Louise Pooley - President Louise Pooley is originally from England and started her career in accounting in the early nineties. Over fifteen years and a trans-continental move later, Louise is the President of her own accounting firm here in the US. In the intervening years between taking her first accounting position and starting her own company, Louise graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Missouri - St Louis and will finish her MBA in Accounting in 2009. She is a member of the American Society of Women Accountants and The Association of Home-Based Women Entrepreneurs. Louise uses her combination of academic excellence and years of practical experience with small businesses and non-profits, both here and abroad, to provide quality accounting services to her clients. She feels that every organization, no matter how small, needs to have good accounting practices and records so that they can track their profitability, manage their business and minimize their taxes.

Earl earned his B.S. degree in Accounting from Maryville University. He has over twenty years of advanced accounting and management experience, and has served as Treasurer of a non-profit organization for 5 years in St. Louis. Earl believes very strongly in properly training personnel to effectively use their accounting software, as well as thorough documentation to ensure the integrity of the financial statements being presented. Earl looks forward to helping Pooley Accounting Services provide a personal touch to its clients and will service the St. Louis and St. Charles areas.

Jane has over 20 years experience as a paralegal and bookkeeper. Jane was born and raised in St. Louis and just recently moved back after living in Maui, Hawaii for over 16 years where she had her own small bookkeeping business. She is fluent in QuickBooks®, Microsoft Word and Excel. Jane is happy to be close to family and friends once again and is excited about the opportunity to help Pooley Accounting Services with their bookkeeping needs.

Julie has been employed in the field of accounting for almost 25 years as she alternated between working and staying at home raising her children. She brings an attention to detail and a dedication to quality to Pooley Accounting Services that she is eager to share with her clients. She is located in Fenton, but services clients all over the St. Louis area.

Ilamay has nearly 30 years experience doing bookkeeping and administrative work for small businesses. Her varied experience and well-rounded education--Fox College of Business/Chicago, Univ. of IL/Urbana, and Fontbonne University-give her a solid framework to analyze a client's bookkeeping requirements and organizational needs. Her QuickBooks® experience, from their early 1990's software to their current versions, gives her special insight into how to maximize its helpfulness to clients.

Mariah Echele brings 18 years' accounting experience in the roles of Vice President-Administration, Controller & Business Manager from companies that specialized in international event production and digital publishing as well as a non-profit, private golf club organization. During this time, she had oversight for financial recordkeeping and reporting, personnel & benefits administration and office operations. Preceding this move to the private industry, she was a licensed, practicing CPA for six years in the public accounting industry, conducting audits and reviews as well as preparing corporate and individual tax returns. Mariah received her BSBA in Accounting from Rockhurst College (now University). .