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This month, WFY welcomed a group of full-time and intern new hires to our tax department. We are thrilled to have these new hires join our team coming into the new year. Olga Stebakov In January, Olga Stebakov joined WFY as our newest Tax Director. Olga graduated from UCLA with a degree in Business Economics/Accounting and received her Masters in Business Taxation from USC. She spent the past 20 years servicing high-net-worth households, generally working with their family offices, focusing on trusts and flow-through entities, real-estate and other various closely held businesses. Most of Olga’s other time is spent keeping up
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Wright Ford Young & Co. (WFY) is pleased to announce Ryan Working and Thomas Kim as our newest Tax Partners.  The firm practices a full spectrum of accounting services for closely held companies and family business owners, including audit, tax, estates and trusts, and business consulting. Ryan Working joined WFY after college in 2004. Ryan manages a wide variety of tax compliance clients, advising clients with tax issues and strategies, and the lead on all tax services for tax-exempt organizations.  His range of expertise includes tax compliance and planning services for a wide variety of closely-held and family-owned corporate businesses
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In December, WFY welcomed three new hires to our WFY team. Vrinda Jagad and Hannah Nguyen joined our tax department, and EJ Herron joined our IT department. We are excited to have these new hires join our team. Vrinda Jagad In the middle of December, Vrinda Jagad joined WFY’s tax department as our International Tax Manager. Vrinda received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received her Master’s degree in Accounting from UC Irvine. She has been in the accounting industry, specifically in international tax, for 4 years. In her spare time, Vrinda loves traveling and cooking. Hannah Nguyen Hannah
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This month, WISEPlace chose our Director of Business Development, Byron Culp, as their Board of Directors Spotlight. Byron has been a WISEPlace Board Member since May 2022 and dedicates his time to create awareness of women struggling with homelessness throughout the community. Byron is s passionate about initiatives focusing on children, cancer, hunger and homelessness. He also serves of the Board of Deacons at Second Baptist Church of Santa Ana and is the Chairman of the Benevolence Committee. WISEPlace is an organization that dedicates its efforts to ending homelessness for unaccompanied women through housing solutions and empowering wrap-around services that
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In October, our firm welcomed three new hires to our WFY team. Isaac Torres joined our tax department, and Samantha Smith and Amy Lee joined our audit department. WFY is pleased to have these three new hires join our firm. Isaac Torres At the end of October, Isaac Torres joined WFY’s tax department as our newest Tax Supervisor. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and received his Master’s degree in Accounting from California Baptist University. Isaac has been in the accounting industry for over 5 years. His accounting expertise includes real estate and food & beverage. Outside of
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Wright Ford Young & Co. welcomed three new interns to our WFY team. Colette Kim, Joshua McBride, and Nguyen Pham joined our tax department in July. WFY is excited to have these three interns join our firm for their internships. Colette Kim Colette Kim is a returning Tax Intern in our tax department at WFY. She is currently attending CSU Fullerton and will be graduating with her Bachelor’s degree in the Fall. Colette is receiving her degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. Once she graduates from CSU Fullerton, she has accepted a position at WFY as a
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This month, Wright Ford Young & Co. welcomed two new hires to WFY: Annie Luu and Cayla Loren. Annie Luu joined our estate & trust department, and Cayla Loren joined our administrative department. We are pleased to welcome these new hires to our team. Annie Luu In mid-July, Annie Luu was welcomed to our estate & trust department as the newest Estate & Trust Tax Staff. She graduated from CSU Fullerton with her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Annie’s experience in the accounting industry includes her two years of experience prior to joining WFY. Outside of the office, Annie loves to
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This month, Wright Ford Young & Co. had the pleasure of welcoming three new hires to our tax department. Austin Nguyen joined as a Tax Senior, Leo Nguyen joined as a Tax Staff, and Devin Huffman returned as a Tax Intern. Welcome to the WFY team! Austin Nguyen In June, Austin Nguyen joined our tax department as a Tax Senior. Austin graduated from CSU Fullerton with his Bachelor’s degree in Finance & Accounting.  Prior to joining WFY, he has been working as a tax professional for four years. Outside of work, Austin enjoys running with his two dogs at the
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In May, Wright Ford Young & Co. welcomed three new hires to our audit department. Byron Ortiz and Grace Lombardo joined as Audit Staff, and Robert Wright joined as an Audit Intern. We are excited to welcome these new additions to our team. Byron Ortiz Last month, Byron Ortiz joined our audit department as one of our newest Audit Staff. Byron has previously interned with WFY in 2023, and returned to WFY to accept a full-time position.  He graduated from Cal State Fullerton this Spring and received a degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting. In Byron’s spare
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