Michelle has practiced public accounting with Moss Adams since 1993. She’ is a member of the Private Clients team, where she currently serves as the Office Tax Leader.

Michelle has spent her career serving closely-held businesses, their owners, and families. She’ is recognized for her technical tax knowledge involving flow-through entity structures, business succession and transition issues, and income, gift, and estate tax planning.

• How to Evaluate the Personal Aspects of a Potential Business Transaction (Dallas Business Journal, May 2023)

• Fiduciary Income and Wealth Transfer Taxation Workshop
  (Hawaii Tax Institute 59th Annual Conference, November 2022)
• How Biden's New Tax Laws May Impact Your Business
  (Whatcom Business Alliance, January 2021)
• Succession Planning for Landowners—Estate and Income Tax Issues
  (Washington State University Extension, March 2017)
• Farm Recordkeeping for Productivity and Profitability
  (Washington State University Extension, February 2017)
• Farm Enterprise Structures
  (Our Farms, Our Futures Seminar Series, February 2016)
• Federal and Washington Estate Tax and Gifting
  (Our Farms, Our Futures Seminar Series; Lynden, WA, February 2016)
• Entity Structures
  (Our Farms, Our Futures Seminar Series, January 2016)
• Introduction to Succession Planning
  (Washington State University Extension, December 2014)
• Succession Planning for Landowners – Estate and Income Tax Issues
  (Cascade Harvest Coalition and Washington State University Extension, March 2014)

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

• BS, accounting, Western Washington University
• Graduate Certificate in Estate Planning, Golden Gate University
• MS, taxation, Golden Gate University