Jeanette Townsend, CPA

Principal

As the manager in charge of the tax department, Jeanette has over 20 years of experience with small to medium size companies. She has extensive knowledge of estate and trusts and also specializes in individual taxation.

Jeanette focuses on team approach to accomplish her clients’ goals and utilizes her experience, knowledge and the firm’s wide variety of specialties to obtain the best outcome for them. She believes that this approach, when working with various attorneys, executors and trustees, creates the most beneficial results.

Jeanette began her career as an accountant in 1995. She worked with a variety of companies allowing her to gain a vast knowledge base in order to best serve her clients’ needs.

Away from the office, Jeanette enjoys traveling, outdoor activities (camping, hiking and flower gardening) and listening to live music. Jeanette and her husband are proud parents of two boys who are now young adults.

Memberships & Affiliations

• On the Executive Committee of the Estate Planning Council
• Has presented at the Rochester Tax Institute and various other seminars and training programs

Education

• Graduate of Alfred State College and SUNY Brockport