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2007
News
Herstine
Nov.
20, 2007
- Julie
J. Herstine, MBA, joins the firm and will practice
in the New Brighton office as an auditor. She is the ninth
new employee that Cottrill, Arbutina has added this year.
She previously provided accounting and bookkeeping services
for a privately held trucking company, and earlier was
an auditor with USX Corporation, now U.S. Steel Corporation,
in Pittsburgh.
L-R:
Andy Kennedy, Win and Tom Farin, Tod Arbutina celebrate
the award
Aug.
23, 2007 - Pegasus
Associates Lighting, an entirely online retailer of
unique lighting products, and a client of the firm, is
honored by the Pittsburgh Business Times as the
region's fourth fastest-growing privately held retail
company. Pegasus founders Win and Tom Farin
receive their plaque at the "Pittsburgh
100" event at the prestigious Duquesne Club,
flanked by Cottrill Arbutina's Andy Kennedy and Tod
Arbutina, who nominated the company for the award.
Left to
right: Gallagher, Gundersen, Parisi, Wiest
June
22, 2007 - Four
new auditors join the firm and will practice in the Audit
Group, including R. Kevin Gallagher
and Brenda D. Gundersen in the New Brighton
office, and Elizabeth A. Parisi and Laura
Wiest in the Peters Township office. The Audit
Group serves privately held businesses and governmental,
not-for-profit and financial institutions. The firm's
audit 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.
May
23, 2007
- Six of the firm's staff take part in a "Bowling
for Autism" fundraiser along with employees of the
Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, National Network of
Digital Schools, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center and
Lincoln Park Charter School in Midland, PA. The Cottrill
Arbutina team includes Danielle Cummings, Karen
Granito, Julie Hines, John Horvatich, Andrea Sue Joseph,
Deborah Mangelli and Mary Ann Tarnovich.
The
2007 Bowl for Kids Sake teams
March
11, 2007 - Cottrill,
Arbutina fields two bowling teams - captained by Tod
R. Arbutina and Andy
Kennedy - that are among the top three
corporate teams raising funds for the annual "Bowl for
Kids Sake" event benefiting Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County. Both captains
are recognized for their efforts at the Big Brothers Big
Sisters Appreciation Brunch. In total, 60 participating
teams raise $50,000 in support of children's mentoring
programs. Tod Arbutina serves as treasurer of the organization's
board of directors.
2006
News
Nov.
8, 2006 - Thomas
J. Helsing, former vice president and general
manager of a division of Thermatex Corporation in Ohio,
has joined the firm in New Brighton as head of its newly
formed Small Business Services Group.
He oversees a staff that provides QuickBooks® financial
software consulting, payroll services, general business
consulting and outsources bookkeeping services to small
businesses in Western Pennsylvania. Among the firm's clients
in this area are school districts, municipalities and
boroughs, non-profit organizations, professional services
firms, and small manufacturing and retail businesses in
many industries.
July
2006 - Tod
R. Arbutina makes a presentation to a county's
domestic relations court officers about different types
of entities and related tax returns for the purpose of
setting support payments.
July
2006 - Dale
L. Cottrill and P.
Joel Martin make a presentation
to bank officers about how to understand
the new GASB 34 reporting standards for governmental entities.
The standards introduce reporting for governments in a
manner more similar to that of a for-profit business.
This has led to questions about the cross-over between
modified accrual and full accrual accounting, and how
to understand the actual financial health of the entity.
April
4, 2006 - John
P. Ellsworth, a CPA who heads the Peters
Township office, has been elected treasurer of the board
of directors of Angels' Place, Inc., a Pittsburgh-based
non-profit organization providing services to single,
low-income student parents and their children. With three
centers in Allegheny County (North Side, Brookline and
Swissvale), Angels' Place offers free services including
child care, parenting classes, counseling and help with
job placement in order to provide clients and their children
with the opportunity to become independent and self-sufficient
members of the community.
Feb.
16, 2006
- Cottrill Arbutina has expanded and doubled its
leased office space in Peters Twp. The office is headed
by John P. Ellsworth,
a CPA who holds a national designation as a certified
valuation analyst.
Jan.
