Partner
email: jschaefer@matherandcompany.com
(502) 429-0800
Experience
Jack has over thirty years of public accounting experience (10 years with an international accounting firm) in business consulting; corporate and individual taxation; audits of non-public entities; audits of employee benefit plans; business valuations; mergers and acquisitions; and budgeting/forecasting. He has significant experience working with businesses in various industries including: retail, services, wholesale, restaurants, manufacturing, healthcare, financing, textile, equipment leasing, insurance, import/export, construction, not-for-profit, government, and employee benefit plans. Jack serves as the firm’s Director of Accounting and Auditing and liaison with the AICPA’s Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality Center.
Education and Achievements
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation – 1984
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) designation – 1995-2007
University of Louisville, Bachelor of Science, Accounting, High Honors – 1981
Greater Louisville, Inc.CEO Strategic Planning Program, Planning Partner – 1998
Community Health Charities of Kentucky, Inc. – Former Treasurer and Finance
Committee Chairman
Woods of St. Thomas Homeowners’ Association – Former Finance Committee Chairman
Congressional Candidate Campaign Committee – Former Treasurer
Former Louisville Small Business Development Center Instructor
Kentucky Society of CPAs Peer Review Committee – Former member
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Kentucky Society of CPAs
Hurstbourne Area Business Association
Personal Activities
Volunteer youth soccer coach, 1995 – 2007