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Melissa Critcher, CPA


Melissa owns and operates her own firm located in Charlotte, North Carolina that concentrates on audits of employee benefit plans, consulting with CPA firms and plan sponsors and providing professional education training. She has more than 20 years of experience working with employee benefit plans.

Melissa is also a discussion leader for the AICPA, NCACPA, Surgent McCoy, CPA firms, as well as public and privately held entities. She has been repeatedly recognized as an outstanding discussion leader. Melissa has also authored several courses on topics including employee benefit plans, internal controls, risk assessments, and SSARS engagements.

Before dedicating her time to helping clients make sense of their employee benefits plans, Melissa graduated from Appalachian State University with a bachelor of science degree in Accounting. Throughout the course of her career, she has had the opportunity to work with various size firms before settling in the Charlotte area.

Melissa has served in various roles with both the NCACPA and AICPA including serving as a member of the NCACPA Board of Directors and Accounting and Attestation Committee, as well as, local chapter positions. Melissa has also been a volunteer on the AICPA Technical Standards Committee since 2013 which evaluates referrals from the Department of Labor for deficient audits and proposes recommendations for disciplinary actions at both the AICPA and individual state board levels.

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