Jessica Talley, CPA
Senior Accountant and CPA, Jessica Talley started with CPACG at the company's launch. Her areas of skill included setup and development of QuickBooks, tax preparation, consulting with individuals and small businesses, and compilation and review of financial statements. Before joining CPACG, Jessica worked for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, where she gained experience in non-profit accounting and budget writing, as well as taught computer skills to adults. She also worked at Jacobs, Cohen and McCormack, where her responsibilities included tax preparation and bookkeeping. Born and raised in Nashville, Jessica was a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting. She was a member of Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. When was not helping clients, Jessica enjoyed spending time outdoors. Jessica moved to Atlanta, Georgia in July 2006 to pursue her career in private industry.
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Russ Nash
Russ was a CPACG Staff Accountant and CPA whose focus was in the area of tax, audit and accounting services. Russ was a graduate of David Lipscomb University, where he received a Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance. In addition to graduating Summa Cum Laude, Russ was awarded the KPMG Award of Excellence in Accounting and the Murray J. Martin Award for Economics. Russ was a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. In his spare time, Russ enjoyed music, golf and tennis and spending time with his wife, Christy. Russ left CPACG to pursue his career with another CPA firm.
Lynn Blier
Lynn is a supervisor CPA who brings sixteen years of experience to CPACG from her former roles as Staff Accountant, Senior Accountant, Auditor, Controller and Consultant. She became the mother of identical twin sons in 1995 and started an accounting practice in January of 1996 in order to be at home with her boys. As sole practitioner of her own firm, she provided tax, accounting, review and consulting services to businesses and individuals.
A native Nashvillian, Lynn is a graduate of McGavock High School here in the Music City. Her interest in the accounting profession began very early in high school during the completion of two years of accounting and many other business courses. While attending school, she was an accounting clerk for a large, local insurance company.
Lynn received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee where she majored in Accounting and had minors in Social Science, English and Psychology. She was also an active member and vice president of Omega Phi Alpha National Service Sorority and participated in intramural sports.
When Lynn is pursuing interests outside of accounting, she enjoys spending quality time with her twin boys and enjoys their extracurricular activities such as baseball, basketball, and soccer, Cub Scout caving trips, and Church and school activities. Lynn was a dancer for seventeen years and is a former dance and gymnastics instructor for young children. She still enjoys dancing and values spending time with family and friends.
Cassie McClendon
Cassie specializes in bookkeeping services for the clients of cpacg. She was born and raised in Nashville, TN. She attended McGavock Comprehensive High School and graduated in the top quarter of the class of 1982 with an interest in Accounting. She has 20 years of varied accounting/bookkeeping experience with a most recent position of Junior Accountant/Accounts Payable for AKG Acoustics, U.S., a division of Harman International Industries Inc. AKG is well known to musicians and performers for their excellent microphones and headphones. Prior to that she worked as a bookkeeper for Marlin and Edmondson, CPAs and in the business office of the law firm of King & Ballow.
In her spare time, Cassie enjoys music, knitting and caring for her three dogs