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114 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2019 | wbjournal.com F O C U S P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E S Top accounting firms Ranked by number of local staff as of April 2019 Firm Local staff/ total staff Local CPAs/ total CPAs Local offices/ total offices No. of partners Managing partner(s) Year founded 1 AAFCPAs (a) 50 Washington St., Westborough 01581 7745124030 • www.aafcpa.com 200 200 72 72 1 3 30 Carla M. McCall David P. McManus co-managing partners 1973 2 Stowe & Degon LLC 95A Turnpike Road, Westborough 01581 508-983-6700 • stowedegon.com 41 41 25 25 2 2 7 Michael D. Stowe David C. Degon co-managing partners 1997 3 Bollus Lynch LLP 89 Shrewsbury St., Worcester 01604 508-755-7107 • www.bolluslynch.com 40 40 20 20 1 1 6 Michael J. Bollus managing partner 1989 4 Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli PC 306 Main St., Suite 400, Worcester 01608 508-791-0901 • www.grkb.com 36 36 21 21 1 1 6 Norman Bitsoli president 1921 5 S&G LLP 100 Front St., 16th Floor, Worcester 01608 508-757-3311 • www.sgllp.com 29 29 13 13 2 3 5 Terence Shepherd managing partner 1980 6 Paresky Flitt & Co. LLP 14 W. Plain St., Wayland 01778 508-650-1122 • www.pareskyflitt.com 28 28 18 18 2 2 4 David Lorenzi Michael R. Okenquist managing partners 1987 7 Grant Thornton LLP 1400 Computer Drive, Westborough 01581 508-926-2200 • www.grantthornton.com 23 8,556 7 2,152 N/A 59 623 (b) David Platt New England managing partner 1924 8 Robert C. Alario CPA PC (c) 75 N. Main St., Leominster 01453 978-534-1999 • www.robertalario.com 21 21 7 7 2 2 1 Robert C. Alario president 1954 9 O'Connor, Maloney & Co. PC 446 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-757-6391 • www.oconnormaloney.com 19 19 13 13 1 1 5 Robert V. Maloney president 1962 10 Smith, Sullivan & Brown PC (d) 80 Flanders Road, Westborough 01581 508-612-6870 • ssbcpa.com 18 20 9 9 1 1 3 Linda M. Smith managing partner Maureen Sullivan Sandra Brown partners 1993 11 Elder, Gaffey & Paine PC (e) 171 Locke Drive, Suite 120, Marlborough 01752 508-485-6001 • www.egptax.com 17 17 12 12 1 1 5 Robert P. Elder managing partner 1986 12 Cerrone Graham & Shepherd PC 446 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-754-8512 • www.cgscpas.com 16 16 5 5 1 1 2 Paul A. Cerrone managing partner 2013 13 M. Love & Associates LLC 67 Millbrook St., Worcester 01606 508-797-5200 • www.mla-cpa.com 14 14 6 6 3 3 3 Mark L. Love managing partner 2007 14 Jaffe, Yaffe & Feingold PC 76 Mill St., Worcester 01603 508-798-3721 • www.jyfcpa.com 11 11 6 6 1 1 2 Alan Yaffe treasurer 1929 15 Griffin and Co. PC One Cabot Road, Suite 260, Hudson 01749 508-752-8160 • griffingroupcpas.com 10 10 6 6 1 1 2 James E. Griffin Jr. David E. Griffin co-managing partners 1947 16 Bisceglia, Steiman & Fudeman LLP 446 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-799-2491 • www.bsfcpas.com 9 9 4 4 2 2 3 Albert L. Bisceglia managing partner 1997 16 McLaren & Associates CPAs PC 385 South St., Shrewsbury 01545 508-842-0459 • www.dmclarencpa.com 9 9 3 3 1 1 2 David S. McLaren managing partner 2005 18 Reagan & Co. PC 98 Adams St., Suite 101, Leominster 01453 978-534-4095 • www.reaganandcompany.com 8 8 3 3 1 1 2 Kenneth Basque Janet Chambers managing partners 1950 19 Spinelli CPA PC 146 W. Boylston Drive, Suite 302, Worcester 01606 508-365-6522 • www.spinellicpa.com 6 6 2 2 2 2 1 Karen J. Spinelli founder & CPA 2018 20 McCarthy, Hargrave & Co. 113 W. Main St., Northborough 01532 508-791-6406 • www.mhandco.com 5 6 5 6 1 2 2 Daniel F. McCarthy Alfred Hargrave partners 1976 Karen Spinelli left her role at president of Robert C. Alario Certified Public Accountants in Leominster to start her own accounting firm, launching one of the certified woman-owned CPA firms in Worcester. What made you want to strike out on your own? Previously, I was at a firm in Leominster for 21 years. I started right at the bottom and worked my way up, becoming a partner there after about six years. I actually became the managing partner in 2017. The firm had grown a lot over the last couple of years, but it grew to the point where I wasn't enjoying the firm as much. My partner and I weren't getting along the way we would like to, so – for a multitude of reasons – I decided to leave the firm. I felt I couldn't provide the type of services to my clients I needed to, so I wanted to do something different. Which ended up being this entrepreneurial venture. Originally, I thought I was going to get a job somewhere else. Then somebody said to me, "Why don't you just start your own firm?" I do a lot of audits, nonprofit audits as well as tax audits. Since I did a lot of the audits at my old firm, I thought that busi - ness would follow me. I ended up taking a small portion the tax clients as well. Five of the six employees here came from the old firm. Why did you pick Worcester? Worcester is such an upcom - ing area. It is growing so fast. It is local to everything in the region. I felt being in Worcester gave me a step up, and I didn't want to be in the backyard of my old firm. - Brad Kane Spinelli struck out on her own to build a woman-owned CPA firm Karen Spinelli