Professional Accounting Services – Powerful Results
Meet the Rubino Team
At Rubino, our employees are our greatest asset. They drive innovation, streamline processes, and help your organization achieve your business goals.
The Rubino team is dedicated to providing superior service and expert advice for every one of our clients. We believe in an inclusive company culture.
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Dave is responsible for managing his diverse tax practice, including closely-held businesses, individuals, estates, and trusts. He also oversees the wealth management practice of the firm and is a practicing attorney. With more than 30 years of experience, Dave brings a level of excellence that our clients rely on.
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Craig specializes in finding strategies to minimize tax burdens and preserve wealth for his clients. He is responsible for management of the tax, wealth management, and business consulting practice, practice development, and client services. With over 30 years of experience, Craig provides proactive, creative tax and investment advice to government contractors, medical practices, attorneys, lobbying firms, and high-net-worth individuals.
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Patrick specializes in providing audit, consulting, and advisory services to government contractors, nonprofit organizations, and closely held businesses of varying sizes. Patrick manages the strategic direction of the firm’s outsourced accounting practice and serves as an engagement partner in the firm’s audit practice. He is the engagement partner for audits and reviews of nonprofits, government contractors, and other small businesses. He is also the engagement partner for specialized audits performed under the Uniform Grant Guidance (referred to as Single Audits) and audits of pension plans..
Patrick leads Rubino’s outsourced accounting practice.
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Scott serves as Rubino’s Administrative Partner. He has been in the accounting profession since 1993. With more than 25 years of experience in public accounting, Scott uses his expertise to assist clients navigating through the complex web of rules and regulations to maintain compliance and improve performance and efficiency. He is responsible for the management of recurring attest engagements (audits and reviews) along with providing periodic consulting services for nonprofit organizations, government contractors, and small businesses of varying sizes. He has performed numerous audits in accordance with the provisions of OMB Uniform Grant Guidance and audits of pension plans.
Scott leads Rubino’s Government Contract audit practice.
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Bob has been in the accounting profession since 1987 and joined the firm in 1991. With over 30 years of experience serving a wide range of clients, including both large and small nonprofit organizations, government contractors, and construction companies, he is responsible for recurring client services, including the management of audit and consulting engagements. These engagements have included the specialized requirements of audits performed under the Uniform Guidance. Bob also performs audits of 401(k) and 403(b) pension plans.
Bob is a member of Rubino’s Quality Control team.
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As a shareholder and co-founder of Rubino, Lou has led the firm to become one of the top accounting firms in the DC metropolitan area. He has been in the accounting profession since 1967. Lou consults on government contract procurement and regulatory compliance issues and construction litigation support matters. He also provides general business consulting services to Rubino’s clients. He has assisted government agencies, private owners, and contractors with litigation support services ranging from complete preparation or review of claims for damages to consulting and expert testimony on specific cost accounting issues and compliance matters.
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Robert joined the firm in 2019 when the firm Jordan Tempchin & Associates merged with Rubino. With over 20 years of experience serving a wide range of clients in different areas, including individual tax planning and preparation, corporate tax, bookkeeping services, and estate and tax planning, Robert strives to provide the innovative approach that our clients need to reach their business and personal goals.
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Lisa is a shareholder at Rubino and specializes in individual and corporate tax planning and preparation service for high-net-worth individuals, pass-through entities, and corporations. Her responsibilities include tax consulting, review, and high-level tax preparation for a wide range of individual and business clients. She manages the tax department, which includes supervising staff, overseeing and improving processes and related workflow, and collaboration of all tax duties, meetings, and activities performed within the tax department.
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Dawit is a shareholder in Rubino’s audit practice. He joined Rubino in 2007 and has been in the accounting profession since 1995. Dawit specializes in providing audit, consulting, and advisory services to nonprofit organizations and government contractors. He provides expert guidance on matters related to generally accepted accounting principles, Uniform Guidance, employee benefit plan audits, and he assists with the firm’s audit quality and services.
Dawit is a member of Rubino’s Quality Control Team.
Dawit is involved in the community and currently serves as a board member and treasurer of Urban Ecosystem Restorations, an organization dedicated to finding mutually beneficial ways of working with landowner-partners to place Eco-Functioning Spaces (EFS) on their lands and then protecting and enhancing those EFS (and their functions) over time.
