Karen Matticio, CPA, Partner, of Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC, has successfully completed the certification process with the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) to earn the Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) credential.  By earning the CVA designation, she has met the Association’s rigorous standards of professionalism, expertise, objectivity and integrity in the field of business valuation, financial consulting and related consulting disciplines.

NACVA’s CVA designation is the only valuation credential accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the accreditation body of the Institute for Credentialing Excellence (ICE). 

To become accredited by NACVA, the candidate is required to successfully complete an intensive training and testing process.  An initial requirement to becoming a CVA is that the applicant either be a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) holding an active, valid, and unrevoked CPA license in his or her state, or hold a business degree and/or an MBA (Masters of Business Administration), or higher business degree, from an accredited college or university.  Those who have earned the CVA credential must be recertified every three years in order to maintain their credential.

Karen has over 20 years of audit and accounting, tax, and consulting experience and provides professionalservices to a variety of sizeable for-profit entities including contractors, manufacturers and physician and dental practice groups. 

Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC has been serving the Central New York business community since 1956. With offices in Syracuse, Auburn and New Hartford, Dermody Burke & Brown is one of the largest independently locally-owned accounting and business advisory firms in Central New York. The Firm is a member of PKF North America. www.pkfna.com. For more information, visit www.dbbllc.com.