Intuit QuickBooks Partner Council welcomes 10 new members

At Intuit QuickBooks, we’re committed to collaborating with the accounting community to enhance the QuickBooks experience for all accountants—our top partners—ensuring we provide the products and services needed to help their clients and firms succeed.

One key way to achieve this is through our Partner Council, allowing us to directly engage with accounting professionals, discuss current industry challenges and trends, explore solutions, identify areas for platform improvements, and more. Feedback from our accountant partners is crucial for innovating and improving QuickBooks. 

This year, we’re pleased to announce the addition of 10 new members to our Partner Council. These professionals bring diverse expertise from across the United States, and will strengthen our partnerships and efforts to support small and mid-sized businesses. We look forward to working together to continue making an impact.  

Here are the new members:

Alicia Eastvold

Alicia Eastvold is the Client Technology Solutions Department leader at Your Part-Time Controller LLC, and believes the right tools let you work faster without cutting corners. When she was a controller and CFO to nonprofits, she saw something powerful: When she saved time and money on accounting through better technology, it helped good people doing good in the world have more resources for their missions. That became her calling; help nonprofits get meaningful financial information as efficiently as possible so they can grow and focus on changing the world. Alicia is also an author for Firm of the Future.

Dana Jones

Dana is the director, Business Transformation and Innovation at CBIZ Inc. In her role, she is an innovative business operations leader who has had success in executing business and technology transformation initiatives, maximizing budgets and resources, and guiding change management to enable long-term success for a diverse client base.

Derek Campbell

Derek is director of Accounting at High Point CPAs. He is passionate about solving the problems every business owner faces, including  feeling disconnected from their own finances. His mission is to transform business owners from passive recipients of financial reports into confident decision makers who truly understand their business.

Eaman Shebley

Eaman is a strategic financial leader, CPA, and Certified Islamic Finance Executive (CIFE) with experience supporting founders, builders, investors and nonprofits. As founder and CEO of TACS, a boutique CPA firm, she partners with Family Offices and organizations to deliver comprehensive tax, advisory, and CFO services.

Liz Mason

Liz is a CPA and serial entrepreneur who blends a sharp business mind with a spirit for adventure. As the driving force behind four successful companies, High Rock Accounting, Rebel Rock Accounting, TheDepartment.Tax, and Phantom Lab, she has dedicated her career to innovating the accounting, tax, and HR industries. A sought-after speaker and prolific writer for accounting publications, Liz is also strategic editor for Tax Practice News.

Montaque Swanepoel

Montaque Swanepoel is owner and founder of CFO360, a full-service, modern accounting firm helping hundreds of small- and medium sized business owners register and run their accounting and their business finances, plan and remain compliant with their taxes, and advising in all matters related to finance and business strategy.

Patrick Ball

Patrick Ball is director of Technology Services at Aprio. With more than two decades of experience, he is a seasoned manager specializing in analytics, data science, and software development. Patrick is a detail-oriented and effective leader, known for his ability to navigate complex, high-stress environments. With a versatile skill set, he excels at applying different technical approaches and implementing process changes to enhance team effectiveness, efficiency, and overall value.

Ryan Brinkman

Ryan Brinkman is the owner and founder of BAC Certified Public Accountants, and believes that consistency, hard work, integrity, and realistic goals are all keys to running an effective yet efficient business. He strives to run his business using all the knowledge obtained over the years, and takes  pride in helping clients achieve a better understanding of their businesses financial health.

Wesley Wahlberg

Wesley Wahlberg is a seasoned CAAS accountant turned tech strategist at CLA. He is CLA’s first CAAS tech strategist, a role he pitched and helped convince executive leadership to create. In this role, he bridges accounting and technology, focusing on standardization, optimization, training, and adding efficiencies to CAAS workflows.

Zane Stevens

Zane is owner and founder of Protea Financial, an accounting business launched in March 2014. With more than 18 years of experience in accounting, he has spent the last 10 years specializing helping wineries and wine businesses optimize their financial operations to make better business decisions. His mission is to provide better accounting for everyone.

These 10 new members join the returning 10 members of the Partner Council: 

Brittany Brown, Ledger Gurus; Carla Caldwell, Caldwell Consulting Coaching & Training; Jessica Schatko, CohnReznick; KC Eames, Dark Horse; Lisa Gilreath, Acuity; Marcus Dillon, Dillon Business Advisors; Nina Chmura, Withum; Roman Villard, Full Send Finance; Tailor Hartman, Celerity; and Tosha Anderson, The Charity CFO.