Senior Manager
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Shannon is a senior manager at Rubino and has been providing taxation services since 1994. With more than 24 years of experience, Shannon specializes in individual, corporate, and nonprofit tax returns. She is an Enrolled Agent who has technical expertise in the field of taxation and prepares high-level tax returns, oversees the preparation of Employee Benefit returns, and assists with the preparation and management of the nonprofit returns. She puts years of public accounting experience to use by developing her expertise in working with nonprofit clients. Shannon provides a wide range of services to nonprofit clients that includes assistance with compliance for federal and state reporting.
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Philippe Lindsay is a director leading our public housing authority audit and consulting practices, overseeing all engagement activities. He has audited a variety of housing agencies, including public housing authorities, nonprofits, and Low‐Income Tax Credit entities. Philippe has over 30 years of experience in government accounting and auditing.
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Joe is a director at Rubino and provides accounting, compliance, consulting, controversy management, and dispute resolution services to a wide range of clients. He specializes in providing international tax consulting and advocacy services (i.e., controversy management and dispute resolution services) to individuals, families, estates, trusts, for-profit organizations, and nonprofit organizations. In serving clients, he draws upon his study of strategic management to earn a Ph.D., his study of finance to earn his MBA, and his over 30 years of government service and private practice as a CPA. In advocating and providing internationally focused services for clients, he draws on his experience as an international agent for the IRS. Joe also served for over 10 years in the military as a military policeman in the United States Marine Corps and as a logistics officer in the United States Navy.
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Debbie is a senior manager in Rubino’s Outsourced Accounting Practice and specializes in providing consulting and accounting services to nonprofit organizations, small businesses, and government contractors. She offers clients over 25 years of practical accounting experience with an emphasis on financial operations and management, cost accounting, and accounting system design.
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Patty is a senior manager at Rubino and has been providing taxation services for over 30 years. With an emphasis on accountability, Patty assists nonprofitr organizations in meeting their financial reporting, operational, and federal and state filing requirements. Patty’s experience includes working with nonprofit organizations in all areas of tax preparation and planning, including alternative investment tax review and analysis. Due to her extensive experience in the industry, Patty understands the vigorous reporting requirements of Form 990.
Patty is retired but still works with Rubino on an as needed part-time basis.
Senior Manager
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Elaine is a senior manager at Rubino who performs tax planning and provides compliance advice for a variety of businesses and individuals in the federal tax area as well as assistance with state tax reporting, IRS audits, and foreign tax matters. Her responsibilities include supervision and review of corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns. She also provides tax consulting and planning services for a variety of small business clients.
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Karis is a manager in Rubino’s audit practice. Karis’s experience includes supervising and managing audit, review, and compilation engagements for a wide range of clients, including nonprofit organizations and government contractors. She oversees all phases of on-site audit work, including planning, fieldwork, and financial reporting. In her role, Karis evaluates process-level and entity-wide controls and related audit risk areas. She emphasizes communication with clients throughout the audit process on complex audit issues that may arise and comply with regulations and standards. In addition, Karis provides strategic supervision to audit staff. She also has helped organizations put in best practices in accordance with federal laws and governing state legislation.
Karis leads Rubino’s nonprofit audit practice.
Senior Manager
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Kay is a Senior Manager at Rubino and has been working in public accounting for over 14 years. She has focused most of her career on providing tax compliance and consulting to nonprofit organizations in the greater D.C. area. Kay enjoys working with a variety of tax-exempt organizations, including local and national charities, social welfare organizations, business and trade associations, and private foundations, and partners with clients to help them understand and meet their federal, state, and foreign filing requirements. She has extensive experience with Form 990 reporting and consults with clients on various tax matters, including employment, state and local, and international issues.
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Jordan is a Senior Manager at Rubino and specializes in Corporate and Partnership Taxes, along with Fiduciary Tax returns. He brings over 50 years of tax experience to the table. He is a member of the Maryland Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Maryland Society of Accountants.
Human Resources Director
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Lisa has 20 years of experience and is a HR leader who is passionate about increasing organizational effectiveness and maximizing the talents of people by adding value to HR processes and programs.
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Allan has over 30 years of experience in public accounting. During his career, he has provided financial audit, single audit, accounting, tax, compliance, and consulting services to public housing authorities nationwide. Prior to joining Rubino in January 2021, Allan was a partner at a national public accounting firm headquartered in New York. As a partner of the firm, he led the Firm’s public housing authority audit practice. In addition to acting as the engagement partner on many public housing authority audits, he performed concurring reviews on virtually all the firm’s other public housing authority audits.
