Macy, Inc. for over 30 years… They have always been just a phone call away with their consulting services. Carlile • Macy is very proud of our on-going relationship with Andersen & Company."
Jeanne L. Simpson, CPA, Principal and CFO
Carlile • Macy, Inc.

"More than accountants, Andersen & Company has been our trusted advisor, partner and as much a part of our team as anyone in our company for over 25 years… Quite frankly, Andersen & Company’s support has played a significant role in our success. They really care about Keegan & Coppin."
Al Coppin, CPA, President
Keegan & Coppin Company, Inc.

"Our company, ThermaSource, has experienced monumental growth in the last 18 months… We are extremely happy with our relationship with Andersen & Company."
Louis E. Capuano, Jr., President and CEO
ThermaSource, Inc. and ThermaSource, LLC.

"Andersen & Company is an integral part of our management team. Their staff is knowledgeable and responsive with resources not found in all CPA firms."
Rick Call, President
Power Industries

"We have been working with Rick Gillespie and his team at Andersen & Company for over 15 satisfying and successful years. They have taken the time to understand our business and our goals... Over the years, they have become a trusted advisor to our management team... No matter the subject or challenge at hand, we always share a laugh or two and enjoy our work with Rick and his team."
Greg Swaffer, President
Summit Engineering

"The business advice that Andersen & Company has presented to us throughout our long relationship – over 20 years – has been instrumental to our growth. From advance tax deferral strategies to comprehensive succession planning services, our team at Andersen has always been there when we needed them and has answered our needs with sound plans."
Peter Schellinger, Managing Director
Schellinger Brothers, L.P.

"It has been a pleasure to work with Andersen & Company for over ten years. Their expertise in the real estate industry and experience with general business issues has been very beneficial in helping us run our operation more effectively."
Chris Peterson, Partner
Rivendale Homes, Inc.

"It is the personal attention we receive that is geared to the needs of our company that set Andersen & Co. apart from other accountants."
Dan Thielen, Operations Manager
Michael's Harley Davidson

"15 years ago Andersen & Company expertly handled a very complex business and ownership transition for us. They have provided our accounting, tax, and business consulting services ever since, and I have slept peacefully under their guidance."
Don Tomasi, AIA and Senior Principal
TLCD Architecture

Claudia J. Stern

CPA

Claudia is a senior analyst with Andersen & Company LLP. In that role, she works extensively with clients, assisting them with business valuation, merger and acquisition activity, and management consulting. She also regularly collaborates with the legal community, providing advice and counsel in the areas of complex partnership, corporate transactions and dissenting shareholder actions, as well as providing mediation services in marital dissolution cases.

Prior to joining Andersen, Claudia was a staff accountant at Pohl, McNabola, Berg and Company in San Francisco and served as a financial and business planning consultant to telecommunications and software companies.

A graduate of Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington with a degree in physics, Claudia also earned a master's degree in business administration from Harvard University. She is a member of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA) and a member of the Business Valuation and Family Law sections of CalCPA's Litigation Sections.

Her accomplishments include authorship of the articles, “Unexamined buy-sell agreements can bear risks,” for the North Bay Business Journal, and “Buy-sell pacts: Danger in the drawer,” for the East Bay Business Times.

Away from the office...

  • Favorite album? None – not musically literate.
  • Favorite movie? The Conversation; Gene Hackman is fabulous.
  • Favorite vacation destination? Priest Lake, Idaho.
  • Favorite food? Anything except raw fish.
  • Favorite car? My Prius.
  • Best advice you've ever received? From my finance professor in graduate school: “Don't run out of money” and “Do the figure eights before the free style.”

Claudia J. Stern
CPA


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