
Jennifer A. Gajda CPA
-Education and Certification
- Bachelor in Business Administration, Accountancy – Accounting, The University of Notre Dame
- Certified Public Accountant
-Professional Memberships
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
- CPA Associates International
-Community and Professional Involvement
- Berea Animal Rescue Fund, Volunteer
- Women's Business Center of Northern Ohio, Volunteer
-Service and Industry Focus
Jennifer A. Gajda is a senior manager in the Barnes Wendling tax department. Jen has over 18 years of public accounting experience specializing in tax compliance and consulting services to partnerships, closely-held businesses, and individuals. Jen is responsible for supervising and reviewing engagements, consulting, researching, and planning for clients.
Fun Fact: Life goal is to visit one new place a year and all 50 states.








Featured Client Testimonials
I can wholeheartedly tell you that I have yet to work with an audit or tax team that have been more helpful, easy to work with, and committed than the team at Barnes Wendling- I have been through three different firms in the last few years.
Michelle Saylor, Former Controller

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Floyd Trouten at Barnes Wendling CPAs is an “expert’s expert” when it comes to M & A accounting. Not only does he understand the evolving details of the Tax Code but he also sees the fine points of their application for owners, managers, investors, and financiers.
Mark A. Filippell, Western Reserve Partners

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Barnes Wendling CPAs has been performing our SOC reports since 2011. They’ve been instrumental in improving the quality of the report by providing recommendations on our description, control objectives, and controls. Their team is collaborative and helpful in working through the process and control changes that impact our report and business.
Ernest Pollak - President, National Enterprise Systems, Inc.

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The service is amazing at Barnes Wendling CPAs. The benefit is worth more than the cost. Sometimes it’s true that you get what you pay for.
Mark Boucher - Former Owner, Castle Heating & Air, Inc.

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Floyd and Barnes Wendling CPAs always provide us with peace of mind. Floyd is not only our trusted financial advisor, but we trust him like family. The Barnes Wendling CPAs team is always proactive and meet all of our deadlines. We are very grateful for them.
Trish Gleason, OMCO Holdings & Gleason Family Office

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Our heartfelt thanks to the Barnes Wendling CPAs team for all you do for us, such as your remarkable responsiveness, timeliness in meeting deadlines, and being such a pleasure to work with!
Karyn Davies Mitchell, Caremetx LLC

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The quality of your staff on our audit was excellent. I couldn’t ask for a more knowledgeable team with end-result focus.
Brian Spitz, American Tank and Fabricating Company

Featured Client Testimonials
Barnes Wendling takes a holistic, comprehensive approach that helps ensure we are looking ahead to the future. By keeping us up to date on relevant law and regulation changes, we can focus on running our business rather than burying ourselves in tax law. All of this is well communicated, which is the key to any relationship.
Joe Gramc - CFO, Five Star Trucking

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The valuation team at Barnes Wendling CPAs has provided us with consistently excellent service over the last ten years. We have been impressed with their expertise on business valuations, fairness opinions, and Topic 805 engagements.
Ric Hughes - CFO, AKSM

Featured Client Testimonials
Our auditors from Barnes Wendling CPAs are adept communicators, technically proficient, and patient, reasonable, and very personable. They add value through thoughtful recommendations based on in-depth client knowledge. I respect their opinions and highly recommend them.
Sue Leishman - CFO, Episcopal Diocese of Ohio

Featured Client Testimonials
As the Chief Financial Officer of our company, I am acutely aware of the need for relevant and timely advice from outside professionals. Those to whom we look for knowledge beyond ours, financial and managerial expertise outside of our own and proficiencies that are not found within our organization must possess more than simply technical knowledge. Our success depends to a great extent on these professionals we rely upon who have the ability to objectively evaluate, assess, and then communicate very focused, precise and accurate answers to our organizational needs. I can confidently say we have found those characteristics in our relationship with Barnes Wendling CPA’s. They have shown a sincere commitment to our future success while maintaining their dedication to pragmatic solutions for the daily challenges we face.
David E. Sustar - CFO, McConnell Excavating