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Jim Coats, CPA

Jim Coats

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  • Co-founder and Director of Brockman, Coats, Gedelian & Co., with responsibility for client advisory services.
  • Having practiced with regional and national accounting firms, Jim has a strong client service background in financial operations, with an emphasis on profitability improvement and organizational development.
  • Specializations include business and industry consulting, financial statements and projections, cash flow and financing, tax planning, ESOPs, succession planning and business valuations.
  • Trustee, member of the Executive Committee and Treasurer for the Greater Akron Chamber, as well as Past President and Past Board Member of the Chamber's Small Business Council.
  • Board Member and Treasurer of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence.
  • Past Vice-president of the Akron-Summit County Public Library's Board of Trustees, and past Chairman of the Library's Finance Committee.
  • Past Board Member and President for Info Line, Inc. 
  • Holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a post-graduate concentration in accounting from Bowling Green State University.
  • Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
  • Member of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA).
  • Has two children and resides in Green.