Meet our Incredible Team!
Kim's Bio
Masters in Business Administration
Licensed Tax Consultant
Enrolled Agent
Grew up in: South Windsor, CT
Oregon resident since: 2005
Joined AOTG Team: 2012
Business “super power”: Explaining complex accounting principles in understandable terms
Brief Work History: Kim grew up on the east coast, completing her Bachelors degree at the University of Vermont in 1991; she moved out to the west coast shortly after college and completed her Masters in Business Administration in 1998 while residing in San Francisco; her career in revenue management within the cruise industry took her on a 5-year relocation to Miami; but she quickly landed back on the west coast, settling in Eugene in 2005.
Favorite Pastimes: backpacking, hiking, golf, cribbage, and billiards.
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Kimberly (Kim) E. JohnsonOwner, Accountant, Licensed Tax Consultant,Enrolled Agent, M.B.A.
Melissa's Bio
Payroll Manager
Bookkeeper
Associate Degree in Accounting
Licensed Tax Preparer
Grew up in: Norfolk, VA
Oregon resident since: 1997
Joined AOTG Team: 2015
Business “superpower”: Helping clients stay up to date with everchanging labor laws.
Brief Work History: Melissa has over 15 years of bookkeeping experience working with nonprofits and small businesses in Lane County. Melissa joined Accountants on the Go team in 2015 after meeting Kim while working as an accounting intern at the WOW Hall.
Favorite Pastimes: Spending time with her children in the beautiful Oregon outdoors and attending live music.
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Melissa Swan Bookkeeper, Payroll Manager
Tracy-Jo's Bio
Licensed Tax Preparer
Notary
Grew up in: Plainville, CT
Oregon resident since: 1993
Joined AOTG team: October 2014
Business “superpower”: Detail-oriented and having a passion for helping other while giving personal attention and service to each client.
Brief work history: Over 30 years customer service with financial and credit-collection experience. In 2011 she obtained her Tax Preparers License. In 2014 she was one of the first employees hired by Accountants on the Go.
Favorite Pastimes: Beach combing, motorcycles, gardening, and visiting the Redwoods.
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Tracy-Jo MishleyLicensed Tax Preparer, Notary
Dawnya's Bio
Dawnya Robinson
Bookkeeper
Payroll Specialist
Grew up in: Seattle, WA
Oregon resident since: 2006
Joined AOTG Team: 2018
Business “super powers”: fast, detail oriented, fixing big issues.
Brief Work History: Dawnya grew up in Seattle, Washington, and started working at a CPA office in 1991. There she received a ton of learning experience, and her boss saw her knack for accounting. He offered to pay for her to go to school to become a CPA, but her dreams of being a professional singer sent her on a different path. She later moved down to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue music and ended up working back at another CPA office. There, she received on the job training to use QuickBooks and become a bookkeeper, and she has not looked back since. She moved to Oregon in 2006 to be closer to her parents and to raise her daughter.
Favorite Pastimes: Music, travel, interior design, gardening.
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Dawnya Robinson
Payroll Manager, Bookkeeper
Stacie's Bio
Licensed Tax Consultant
Enrolled Agent
Grew up in: Arvada, CO
Oregon resident since: 2012
Joined AOTG Team: 2021
Business “super power”: Is able to help people understand the implications & importance of different taxable events, by making the complicated jargon simpler to understand.
Brief Work History: Stacie grew up in Colorado, completing her bachelors in Biology from CSU in Fort Collins; she moved to Eugene in 2012 to work in the sustainable farming industry and realized she had a way with numbers so she took a tax class and it turned out to be a great fit. She really enjoys working with her clients to help resolve tax-related issues.
Favorite Pastimes: Being a new mom, live music, camping with the family, volunteering at local food farms.
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Stacie Devitt
Licensed Tax Consultant, Enrolled Agent
Jennifer's Bio
Bookkeeper
Licensed Tax Preparer
Grew up in: Born and raised in Eugene
Joined AOTG Team: 2022
Business “super power”: Ability to adapt to change with grace and ease.
Brief Work History: Jennifer grew up in Eugene, and worked a variety of jobs including the hospitality industry, as a travel agent, and for over 20 years as the office manager for a local construction company. No matter where she worked, bookkeeping was always part of her job description.
Favorite Pastimes: Cooking, reading, spending time with my husband and daughters, visiting the Oregon Coast and playing with my dog Rye.
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Jennifer Thompson
Bookkeeper, Licensed Tax Preparer
Crissy Jo's Bio
Licensed Tax Preparer
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts
Business Administration
Grew up in: Bismarck, ND
Oregon resident since: 2018
Joined AOTG Team: 2023
Business “super power”: Interpreting complex rules and regulations and translating them into simple terms.
Brief Work History: Crissy Jo grew up in the Midwest, completing her Bachelor degrees (Mathematics and a business Administration) at the University of Oregon in 2006; she joined the USAF in 2005 where she served for 10 years in financial management in Portland, OR, and Boise, ID. In 2018 she relocated to the Eugene area and has been doing taxes since the 2019 tax season. Her tax specialties are military tax issues and crypto-currency and investment income.
Favorite Pastimes: Spending time with her 3 kids, sightseeing, cooking, sewing, home improvement, and Jeeping.
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Crissy Jo Nesbitt
Licensed Tax Consultant
Carmela's Bio
Licensed Tax Preparer
Grew up in: Chicago, IL
Oregon resident since: 1999
Joined AOTG Team: 2023
Business “super power”: Finding all the deductions and credits that clients deserve.
Brief Work History: Carmela grew up in the Midwest, completing her Associates degree in Art at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1992. She moved to Oregon in 1999. She has been a licensed tax preparer for 12 years.
Favorite Pastimes: Fishing, Cooking, Camping, Knitting, and Sewing.
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Carmela Foster
Licensed Tax Preparer
Carrie's Bio
Office Administrator
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Grew up in: Perrysburg, Ohio
Oregon Resident since: 2000
Joined AOTG in: 2021
Business super power: Organization
Brief Work History: Carrie grew up in a family of 7 and starting working as a caddy at the local golf course at the age of 13. She received her BA in Business Administration from Bowling Green State University. She was a stay-at-home parent to raise her and her husband’s 3 children, now all adults. She studied Nutrition in 2007 and helped many set goals and achieve better health. She has a knack for organization and has worked for a few local businesses. She saw an ad for AOTG in 2020 and has enjoyed working with an amazing group of ladies since 2021.
Favorite pastimes: hiking, kayaking, cooking, bowling, cornhole, reading and hanging out with friends and family and our dog Ziggy.
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Carrie Janes
Office Manager