Meet the Managers – Arizona

07 Mar 2021 Meet the Managers – Arizona

Meet the Haynie & Company Managers in Phoenix, AZ and Flagstaff, AZ. This group includes a coach, a gamer and a former mail carrier. Find out a few surprising facts about our amazing leaders.

Flagstaff, AZ

Sarah Jones,  CPA, MBA

Sarah is ready for adventures in auditing and exploring the outdoors

• Sarah, her husband and three daughters were all born in different states
• She has worked for the Haynie audit department since 2015
• If she could learn any skill it would be to garden like her grandfather and make cinnamon rolls like her mom

Phoenix, AZ

Joanne Bassolino-Vitale, CPA, MST

Once a Cheerleader Coach, Joanne still knows how to cheer on the Tax Department

• When Joanne is not working you can find her at home with the company of her family
• Joanne has worked as a Tax Manager since 2013
• Something most people don’t know is Joanne is deaf in one ear

Nicole L. Carroll, CPA

When Nicole isn’t juggling Accounting, Tax, Payroll and Sales Tax you can find her with her family

• Nicole has been with Haynie & Company for 1 year
• She primarily works on accounting, tax payroll and sales tax

Daniel Duskin

Daniel can’t get enough screen time; whether that’s at work managing accounts payable and tax filings for hospitality clients or at home playing video games

• Daniel is an annual participant in Phoenix Children’s Hospital Heroes for Hope
• He started at Haynie as a part-time employee and has grown to a full-time manager, overseeing a group in Hospitality
• Daniel is an Arizona native, and lives and dies for the Arizona Cardinals

Michael D. McLeskey, CPA

Michael should have Professor in front of his name, because he enjoys meeting and mentoring accounting students and also leads the Haynie campus recruiting efforts

• Michael works in the tax department and has been with Haynie for 12 years
• Originally from Virginia, Michael has also lived in Utah and now resides in Arizona
• He plays the piano, guitar and is an avid skateboarder

Iwona Mierzwa, CPA

Iwona brings the Polish spirit to the Phoenix office

• Iwona has been with Haynie & Company for 3 years
• She graduated from Baruch College in New York before moving to Arizona
• In her free time Iwona enjoys traveling and movies

Michele Nagle

Michele has a knack for traveling, which means she’ll get her tax team where they need go

• In her free time, Michele enjoys any activities with her family
• Michele has served as a Haynie tax manager for 12 years and recently moved to Arizona, to assist in the startup of the new Phoenix office
• Her favorite part of Haynie is working with great people, and the flexibility that offers work-life balance

Wendy Quinones, CPA

Talk about a diverse background! Wendy has served as a mail carrier in New Jersey, poured drinks to Rockstars as a bartender, and has been a manager for the hospitality accounting team for over two years

• Wendy’s team prepares monthly financial statements; most of their clients are restaurant owners including many Denny’s franchisees
• Her favorite place to be away from work is spending time with her family, especially her grandson
• She has been an accounting manager for over 2 years and was a Revenue Agent with the IRS for a year