CATANESE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- CFE
- Partner / Director, Forensic Services
Dustin P. Sherry began his career with Catanese Group in January of 2005. Mr. Sherry manages various audit, tax, and consulting service engagements. He specializes in employee benefit audits and for-profit healthcare audits. He has greater than 15 years of auditing experience, and maintains Catanese Group's membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Government Audit Quality Center (GAQC), and Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center (EBPAQC). He obtained his license as a Certified Public Accountant in 2015. He as named Audit Manager in July 2017, and became an Audit Partner in July 2018.
Job Titles:
- Audit Supervisor
- in 2017 As a Staff Accountant
Lisa A. Hurst joined Catanese Group in 2017 as a Staff Accountant. Ms. Hurst performs audits of healthcare entities and not-for-profits, profitability and cost analyses for professional service industries, tax compliance for individuals and businesses, accounting services and various other accounting projects. Prior to joining Catanese Group, Ms. Hurst worked as a government audit specialist for 9 years, performing audits of government agencies and government funding recipients. She was promoted to Senior Accountant in 2019, and to Audit Supervisor in 2023.
Patricia B. Ott joined the Johnstown office of Catanese Group in 2006. As a paraprofessional, Ms. Ott prepares payroll quarterly returns, W2s and 1099s, tax returns and financial statements for clients in a variety of industries. In addition, she also performs other general office services. Ms. Ott is certified in QuickBooks, and assists and trains clients with software implementation.
Samuel J. Catanese, CPA, holds the position of Leading Partner of Catanese Group, PC. He focuses primarily on business planning and development, tax planning, financial and estate planning, and management consulting for closely-held businesses, family-owned businesses and individuals. Mr. Catanese serves as an advisor to a wide variety of companies in the health care, retail, real estate, construction and professional service industries as well as not-for-profit organizations. He is an expert in the areas of mergers, acquisitions, corporate financial plans, business valuations and sales of businesses.
Mr. Catanese is an expert in the management and administration of professional service companies and often performs Administrative Review engagements. These engagements involve evaluating the administrative and management procedures of the firms under review and working with owners and managers to formulate efficient and effective operating systems.
Mr. Catanese is a frequent lecturer on topics such as strategic planning and business consulting and is often called upon as an expert witness when clients are in need of litigation support.
Sandra L. Frantz joined Catanese Group in 2013 as Firm Administrator. Her responsibilities include office management, as well as client work in tax returns, payroll and payroll taxes, and other accounting services. As a QuickBooks ProAdvisor®, Ms. Frantz is qualified to provide expert client support for QuickBooks software. Her other responsibilities include special events coordination, human resources, social media management, and office enrichment.
Sean Wonderling joined Catanese Group in 2003. He has extensive knowledge of federal, state, and local tax laws for both individuals and businesses, and has experience with multi-state tax filings. He performs a variety of service engagements for accounting and tax services. His industry specializations include professional service firms, governmental, not-for-profit, auto dealers and real estate management firms. He became a Tax Manager in December of 2015, and was named Tax Partner in July 2017.