WE'VE ASSEMBLED SOME OF THE BEST TALENT FROM ACROSS THE
COUNTRY FOR OUR ACCOUNTING TEAM.
S.E. Owens Company takes the utmost care and pride in our staffing, making sure we are a well-balanced, talented team with a range of professional and interpersonal skills that complement one another and work well with the clients.
Stacy Owens - President
Stacy has 25 years experience in political treasury and compliance, and non-profit bookkeeping and accounting. Stacy is a lifelong animal rights activist and advocate. Stacy has built S.E. Owens & Company to provide professional and personalized service to the clients and causes she cares about deeply.
Marissa Quaranta - Director/Senior Vice President
Marissa has over 15 years experience in political treasury and compliance services. As firm Director/Senior Vice President of S.E. Owens & Company Marissa oversees firm operations, staff, and client engagements. Outside of work, Marissa can be found cooking, cuddling a kitty, on a yoga mat, or learning to play piano in middle age (*not the recommended time to start). Marissa can be reached at: [email protected].
Tony Barra-Gibson - Vice President/Operations
Tony is the firm’s expert in the contributions and income side of political accounting and compliance. Tony’s interests lie in local politics, crime novels, entertainment and sports culture. He’s an Oakland native and attempts to keep up with the ever-changing dynamics of the city. Tony spends most of his time with family and friends in the Bay Area. Tony can be reached at: [email protected].
Peter Sullivan - Executive Vice President
Peter Sullivan is a seasoned professional with over ten years of dedicated service in the field of political compliance. In his role at S.E. Owens and Company, Peter oversees the firm’s ever-growing compliance department. An East Bay native, Peter enjoys softball, playing music and spending time with his family. Peter can be reached at: [email protected].
Esther Darretta - Senior Bookkeeper
Esther specializes in non-profit bookkeeping and assists S.E. Owens clients with all manner of bookkeeping needs. She is a Sales Tax and Payroll specialist, as well as a Quickbooks specialist, and has over 25 years of bookkeeping experience working in both the public and private sectors. Esther has worked as an independent bookkeeper with clients in various fields of industry. Specializing in customer service, Esther believes that each client is unique and deserves personal attention to assure that their bookkeeping needs are met with the highest level of professionalism. Esther is a fitness enthusiast and enjoys spending time both on the beach and out on the water. When she is not working, she loves to spend time at the beach with her Maltipoo pup, Nani. Esther can be reached at: [email protected].
Callie Coker - Systems & Special Projects Manager
Callie assists with maintenance and reconciliation of political campaign accounts, and provides clients with reporting, keeping them up-to-date on the status of their accounts. Callie can be reached at: [email protected].
Brad Witherspoon - Internal Finance Manager
Brad brings over 35 years of bookkeeping, accounting, human resource and compliance experience in both the for-profit and non-profit sectors. He has worked in a variety of fields including public affairs, campaign management and business consulting, restaurant and retail, e-commerce, and healthcare. A Midwest transplant who has called San Francisco home since 1988, Brad and his husband have traveled the globe exploring the many cultural and natural wonders this big blue planet has to offer. In addition to travel, Brad's interests include cooking, reading, politics, the arts, protection of the environment and animal rights, ecstatic dance, spinning and hiking. Brad can be reached at: [email protected].
Marissa Medina - Administrative Assistant & Contributions Specialist
Marissa assists with maintenance and reconciliation of political campaign accounts. Marissa’s experience comes from working in the public sector in the finance department of a municipal agency. As a business tax officer, she helped businesses comply with city tax provisions and ordinances. She is also an Angeleno who loves being close to the water; her car is always equipped with a towel, snacks, and a good book so that a quick escape to the beach, river, or lake is possible. Born and raised in LA, she was lucky to have beaches a few minutes from her at all times. Marissa can be reached at: [email protected].
Jena Davis - Political Payables Supervisor
Jena heads the accounts payable department at S.E. Owens & Company. She studied accounting and bookkeeping in college after coming from a long line of accountants and bookkeepers on both sides of her family. When not working, Jena enjoys spending time with family, playing board games, reading with a cat on her lap, walking with her dog, and crafting. Jena can be reached at: [email protected].
