Tod R. Arbutina, CPA, CFP™, MBA – Shareholder

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1475 Third Avenue
New Brighton, PA 15066
Tel: 724.843.0165, x121
Fax: 724.843.6577

Four Gateway Center, 22nd Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Tel: 412.227.0286

Email: tarbutina@cottrillarbutina.com

Email: tod.arbutina@lpl.com
Web: www.cottrillarbutina.com

Tod R. Arbutina is a shareholder of the firm of Cottrill Arbutina Professional Services. With Big Four experience, he has spent nearly 15 years as a certified public accountant and business leader.

Under the guidance of Mr. Arbutina and his partner Dale Cottrill, Cottrill Arbutina has become one of the largest CPA and financial services firms headquartered in Beaver County. Its business has quadrupled in the past decade, and today serves more than 500 clients, with offices in three locations. The firm has set double-digit growth records in volume each of the past several years.

Mr. Arbutina has been profiled in Kiplinger’s for his financial planning acumen. He holds a five-star designation in the Paladin Registry, an information services company providing free education, advisor information and matching services on the web, and profiled on its website. He also is included in the Guide to America's Best Financial Planners, published by the Consumers' Research Council of America, a Washington, D.C. based research organization specializing in professional services. He specializes in providing accounting, tax and business advisory services to closely held businesses in a variety of industries including manufacturers, professional services, retail and not-for-profits. In addition, he is a certified financial planner™ practitioner, and has helped the firm build a more comprehensive financial service practice encompassing not only traditional tax and accounting services but also business, investment and estate planning.

Mr. Arbutina is a registered representative with, and offers securities through LPL Financial, Member FINRA / SIPC. LPL is an independent financial services firm which offers the actual securities and advisory services once clients have made decisions about their accounts.

Among Mr. Arbutina's areas of expertise are corporate and individual tax consulting and compliance, personal financial planning, and compensation and benefits, and litigation support. Prior to joining the firm, he was a manager in the Pittsburgh office of Arthur Andersen & Co., an international accounting and consulting firm. While at Arthur Andersen, he provided both audit and tax services to a diverse client base including publicly and privately-held domestic and international companies. He was a member of the office's compensation and benefits, healthcare and tax-exempt service teams. In addition, he served as the tax practice liaison for all employee benefit plan, healthcare and not-for-profit audit clients.

Mr. Arbutina is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Institute of Certified Financial Planners. Devoted to community service and volunteerism, he is a board director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County and has served in leadership capacities with the Beaver County Red Cross and the Rotary Club of Beaver. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Gettysburg College and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business.

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