Team

Our people make our firm. We each represent the whole firm whenever we interact with a client, or their other professional advisors, or our peers in the accounting profession. We strive to maintain a high standard of professionalism while remaining personable, considerate, and accommodating.

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Robert A. Hawks, Jr., CPA, EA, CVA, Shareholder

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Robert A. Hawks, Jr.

As founder, president and CEO, majority shareholder, and Managing Partner, Rob is ultimately responsible for all quality assurance and professional standards of the firm; from financial statements to tax returns to financial analysis, Rob supervises work for our large clients, related client groups, and special projects. Read more about Rob.

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Jennifer K. Hawks, Firm Administrator, Shareholder

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Jennifer K. Hawks

In addition to her role as co-founder, corporate Secretary, Jennifer is a QuickBooks Pro Advisor and is an experienced user with all versions of QuickBooks going back as far as 1994. As the firm administrator, she is well versed in tax reporting needs and often helps clients find their missing information. Jennifer is passionate about teaching business owners how to be efficient enough in their record keeping so that they can spend more time doing what they do best.

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Matthew Manafi, CPA, Audit Manger, Tax Manager, Shareholder

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Matthew Manafi

Matt is a CPA candidate and Audit Supervisor in our Modesto office, he has been with the firm since 2019.  He has completed his Masters in Accounting, and is studying for his CPA exams.  Matt previously interned with Ron Koftinow, CPA.

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Tara Perry, CAS Department Head, Shareholder

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Tara Perry

Tara is a bookkeeping supervisor based in our Sonora office, she has been with the firm since 2017.  She is responsible for many of our payroll and general bookkeeping engagements.  Tara joined our team as a receptionist and bookkeeper trainee and has quickly risen to Bookkeeping Supervisor – she is well versed in tax reporting needs and what CPAs need and like to see in financial reports.  Tara provides payroll compliance, sales tax reporting, all areas of accounts payable and receivable, inventory tracking and general business analysis.

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Jerry Ellman, CPA, retired

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Jerry Ellman

After the recent merger of Ellman & Nickerson CPAs into HawksCPA, Jerry is assisting with the business transition, reducing his hours, taking steps toward retirement and traveling more!

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Dan Fitzgerald, CPA, semi-retired

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Jerry Ellman

After the recent merger of Ellman & Nickerson CPAs into HawksCPA, Jerry is assisting with the business transition, reducing his hours, taking steps toward retirement and traveling more!

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Evelyn Scott, EA, Tax Supervisor, CPA Candidate

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Evelyn Scott

Evelyn is an accountant and Tax Supervisor in our Sonora office, coming on board in 2023 with prior Public Accounting experience and recent years as a mortgage broker – she is relatively new to the CPA career path but brings prior family experience growing up working in her father’s tax practice in Modesto, she is working on her EA certificate, and we hope she is certified soon, too!

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Judy Adamson, Staff Accountant

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Judy Adamson

Judy is a part-time seasonal staff accountant in our Sonora office.  She is an experienced QuickBooks consultant, and has worked at a local CPA firm in the past.  Her background is largely in the HVAC and construction accounting field.

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YOUR NAME HERE, Staff Accountant

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YOUR NAME HERE

We are always looking for bright, enthusiastic, and dedicated people!  Contact us today!

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Mark Fitzgerald, Staff Accountant

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YOUR NAME HERE

We are always looking for bright, enthusiastic, and dedicated people!  Contact us today!

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Sarah Cormier, Staff Accountant

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YOUR NAME HERE

We are always looking for bright, enthusiastic, and dedicated people!  Contact us today!

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Tonya Rodgers, Bookkeeper and Payroll Clerk

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Tonya Rodgers

Tonya came aboard with our merger of the S&H Associates bookkeeping office into our firm in the fall of 2018.  She is responsible for most of our payroll engagements. Tonya is a payroll rock star!

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Hailey Danicourt, Bookkeeper and Payroll Clerk

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Hailey Danicourt

Hailey joined the team in the summer of 2021.  She came from a background as an internal bookkeeper at some local businesses; she is now involved with many payroll, sales tax, and bookkeeping projects, and enjoying the diversity and exposure to many different industries.

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Karen Ackley, Bookkeeper

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Karen Ackley

Karen is our first 100% remote employee – she lives in Tennessee and has worked with Joan Stampfl for a few years.  Karen will continue with HawksCPA working on those clients’ bookkeeping projects.

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Jen Staysa, Sonora Administrative Assistant

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Jen Staysa

Jen joined our team in the fall of 2021, and comes to us with a customer service background and local work experience.  She is responsible for keeping things running smoothly in Sonora and for handling our phones and scheduling.  She looks forward to getting to know our clients and meeting everyone.

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Kimberly Rosenbaum, Sonora Administrative Assistant

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Kimberly Rosenbaum

Kimberly has worked with Joan Stampfl for a few years and has joined HawksCPA as a part-time clerical/admin support person.

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Kaitlin Rigmaiden, Sonora Administrative Assistant

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Kimberly Rosenbaum

Kimberly has worked with Joan Stampfl for a few years and has joined HawksCPA as a part-time clerical/admin support person.

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Dominique Smith, Sonora Administrative Assistant

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Kimberly Rosenbaum

Kimberly has worked with Joan Stampfl for a few years and has joined HawksCPA as a part-time clerical/admin support person.

Note: Ownership of HawksCPA includes a minority of individuals who do not hold a CPA license; these individuals may have actual or potential involvement in professional services provided by this firm.  Licensees comprise the majority of ownership, and in addition only licensees have ultimate responsibility for each financial statement attest and compilation service engagement.  All nonlicensed owners are members of CalCPA and AICPA and meet the requirements of the California Board of Accountancy for minority ownership of a CPA firm.