Selden Fox Adds to It’s Audit and Tax Teams

February 11, 2021

MGI North America member, Selden Fox, is delighted to announce several new hires to their Tax and Audit teams!

Selden Fox Tax Department Hires

Kenneth Rex joins as a tax supervisor. Ken is a 2013 graduate of Northern Illinois University where he earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting. He joins with more than five years of public accounting tax experience.

Elizabeth Roberson is the firm’s newest tax associate. Elizabeth is a 2017 graduate of Rockford University where she earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting. Elizabeth has more than two years of tax preparation experience in a public accounting environment as well as experience doing general accounting work.

Jorge Garcia joins the tax group as an intern. He is currently completing his master’s degree of accounting from Northern Illinois University (NIU). He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from NIU in May 2020. While in college, Jorge worked part-time for the Will County Auditor’s Office and also held a tax internship this past spring.

Selden Fox Audit Department Hires

Erik Anderson, CPA joined the firm as an audit vice president. Erik comes to the firm with more than 15 years of audit experience. He began his accounting career at Selden Fox in 2004 after receiving his undergraduate degree from Augustana University. In 2007, he moved to Rockford where he joined Farrell & which merged with Clifton Larson Allen in 2010. Erik continued his time in public accounting through early 2018 when he moved into private industry before rejoining Selden Fox in early 2021.

Jeffery Dertz, CPA is our newest manager of accounting and auditing standards bringing our audit quality control standards team to three professionals. Jeff joined the firm in November 2020 and brings more than 25 years of audit experience in public accounting, including having oversight of quality control procedures at previous accounting firms.

Justin Brady, CPA joined the firm in June 2020 as an audit associate. Justin earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Missouri. He comes to the firm with two years of audit experience in public accounting, focused primarily on auto dealerships and benefit plans.

And recent graduates Sarah Beninato, Kollin Kaczynski, Jourdain Lane, and Robert Navarro joined the firm as audit associates. Beninato makes a return to the firm after interning for the past two summers at Selden Fox. She earned her bachelor’s degree of science/master’s degree of professional accountancy from Illinois State University (ISU). Kaczynski earned his bachelor’s degree of science/master’s degree of professional accountancy from ISU. He previously held a couple public accounting internships and worked at the ISU comptroller’s office. Lane earned her bachelor’s degree of science in accounting and human resources from ISU. Navarro earned his master’s degree of accounting science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his bachelor’s degree of science in accounting from Governors State University.

Selden Fox, a well-respected audit, tax, accounting, and consulting firm in Oak Brook, now has just over 70 employees, including 60 accountants. Selden Fox offers an ever-expanding array of critical business and accounting services for companies and organizations of all sizes, as well as their owners and executives.