Brenda D. Gundersen, CPA - Project Manager

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1475 Third Avenue
New Brighton, PA 15066
Tel: 724.843.0165, x128
Fax: 724.843.6577

Email: bgundersen@cottrillarbutina.com
Web: www.cottrillarbutina.com

Brenda D. Gundersen is a project manager with the New Brighton office of Cottrill, Arbutina Professional Services.

As a former in-house finance officer with The Watson Institute and Mellon Bank, and with Big Four experience, Ms. Gundersen understands the need to serve clients with the highest quality of information, analysis and focus on service.

She is a member of the firm's Audit Group which provides audit and management consulting to a variety of governmental, not-for-profit and financial institutions, as well as privately held businesses. Clients include a number of the top credit unions in the Pittsburgh region as ranked by asset size in the Pittsburgh Business Times, as well as more than two-thirds of the public school districts in Beaver County.

Before joining Cottrill, Arbutina, Ms. Gundersen was an auditor and tax accountant with a firm in Zelienople, PA. In this role, she provided audit services to not-for-profit organizations, and she prepared financial statements and corporate and partnership tax returns.

From 1998 to 2000, Ms. Gundersen was director of accounting for The Watson Institute, comprising D.T. Watson Educational Services and D.T. Watson Rehabilitation Hospital, one of Western Pennsylvania's most prestigious healthcare providers, which became part of HealthSouth Corporation. In managing the day-to-day operations of the finance department, she prepared financial statements and budgets, prepared tax filings, supervised payroll and treasury functions, and coordinated all regulatory filings. She joined the Institute in 1992 and was business manager for five years.

Ms. Gundersen served as an officer with Mellon Bank's Trust and Investment Department from 1986 to 1989 as a member of the Planning and Controller's Division. She prepared monthly financials, forecasts, variance analysis and budgets.

Earlier, she was a senior accountant with Coopers & Lybrand, now part of the Big Four firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. Her responsibilities included planning, administering and directing audit engagements, as well as training and supervising staff. She received her CPA certification in Pennsylvania in 1985.

Ms. Gundersen received her bachelor of arts degree in economics in 1983 from Washington and Jefferson College.