Michelle has practiced public accounting since 1993. She has extensive experience in the tax field, including flow-through business structures (partnerships, limited liability companies, S corporations, trusts, and estates); business succession and transition issues; income tax planning for closely held businesses and their owners; and gift and estate planning.

• How Biden's New Tax Laws May Impact Your Business
  (Whatcom Business Alliance, January 2021)
• Federal and Washington Estate Tax and Gifting
  (Our Farms, Our Futures Seminar Series; Lynden, WA, January and February 2016)
• Entity Structures and Farm Enterprise Structures
  (Our Farms, Our Futures Seminar Series; Lynden, WA, January and February 2016)
• US Income Tax Considerations When Using Foreign Guest Workers
  (Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, 2015 Summer Seminar on Farm Income Tax, Estate and Business Planning, July 2015)
• Foreign Ownership/Investment in US Agricultural Businesses
  (Iowa State University Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation, 2015 Summer Seminar on Farm Income Tax, Estate and Business Planning, July 2015)
• Introduction to Succession Planning
  (Washington State University Extension, December 2014)
• Affordable Care Act
  (Oregon Association of Nurseries, June 2014)
• Succession Planning for Landowners – Estate and Income Tax Issues
  (Cascade Harvest Coalition and Washington State University Extension, March 2014)
• Health Care Reform
  (Far West Agribusiness Association, Annual Conferences, January 2014 and December 2013)
• Ties to the Land Workshop: Succession Planning for Farm & Forest Landowners
  (Cascade Harvest Coalition, Washington Department of Agriculture, Washington State University Extension, and Snohomish Conservation District, March 2013)
• Health Care Reform
  (Association of General Contractors, February 2013)
• Federal Tax Reporting for Employers of H-2A Workers
  (Washington Farm Labor Association, February 2013)
• Health Care Reform: Employer Essentials
  (Washington Farm Labor Association, February 2013)
• Are You Prepared for Succession?
  (Washington State University Extension Country Living Expo & Cattlemen’s Winterschool, January 2013)

• Member, AICPA Personal Financial Planning Section
• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member, Northwest Washington Estate Planning Council
• Member, Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants

• BS, accounting, Western Washington University
• MS, taxation, Golden Gate University