17, 2006 - Cottrill Arbutina
announces its upcoming “QuickBooks Training Made
Simple" seminar led by Andy Kennedy. It is scheduled
for Feb. 1, 2006 at the Regional Learning Alliance at
Cranberry Woods in Cranberry Twp., PA.
2005
News
Nov.
11, 2005 – Cottrill Arbutina
announces six upcoming “QuickBooks Training Made
Simple" seminars led by Andy Kennedy.
They are scheduled between Nov. 29 and Dec. 15 at the
Regional Learning Alliance at Cranberry Woods in Cranberry
Twp., PA.
Oct.
18, 2005 – Accountant Chad
O. Agnew has joined the firm's New Brighton office.
He will perform a wide variety of auditing and
tax accounting services for business, governmental entities
and not-for-profit organizations and credit unions. Before
becoming an accountant, he was an inside account manager
for American Power Conversion in West Kingston, Rhode
Island.
May
27, 2005 –
Tod R. Arbutina
and John P. Ellsworth
lead a continuing legal education course on June
24 on "New Uses for Business Life Insurance." Lawyers
who attend will receive 2.0 hours of CLE credit along
with substantive handout materials.
March
28, 2005 – Tod
R. Arbutina is elected to the board of Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County. Big Brothers Big
Sisters serves hundreds of "at risk" children
each year through matches with adult mentors who provide
social, recreational, educational and cultural activities.
March
7, 2005 – Deborah Mangelli,
an accountant and information technology specialist, has
joined the New Brighton office. She will provide tax accounting
services for businesses, government entities and not-for-profit
organizations, as well as installation and training in
the latest versions of QuickBooks Financial Software and
Point of Sale (POS) Software. She recently was certified
by Intuit Inc. as a "Professional Advisor" in
the latest versions of QuickBooks.
Jan.
2, 2005 – Joel Martin, a CPA and auditor with
the New Brighton office, is elected a shareholder of the
firm. He is the second newly elected shareholder in the
firm since September. Martin has managed hundreds of audits
for governmental agencies, school districts and credit
unions and is a pioneer of the firm’s paperless
audit service.
2004
News
Dec.
6, 2004 – Cottrill
Arbutina opens a new office in downtown Pittsburgh, the
second office the firm has launched in the past month.
The firm now has offices in three counties in Western
Pennsylvania. The office is located on the 22nd floor
of Four Gateway Center, and will be led by Tod
R. Arbutina. The new telephone number is
412-227-0286.
Oct.
1, 2004 – Cottrill
Arbutina has relocated its Greentree office to McMurray,
Peters Township, Washington County. The new office will
be headed by shareholder John
P. Ellsworth, a certified valuation analyst
who provides business consulting to clients as well as
accounting, auditing and tax services. The office is located
at 501 Valleybrook Road, Suite 210, McMurray, telephone
724-941-1750.
Sept.
1, 2004 – John
P. Ellsworth is elected a shareholder of
the firm. He provides business valuation consulting to
the firm’s clients as well as accounting, auditing
and tax services. He is an interim or part-time CFO/controller
for several businesses, and consults in budgeting, financial
projections and forecasts, and accounting and internal
control procedures.
June
2004 – Cottrill
Arbutina celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Founded
in 1984, we have quietly grown into one of the largest
CPA and financial services firms headquartered in Beaver
County, serving businesses, entrepreneurs, school districts,
governments and credit unions. Our business has quadrupled
in the past decade, with 20 employees now serving 540
clients.
April
13, 2004 – John
P. Ellsworth, a CPA with the Green Tree office,
recently received designation as a certified valuation
analyst by the National Association of Certified Valuation
Analysts. The designation reflects his expertise in business
valuations, litigation support and consulting. He is a
project manager who provides business valuation consulting
to clients as well as accounting, auditing and tax services.
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June
3, 2007 - The firm
is featured on the front page of the Beaver County
Times' "Connections" newspaper published by the 
Jan.
17, 2006 - Cottrill Arbutina
announces its upcoming “QuickBooks Training Made
Simple" seminar led by Andy Kennedy. It is scheduled
for Feb. 1, 2006 at the Regional Learning Alliance at
Cranberry Woods in Cranberry Twp., PA.