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Ralph T. Shinn – CPA, CFP

Ralph is currently the President of Shinn Consulting CPA’s P.C. and President of Shinn Financial Group, a financial advisory services firm specializing in wealth management for small to medium-sized business clients and affluent individual investors.

Ralph has been in the public accounting and financial planning business since 1985 and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, (CPA) and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Ralph has also served as an on-call CFO for several of his business clients and has extensive experience in start-up companies including entity selection, business development, taxation strategies, and interfacing with other business partners including bankers, lawyers, and developers.

His other activities include evaluation of different financial instruments and negotiation in several business venture financing and real estate projects of which he has been an investor/partner. Ralph’s areas of expertise are Advanced Tax and Financial Planning for closely-held businesses and affluent individual clients, Retirement and Estate Planning Litigation Support, and Business consulting. He has extensive experience in Real Estate taxation, structuring of entities to protect personal assets of individuals and businesses as well as sophisticated structuring of transactions to minimize taxes and add value to real-estate portfolios.

His affiliations include the Colorado Society of CPA’s, American Institute of CPA’s and the Financial Planning Association. In the past, he has served on several not-for-profit organization boards in Northern Colorado.
In his spare time Ralph enjoys playing golf, hiking, running and weight training.

Mandy A. Sharpe, CPA

Mandy is currently a Partner of Shinn Consulting CPA’s P.C.
Mandy has been in the public accounting business since 2000 and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant, (CPA). Mandy graduated from Colorado State University Cum Laude with a B.A. in Business Administration – emphasis in Accounting. She previously worked with Ralph at Shinn Consulting CPAs P.C. from 2000 to 2004, then took a different direction in her career and worked her way up to tax manager at Sample and Bailey CPAs P.C. over her seven years with them. After getting married and starting a family she is excited to be returning as a Partner to Shinn Consulting CPAs P.C.
She works with all types of individual and business entities to provide consulting and compliance on pertinent issues throughout the year. Her specific expertise resides in tax planning, compliance and consulting for business and individual clients, as well as partnership and not-for-profit taxation. She thrives on building strong lasting relationships with clients to help improve their financial situations. Mandy is active in the city of Fort Collins where she was born and raised. She is a member of Emerge Colorado, a young professionals networking group as well as was selected for and graduated from the Leadership Fort Collins class of 2010.
Her affiliations include the Colorado Society of CPA’s and the American Institute of CPA’s.

In her spare time Mandy enjoys yoga, scrapbooking, and spending time with her husband and two young children.

Shanshan Yang – Executive Assistant

Shanshan graduated in 2008 with a Master in Finance from University of Wyoming. She also has academic training in accounting, economics, statistics, and actuarial science. She worked as a graduate assistant at the university and a commercial banking intern at the Bank of the West.

Her current duties include payroll, payroll tax reports, sales tax reports, financial statements, and tax returns. In her spare time, she enjoys running and strength training.