Meet the Team

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Shareholders

Richard K. Poulson - CPA

Richard is the kind of man everyone likes to have around. He is totally committed to whatever he is doing whether it is working on a client’s estate plan, business valuations or vacationing with …

Kirk Eck - CPA

A 18-year veteran of the Cook Martin team, Kirk is a Shareholder and the Director of Operations for our Logan, UT Office. Kirk serves clients in the medical, retail, manufacturing, service and …

Shane Roberts - CPA, MBA

Shane Roberts is a native of Cache Valley and graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and an MBA. He joined CMP, PC in 2005 and became a …

Dustin Wood - CPA

Dustin is our audit partner and has been with our firm for 15 years. He specializes in compilations, reviews, and audits of financial statements and the preparation of not-for-profit information …

David Cash - CPA, MAcc

David, or Dave as he is more commonly known, started his career at a smaller firm in Casper, Wyoming. Being at a small firm gave him the opportunity to immediately start working directly with clients …

Cody Webb - CPA, MAcc

Cody is a complete #GirlDad. He has four little sisters and now FIVE daughters. Between chasing his daughters to soccer and basketball games he tries to …

Jared Ripplinger - CPA, MBA, CFP®, CVA

Jared has been preparing tax returns and helping clients with various accounting and tax needs since 2001. He started his career in public accounting at a CPA firm in California before returning to …

John Kane - CPA

John enjoys interacting with clients and proactively working with them to create solutions to problems. John is a native of Logan and earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree …

Managers

Tara Williams - MAcc, CPA

Tara Williams, CPA, is a Senior Manager in the firm’s Logan office and has been with the firm since 2010. She specializes in compilations, reviews, and audits of financial statements. She also prepares tax …

Matt Jensen – CPA, CVA

Matt Jensen is a CPA in the Logan office of CMP Matt is a Cache Valley native and earned both is bachelors and masters decree in accounting from Utah State University. He has …

Herschel Hugie - CPA

Herschel Hugie is a senior accountant in the tax department of the Logan Office. A native of Kaysville, Utah, Herschel earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration …

Jessica Filippi-Ludlow

Jessica has worked in the Salt Lake office of CMP since 2011 working in areas such as pension administration, payroll, sales tax, and bookkeeping. Jessica also worked as a Paralegal …

Taylor Peery - MAcc, CPA

Taylor Peery is a Manager in the Logan office of CMP. Taylor is a Cache Valley native from Smithfield and graduated with both her bachelor and master’s degrees in...

Associates

Brooks Bodily - MAcc, CPA

Brooks Bodily is a native of Cache Valley and graduated from Idaho State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting and a Master of Accountancy degree. He has multiple years of experience …

Elise Faucette - CPA, QBPro, CVA, MAcc

Elise Faucette is a CPA specializing in business and individual taxes. She has an advanced knowledge of QuickBooks and loves helping people solve accounting problems …

Emily Brazell

Emily Brazell loves COFFEE and has been with CMP since 2006. Before coming to Cook Martin, she was an Office Manager/Assistant for a Salt Lake appliance company for 8 years. Since …

Josh Liechty - CPA, Estate Planning Council, QBPro, NACVA

Josh Liechty is a Tax Associate in the Logan office of CMP. Josh was born and raised in Cache Valley, and he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Accounting from Utah State University in 2020. …

Braxton Godderidge - CPA

Braxton is a CPA in the Logan office of CMP. Before coming to CMP in 2021, he worked for an accounting firm in Phoenix, AZ, for two years. …

Ashlyn Rodeback

As a Cache Valley native from Smithfield, Ashlyn graduated with both her bachelor’s and master’s degree in accounting with a specialization in taxation from Utah State University. …

Tyson Strong

Tyson started with CMP in 2022 as part of the auditing team. He graduated with a bachelor’s in Accounting from Western Governors University and is currently pursuing his masters in the same field. …

Jared Steven

Growing up overseas, Jared learned early to connect with a wide variety of people from different cultures and backgrounds. He enjoys learning not only about the person as they are now, but the why behind …

Quinn Johnson - MAcc

Quinn Johnson is a new Tax Associate in the Logan office at CMP. He graduated in December 2022 with his Master’s in Accounting from Utah State University after working part-time at CMP for the last 2 years …

Woody Udy - QBPro, MAcc Student

Woody Udy is a Tax Associate in the CMP Logan office. He is a Cache Valley native from Smithfield and will graduate with his master’s degree in accounting spring of 2023 from Utah State University …

Liz Higgs - CPA

Liz has been at CMP as a CPA doing tax returns. She went back to school after having her 5 children, found the accounting school that fit for her and feels lucky to be in this industry …

Becca Park - MAcc

Becca Park is a Tax Associate in the Logan office of CMP. She was born and raised in Cache Valley and earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Accounting with a specialization in ...

Emeritus Shareholder

Bruce M. Cook - CPA

As one of the original founders Bruce helped develop a culture of personalized service with the quality and technical expertise only found in larger firms. Bruce is a perfectionist. He demanded …

Bookkeepers

Inken Christensen - Bookkeeper

Inken Christensen has been employed by CMP for 24 years and has worked with some of her clients since her first day. She works in the Write-Up Department as a …

Connie Ward - Bookkeeper

My first love for numbers came in high school. I worked at a fast food restaurant and at the end of every shift we had to reconcile the sales with the money. My goal became to make the money balance …

Nicole Robinson - Bookkeeper

I am excited to be joining the CMP Bookkeeping team. I have had 8 years’ experience doing bookkeeping, payroll, accounts payable, insurance billing, monthly and quarterly taxes …

Paula Anderson - Bookkeeper

Paula has worked as a bookkeeper for 12 years and 8 years in payroll, sales tax, accounts payable and receivable, monthly and quarterly taxes, and bookkeeping. She enjoys working with clients and …

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