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 Sommerville & Associates, P.C.Client Services Team ‘Committed to Providing First Class Service’  Elaine L. Sommerville, CPAElaine L. Sommerville is licensed as a certified public accountant by the State of Texas. She has worked in public accounting for the past 25 years. During this time, 24 of those years have been spent focusing on nonprofit organizations. Her practice has centered primarily on the tax compliance aspects of these organizations. Her experience with these organizations is unique in that she has assisted in the representation of several large case IRS exams as well as other IRS examinations of smaller organizations. Elaine currently devotes her time to handling various IRS issues for individuals and for exempt organizations of various types. Elaine holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accountancy and Information Systems from the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. After graduating, she joined the staff of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG) and later joined the staff of Guinn, Smith & Co in Irving, Texas. After 10 years with Guinn, Smith & Co., she started her own firm and later became a principal in the firm of Ratliff & Sommerville, P.C. She is currently the sole shareholder of the firm Sommerville & Associates, P.C. Elaine’s practice is not only centered on nonprofit organizations in areas of tax compliance, but she also has a passion for training those who work for nonprofit organizations and who work with nonprofit organizations. To this end, she is a regular speaker for the Christian Leadership Alliance, the Texas Society of CPAs, the National Association of Church Business Administration and an instructor for the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). As an instructor for the AICPA, she has taught 8 hour classes to other CPAs in areas of tax planning for nonprofit organizations and in the preparation of the Form 990. She is a member of the AICPA, the Texas Society of CPAs, and the National Association of Church Business Administrators.  Shannon Wood, CPAShannon Wood joined the firm in August of 2003. Shannon is a certified public accountant and currently serves Sommerville & Associates as the Tax Manager for the firm. She graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Taxation. Shannon supervises the preparation of the tax returns as well as contributing many of the consulting projects performed by the firm such as the IRS Compliance Reviews. She is experienced in the area of filing returns for corporations, partnerships, nonprofit organizations and individuals. Shannon is an active member of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church and lives in Mansfield, Texas with her husband Nathan and their sons Garrett and Jackson.  Sandra K. Fowler, CPASandra Fowler joined the firm in August of 2002 while she was still in college. After completing her accounting degree, she was hired as a full time staff member in the tax department. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from Southwestern Assemblies of God University and Masters of Science in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington. In 2008, she achieved the status as a certified public accountant. Sandra is one of our firm’s most well rounded team members. She started part time and has held almost every position we have in the office. However, today her predominant area of service to the firm is in the preparation of various tax filings. She manages the payroll return filings for our clients as well as provides experience in return preparation services for our clients filing Forms 990 and Forms 1040. Sandra lives in Arlington, Texas with her husband, B.J. They are active members of Radiant Life Church in Grand Prairie, Texas.  Marjory KirkpatrickMarjory joined the firm in January of 2009. Marjory holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. She brings 19 years of accounting experience to the firm with eleven of those years working with nonprofit organizations. She works with the accounting projects of the firm’s nonprofit organizations including preparation of the related payroll returns and Forms 990. She is also entering the world of taxation by working on individual tax returns. Sommerville & Associates, P.C. is excited to have Marjory as a part of our team.  Sommerville & Associates, P.C. Team
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