In addition to public housing authorities, Allan’s industry experience includes other governmental entities, the affordable housing industry (tax credit developments, HUD and other government assisted housing), residential real estate, manufacturing, distribution, construction contractors, and the nonprofit sector.
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Dan is a manager at Rubino and has extensive experience performing audits, accounting, and consulting services. Since joining Rubino in 2006, Dan has devoted most of his time, providing auditing, consulting, and tax services to nonprofit and government contractors and their related regulatory and compliance requirements. He also performs audits of employee benefit plans.
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Matthew has been working in public accounting since 2013, with primary focuses in nonprofit, government contracting, employee benefit plans, and Single Audits as required by Uniform Grant Guidance. His primary responsibilities include daily oversight of face-to-face work with clients, facilitation of the performance of fieldwork, and maintenance of efficient timelines and due dates for submitting required deliverables to clients. These responsibilities provide for an intricate understanding of each client’s environment, internal controls, capabilities, risks, and susceptibilities, which, in turn, allow for beneficial value-added recommendations and solutions.
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Bryan is a Tax Supervisor at Rubino and has specialized in tax accounting since 2009. Before then, Bryan spent 22 years as a federal internal auditor and investigator. Bryan specializes in corporate, partnership, nonprofit, trust, estate, and individual tax preparation and compliance. Bryan has extensive expertise in individual taxation for high-net-worth individuals, commercial real estate and real estate partnerships tax accounting, tax and retirement planning, tax research, and tax accounting systems. Bryan also specializes in client development and relations.
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Chanh is a manager at Rubino. He started his career in tax working for a privately held multibillion-dollar company. He joined a regional public accounting firm in 2004 and has been in public accounting since. He has provided tax compliance, planning, and consulting services to his privately and publicly held business clients in a wide range of industries.
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Amanda is a supervisor in Rubino’s outsourced accounting practice . She started her career at a privately held technology company then joined Rubino in 2018. In her current role, she specializes in accounting activities, financial reporting, business operation consulting, and payroll services to nonprofit organizations and closely held businesses of varying sizes. She also supports our clients’ needs with budget systems, projections, and audit support.
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Kyle is a manager in Rubino’s outsourced accounting practice. He started his career as an auditor with Rubino. After many gaining years of experience, Kyle went into industry to work as a controller at a government contractor. Kyle has since returned to Rubino and now fills the role of controller for many of our clients. In his current role, he specializes in accounting activities, financial reporting, business operation consulting, and payroll services to nonprofit organizations and closely held businesses of varying sizes. Kyle also supports client needs with budget systems, projections and audit support.
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Sandy is a manager in Rubino’s outsourced accounting practice and primarily provides fee accounting services to Housing Authorities and renewable energy industry. Sandy’s experience working with project companies and tax credits makes her a natural fit in this role. Sandy was previously the comptroller of a public housing authority. Sandy lives and works in Alabama and is part of Rubino’s public housing authority consulting team.
Proposal Manager
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Danielle is a proposal specialist with more than 15 years of experience. As a member of the Rubino team, she supports each line of business and champions the firm’s proposal and pursuit efforts. Vital to Rubino’s business development, Danielle leads the proposal process, gathering and creating material to compile solutions that meet and exceed the client’s needs. She ensures that our proposal process continually keeps up with innovation and best practices.
Implementation and Integration Manager
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Nicole is the Implementation and Integration Manager working with Rubino’s outsourced accounting practice. She started her career working in the traditional accounting role with 8 years of experience in various positions. She then transitioned into implementation and solution consulting of the Sage Intacct financial system. Over the past 2 years as an implementation specialist, she has implemented over 50 clients from various industries onto the Sage Intacct platform.
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Jingxian is a supervisor at Rubino and she has been in public accounting since late 2016. She works with the team to plan, execute and complete financial statement audits, review, and compilation engagements for nonprofit organizations, government contractors, private companies, employee benefit plans, and Single Audits as required by Uniform Grant Guidance. She works to facilitate a streamlined and efficient audit approach that aims to minimize hassles to the client and maximize audit value. Jingxian also has experience identifying, assessing, observing and testing internal control procedures and compliance with laws, regulations, and grant requirements.
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