Debra Friedberg - Non-Profit Finance Specialist
Debra has over 20 years of CFO experience with nonprofit organizations. At S.E. Owens, she will assist nonprofit organizations with their accounting needs so that they can focus on their mission. When not working, Debra loves to read and to ride her bicycle in beautiful Florida. Debra can be reached at [email protected].
Claire Jones - Account Reconciliation Specialist
Claire assists with reconciliation and compliance. She brings six years of teaching and event management to S.E. Owens & Company. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, talking baseball, and podcasts. She previously lived in Spain, where she earned a Master of Arts in Bilingual Education. Claire can be reached at: [email protected]
Beth Budd - Compliance & Marketing Specialist
Beth has led many lives from professional dancer and dance teacher to nonprofit Executive Director. She has more than 25 years’ experience in finance, accounting and nonprofit management including positions at American Express, Spoleto Festival USA and Duke University. She earned her B.A. in Economics at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia and received her M.B.A. and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Her personal passions are dogs, food and books. She owns more than 3000 volumes (and hopes to read them all one day). She thinks of herself as a champion of the underdog (of all kinds and breeds) and rescues pit bulls in her home state of North Carolina. She can be reached at: [email protected].
Amy Degner - Senior Bookkeeper
Amy comes to S.E. Owens with a dynamic background in art, yoga, activism, and business. She has crunched numbers for several public, private, small, and large businesses in a variety of industries. She is thrilled to be working with an organization whose client base strives to make the world a better place. Outside of business hours, you can find her in the ocean surfing, going on adventures with her chihuahua Oliver, cooking up a vegetarian feast, exploring the Oregon wilderness, or on a yoga mat. Amy can be reached at: [email protected].
Chris Davis - Payables & Contributions Specialist
Christopher (Chris) is our Administration Specialist, assisting the contributions, compliance, and payables departments. When not working, he's commonly found either with a video game in hand, or wandering around for a good nature photo. Chris can be reached at: [email protected]
Michael Norton - Compliance Manager
Michael works as a compliance specialist for S.E. Owens & Company. Most recently, he has worked for law firms specializing in campaign finance and lobby compliance where he was a political report specialist. In that role, he helped clients navigate the complexities of various reporting requirements, regulations, and deadlines. In addition, he prepared PAC reports, lobby reports, and managed PAC and non-profit clients bank accounts and their tax return filings.
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with friends, traveling, catching a Raiders game and always is on the lookout for interesting street art/murals.
He can be reached at: [email protected].
In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with friends, traveling, catching a Raiders game and always is on the lookout for interesting street art/murals.
He can be reached at: [email protected].
Heather Theroff - Contributions & Data Specialist
Heather assists with data and compliance tasks at S.E. Owens & Company. Outside of work Heather is a graphic illustrator, writer, animator, video editor, and film critic who is usually out walking with an old English sheepdog companion. She can be reached at: [email protected].
Shyann Hamel - Reconciliation Project Manager
- Shyann manages client reconciliations and internal reporting. Shyann can be reached at: [email protected].
Phoenix Huber - Compliance Coordinator
Phoenix assists the compliance division. Phoenix can be reached at: [email protected].
Walkyr Creelman - Payables Specialist
Walkyr assists with political expenditure entry and reporting. Walkyr can be reached at: [email protected].
Walkyr assists with political expenditure entry and reporting. Walkyr can be reached at: [email protected].
Paul Lenahan - Accounts Payable Coordinator
Paul assists with accounts payable and coordination. Paul can be reached at: [email protected]
Paul assists with accounts payable and coordination. Paul can be reached at: [email protected]
Jenny Blood - Project Manager & Bookkeeper
Jenny works on the bookkeeping team handling clients' books and managing projects. Jenny can be reached at: [email protected]
Jenny works on the bookkeeping team handling clients' books and managing projects. Jenny can be reached at: [email protected]
Eleven Thewlis - Administrative Assistant & Contributions Specialist
Eleven supports teams at S.E. Owens with administrative tasks and assists the contributions team. Eleven can be reached at: [email protected]
Eleven supports teams at S.E. Owens with administrative tasks and assists the contributions team. Eleven can be reached at: [email protected]
Delaram Ahmadyveasi - Account Reconcilation Specialist
Delaram handles client account reconciliations. Delaram can be reached at: [email protected]
Delaram handles client account reconciliations. Delaram can be reached at: [email protected]