Timothy J. Schwartz, CPA
Principal
tim@sfgac.com
Tim Schwartz, CPA is the firm’s founding principal. Tim has over 25 years of general accounting experience with an emphasis in taxation. He specializes in tax matters involving all types of general business entities including individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates, and non-profit organizations.
Tim received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
California
State
University
,
Sacramento
and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served as treasurer for several non-profit organizations including Big Brothers/Big Sisters of San Joaquin County, the YMCA of San Joaquin County, Stockton Rotary Endowment, and the USS Ranger Museum Foundation. He currently is a board member of the Stockton Council of the Navy League and is a member of the Stockton Rotary Club.
Gary F. Giannini, CPA
Principal
Gary Giannini, CPA has over 25 years of accounting experience, currently with an emphasis in taxation. He specializes in tax matters involving various types of general business entities including individuals and small businesses, corporations and partnerships, as well as trusts and estates and non-profit organizations.
Gary
received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of the Pacific and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on the boards of several non-profit organizations and is currently the treasurer of the Red Rhino Orphanage Project, the chairman of the Cathedral of the Annunciation Finance Council and sits on the Board of Membership of Dameron Hospital.
Philip Lantsberger, CPA
Principal
phil@sfgac.com
Philip Lantsberger, CPA has specialized in audit and accounting engagements since he began in public accounting in 1986 and is the partner-in-charge of the firm’s audit and accounting practice along with providing non-traditional services such as business valuations, strategic planning, fraud and internal control matters. His client base and experience includes the following industries: non-profit organizations, governmental organizations, pension plans, real estate, and professional
firms.
Philip received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from
California
State
University
,
Sacramento
and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
William H. “Bill” Adamson
Principal
bill@sfgac.com
William H. “Bill”
Adamson
is a Principal with Schwartz, Giannini, Lantsberger and Adamson. Mr.
Adamson
has more than 30 years of experience in business management, negotiation, and finance specializing in and healthcare and financial management. His expertise includes physician organization management, business valuation, cost accounting; real estate operation and development; transaction negotiation; business planning; business development and financial modeling.
Bill received his MS degree in Business Administration/Accounting and a degree in Mathematics from
California
State
University,
Hayward.
Rebecca Rey, CPA
Robert S. Gross, CPA CFE
Manager
Robert Gross has over 10 years of public accounting experience dealing extensively with non-profit organizations. In addition, he has over 20 years of practical experience in business management, negotiation, and finance specializing in fraud prevention. His expertise includes corporations and partnerships, non-profit and governmental organizations, pension plans, and real estate development organizations.
Robert is SGLA’s audit manager and consults businesses and non-profit organizations on accounting system analysis and internal control procedures.
Prior to working with Schwartz, Giannini, Lantsberger & Adamson, Robert worked as a general partner of two successful retail businesses in the Bay Area overseeing all operational aspects of the organizations.
Manager
julie@sfgac.com
Julie Parenti is a staff accountant who has been with the
firm
since January 1999. Julie has over twenty-five years of accounting experience in private and public accounting and has specialized in non-profit since 1999. Julie also provides contract Controller/CFO type accounting services to several non-profit clients of the firm. Julie is a member of the audit team for auditing engagements for non-profit and real estate clients of the firm.
Prior to working with Schwartz, Giannini, Lantsberger & Adamson, Julie was the Director of Finance of St. Joseph’s Medical Resources, Inc. in
Stockton
,
California
. She was responsible for the preparation and presentation of financial statements to the Board of Directors. She supervised the management of the accounting system for three medical groups and five IPA’s. She developed the Finance Department objectives and internal controls, along with the Policies and Procedures Manual.
Taryn Smith
Staff Accountant
Joan Gabrielson
Staff Accountant
Joan has 24 years of high-level accounting and business-management experience.
With 10 years in financial institutions and over 8 years in a HUD-regulated housing authority, Joan has created financial reports and internal controls that comply with very complex and continually changing regulatory needs. Accomplishments during her tenure in the savings & loan industry include: direct responsibility for the financial end of the acquisition of savings branches that quadrupled the size of one savings and loan, and; overall management responsibility for the selection and conversion of third-party software systems.
Business management and assessing both financial reporting and organizational needs were the focus in her 3 years spent in a consulting practice and 6 years as the Administrator/Controller of a multi-office law firm. While with the law firm Joan created financial reporting by office, by attorney, by partner and quickly addressed business needs as the entity transitioned through the dissolution of one partnership into a new partnership headquartered in a different city.
Ramona Dellinger
Staff Accountant
Renee Gallegos
Staff Accountant
Megan McKee
Administrative Assistant
Maria Rojas
Administrative Assistant
