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Professional Services - Accounting, Tax, Audit & Consulting
“Professional Services” include firms in widely diverse disciplines, from architecture, engineering, and interior design, to management, law, and research, to publishing, photography, and communications. Despite obvious denominational differences, these firms have something very important in common: passion. Generally, the people who work in these privately held firms based their careers on a real love of their chosen field. Therefore, they want to focus their time and energy on their life’s work, not on the minute details of running a business. At DB&B, we understand this passion because our team feels the same way about our chosen field – which happens to be the minute details of running a business.
We understand that each day, our professional services clients strive to build a successful practice by creating outstanding client experiences. Our clients come to DB&B for our deep expertise and integrated set of services that allow them to meet their business challenges in an on-purpose, well-coordinated manner. We understand that our clients want something more from DB&B than a CPA or business consultant – they want a professional who will delve into their business and generate fresh ideas on improving operational efficiencies, maximizing revenues, minimizing tax liabilities, planning for the future, and attaining its long-term strategic goals.
In the event that an unusual or particularly challenging issue arises, DB&B’s affiliation with the Allinial Global allows our team to tap into a wealth of experience of other top tax practices who have experience working with professional service clients. Allinial is an association of legally independent accounting and consulting firms that seamlessly share training resources, best practices, information and expertise. DB&B routinely partners with other Allinial firms to work on a variety of projects and accounts around the world.
Michele Dickey, CPA
Michele has over thirty years of experience in tax accounting, consulting, financial statement preparation and compliance services. She works with closely held businesses within a wide range of industries. Michele has past experience as a Certified Valuation Analyst providing business valuations for companies involved in buy/sell agreements, charitable contributions, family limited partnerships and gifting programs.
Michele received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Le Moyne College. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. She serves on the Upstate Foundation’s Professional Advisory Council for Legacy Giving and also serves as treasurer for the Estate Planning Council of Central New York. Michele is a past board member and treasurer for the YWCA of Syracuse and Onondaga County, Inc., a past board member for the Children’s Consortium and Meals on Wheels of Syracuse, and a past member of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
Tammy Reyes, CPA/PFS, CGMA, MT
Tammy Reyes leads Dermody Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC tax technical department. With over 26 years of experience in taxation, Tammy is a seasoned expert specializing in the taxation of trusts and estates, as well as high-net-worth individuals. She also provides comprehensive tax services to corporate and partnership clients.
Education & Professional Certifications
She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) and a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Her academic credentials include a bachelor’s degree from Binghamton University School of Management, a master’s degree in taxation from University of Denver, and a certificate in Financial Planning from Kaplan College. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA). She holds designations as a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is also a Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) from the International Association of Registered Financial Consultants (IARFC).
Tammy is a board member of the Estate Planning Council of Central New York and serves as the President (and former Treasurer) of the board for the Landmark Theatre. She is also a former board member and treasurer for Westar Federal Credit Union and Baltimore Woods Nature Center.
Amie Vanderpool, CPA
Amie E. Vanderpool brings over 15 years of experience in public accounting, specializing in accounting and taxation. Her areas of practice include family-owned businesses, physician practices, professional services, and manufacturing. Amie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from LeMoyne College.
In addition to her professional experience, Amie is an active member of the Syracuse Chapter of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. She serves as the co-chair of the Syracuse Career Opportunities in the Accounting Profession program, which seeks to encourage high school students to pursue accounting careers. She is also a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.