Constandinno N. (Gus) Petsas, CPA, PFS

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Gus is a graduate of California State University, Hayward with BS degree in Business, with an accounting concentration. He earned his MBA (Taxation) from Golden Gate University. His professional licenses include: Real Estate, Insurance, Securities 7 securities license, as well as earning his Personal Financial Specialist designation from the American Institute of CPAs. He has been a partner/shareholder with Petsas and Hill and the predecessor firms for 38 years. His areas of professional concentration include individual, tax and business financial consulting, estate planning and tax return preparation.

Mila Nues Coffey, CPA

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Mila is a graduate of San Francisco State University with a BA degree in Business, with an accounting concentration. She is a Certified Senior Advisor and holds a Series 6 securities license. Her work experience includes over 25 with Petsas & Hill and its predecessor firm. Her areas of professional concentration include: individual, corporate, trust, estate, non-profit and partnership taxation. She also leads the team that performs all services relating to the preparation of financial statements.

Alison Cartwright Mitchell, CPA

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Alison is a graduate of Golden Gate University with a BA degree in Accounting. Upon her graduation from Golden Gate, Alison worked for the San Francisco office of Arthur Young, a multinational CPA firm where she earned her CPA certificate. She then joined her father’s public accounting practice.  Her work experience includes 33 years in public accounting, with the last 10 being with Petsas & Hill. Alison holds a Series 6 securities license, a real estate sales license and is a Certified Senior Advisor. Her areas of professional concentration include individual, corporate, and partnership taxation. She leads the team that specializes in estate and trust taxation.

Carl Uratsu, CPA

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Carl is a graduate of San Jose State University with his BS degree in Business, with an accounting concentration. His work experience includes 20 years in Public Accounting, with the last 12 at Petsas & Hill. He holds a Series 6 securities license. His areas of professional concentration include: individual, corporate, non-profit and partnership taxation. He also performs financial statement audits with a specialty in the not for profit area.

M. Catherine Rasmussen, EA

Cathy is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in History. She is an Enrolled Agent entitled to practice before the IRS in tax matters. Her work experience includes a 6-year stint as an Internal Revenue Service auditor, and 26 years in Public Accounting, with the last 15 at Petsas & Hill. Her areas of professional concentration include reviewing tax returns, resolving and researching specialized tax issues and representing taxpayers before the IRS and other taxing authorities.

Helen Li

Helen has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics from UCLA. A member of our team since January, 2008, she is working to complete the requirements of becoming a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to joining our firm, her work experience included two years in public accounting. Helen's areas of professional expertise include tax preparation for individuals, partnerships and corporations, major accounting projects including QuickBooks training for clients, monitoring the e-file process, providing support for all financial statement-related engagements and other accounting support services for small businesses.

Rex Maffey

Rex recently joined Petsas & Hill to provide life planning services to our clients. He has been an insurance agent since 1989 and holds a Series 7 securites license since 1995. His experience includes stints with Farmers Insurance, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Bank of America and for the last nine years with Hilltop Investments/The Mechanics Bank. He is well versed in insurance and financial matters and uses this experience to provide for the needs and peace of mind of our clients.

Jason Dondero

Jason is completing his degree in accounting at California State University, East Bay. He has been awarded several academic awards, including recognition by the West Contra Costa Association of Realtors. He holds a Series 6 securities license. His work experience at Petsas & Hill includes a variety of responsibilities including tax department support, processing of documents for the personal financial services department, and management support for the firm.

Jacquie Thomas

Jacquie is a familiar face to many of our clients since she began working for the Richmond office of Gilbert D. Cartwright, CPA in 1983. She continued working with Alison Cartwright Mitchell until they joined Petsas & Hill in 1999. Jacquie is an experienced bookkeeper and office administrator. Her areas of concentration include: payroll and sales taxes, household employee issues, tax department support, including assembly department supervision and tax return proofing, and accounting support services for small businesses.

Ernestine Slinker

Ernie has been a member of our team since 1995. Her primary functions include billing, accounts receivable and administrative support, including Human Resources. Always willing to drop whatever she is doing to see to the needs of the firm, Ernie wears many hats throughout the year. Her additional areas of professional concentration include payroll taxes and accounting support services for small businesses.