Meet Our Team
Sarah Thomas
Tax Accountant: Sarah joined our firm in July of 2015. She is a St. Mary's Dominican graduate who earned her Bachelor’s of Finance and Master’s in Business Administration from the University of New Orleans. She has experience in customer service, financial forecasts, and preparation of financial statements. Sarah is in the process of taking the additional courses required for taking the CPA exam in order to obtain her license.
Adam Orgeron
Xihong Ma
Xihong.Ma@jheathcpa.com
Tax Accountant: Xihong Ma (Xixi) joined our firm January of 2020. A graduate of the University of New Orleans, She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Administration and a Masters in Accounting. Xixi brings with her 3 years of experience in the hospitality industry as well as her intern experience from various Public Accounting firms during her time in grad school and hopes to finish all of her CPA exams by the end of 2020.
Nicole Mano
Nicole@jheathcpa.com
Tax Accountant: Nicole joined our firm in December of 2019 as a tax accountant. She is a graduate of Mandeville High School and has earned two Bachelor’s degrees - one in Accounting and one in Management, both from Louisiana State University. She has worked for two previous tax seasons in other tax practices and plans to start taking the CPA soon.
Malery Louis
Malery@jheathcpa.com
Tax Accountant: Malery joined our firm in January of 2020. Malery Graduated from Xavier University Preparatory H.S (St. Katherine Drexel Prep) in 2005 and went on to earn her Bachelor's degree in Public Administration in 2015 From Southern University at New Orleans. Malery joined our team in January 2020. For the past seven years, she has worked as a PTIN tax professional including her work as a volunteer with the IRS VITA/TCE program. Malery intends to pursue a Master's of Science degree in Taxation.
Shannon Floyd
Shannon@jheathcpa.com
Tax Accountant: Shannon graduated from the University of New Orleans in December of 2019 with a Bachelor's of Science in Accounting in December of 2019 and started with our Firm Just one month later! She plans to sit for the CPA exam in 2020.
Brittanie Carderara
Brittanie@jheathcpa.com
Tax Staff: Brittanie joined our firm in February of 2019. She is an Archbishop Chapelle 2007 graduate who earned her certificate of General Studies and Associates of Applied Science for Visual Communications from Delgado Community College in 2016. Brittanie gained a background in Accounting after working for a local real estate company for six years. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in Accounting at the University of New Orleans.
Sarah Ely
Sarah.ely@jheathcpa.com
Tax Staff: Sarah joined our firm in March of 2019. She is a Ridgewood Preparatory graduate, planning on starting at the University of New Orleans to obtain a degree in Accounting. She comes with over 5 year’s experience in early childhood development and most recently 4 years in office administration.
Jessica Brockinton
Jessica@jheathcpa.com
Tax Staff: Jessica joined our firm in January of 2020 after spending the past 13 years as a business owner. During her time running her business, she completed all of the accounting and taxes herself. Jessica holds and Associates Degree in Accounting and is currently work on getting her notary license.
Jordan Moreno
Jordan@jheathcpa.com
Tax Intern: Jordan is our current intern from the University of New Orleans. He has worked part-time with the firm for the last two tax seasons and plans to continue to do so as he finishes up his Master's degree in Accounting and continues on to qualify to take the CPA exam. Jordan's next step in his long-term goals is to attend law school.
Stephanie Cooke
Stephanie@jheathcpa.com
Administrative Assistant: Stephanie joined our firm in October of 2019. A graduate of the University of New Orleans, she brings with her 3 years of experience in the nonprofit sector and 6 years combined administrative experience. Her role in the firm is to help us manage our practice.
Miranda Heath
Miranda@jheathcpa.com
Client Concierge: Miranda joined us as our receptionist in June 2018, working for us part-time as she finished up her Bachelor's degree at the University of New Orleans. She graduated in December 2019 and fulfills many roles, including receptionist, in-house IT assistance and most importantly, client onboarding. She is the person to call if you need help with appointments, delivering or picking up your documents, or using our portal.
Debra Mengel
Debra@jheathcpa.com
Tax Services Assistant: Debra joined our firm in February of 2019. Her role is to help us to process and deliver tax returns to our clients.
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