Employee Benefit Plans Profiles

Rosemary Rehner, CPA is a director at Barnes Wendling. Her 15 years of experience in public accounting involves both private and public company clients. Prior to joining Barnes Wendling in 2007, Rosie served as a senior manager for a large national accounting firm. Rosie has a strong understanding of accounting and auditing of employee benefit plans and for profit companies under US GAAP requirements. Rosie also has experience in assisting clients with internal control reviews. Her background and experience with both large and small organizations makes her a great resource for best practices in financial reporting. Rosemary serves as the audit committee chair and benefit committee co-chair for Greater Cleveland Volunteers.

Michael Pappas, CPA
Phone:   216.566.9000
Fax:       216.566.9321
Email:    mp@barneswendling.com

Michael Pappas, CPA is the director in charge of Barnes Wendling’s accounting and assurance services department. He has over thirty years of public and private company experience, spanning many areas, including a specialization in employee benefit plan audits specifically, multiemployer plans, Taft-Hartley plans, Unions, Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, Pension, and 401(k) plans. He has successfully consulted with clients of various sizes on plan-related matters including compliance issues, plan design, and financial reporting issues. Mike recognized the challenges of performing quality employee benefit plans many years ago, and that is why we were one of the first Ohio firms to join the AICPA Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center.

Laure B. Javorsky, CPA
Phone: 216.566.9000
Fax: 216.566.9321
Email: lbj@barneswendling.com

Laure B. Javorsky, CPA is a senior manager in Barnes Wendling’s accounting and assurance services department. She has over twenty years of experience in providing assurance and tax services to nonprofit organizations and closely held businesses; including manufacturers, distributors, and professional service organizations. She specializes in audits of employee benefit plans, including 401(k), 403(b), profit sharing, health and welfare, and pension plans. She has received extensive training from the AICPA by attending the annual employee benefit plan conference the last several years. Her responsibilities include supervision and training of audit staff and interaction with client staff and management to ensure the efficient completion of fieldwork and report preparation. Laure facilitates our annual in-house training on audits of employee benefit plans.