Meet the Team

Our team is ready to meet you – so why not meet them below!

Shareholders

Troy R. Martin - CPA

Many people define themselves by what they do for a living. Troy defines himself by how he can contribute to others through his expertise, experience and skills. Troy is a business coach, mentor …

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 Cook Martin Poulson, PC in 2005 and became a …

Dustin Wood - CPA

Dustin is our audit partner and has been with our firm for 13 years. He specializes in compilations, reviews, and audits of financial statements and in 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

Cody Webb is a CPA of Cook Martin Poulson, P.C. Cody is a Cache Valley native and earned both a bachelors and masters degree in accounting from Utah State University. He has been …

Directors

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 …

Managers

John Kane - CPA

John Kane is a CPA and tax manager of Cook Martin Poulson, PC. John enjoys interacting with clients and proactively working with them to create solutions to problems. John is a …

Tara Williams - CPA

Tara Williams, CPA is a manager in the firm’s Logan office and has been with the firm for 8 years. She specializes in compilations, reviews, and audits of financial statements. She also prepares tax …

Associates

Matt Jensen – CPA, CVA

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

Herschel Hugie - MAcc

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

Liz Higgs - CPA, MST

After being a stay at home mom for a number of years, Liz decided to go back to school and eventually decided to pursue a career in accounting. She graduated from Weber State University …

Trevor Hoffman - EA, MAcc

Trevor Hoffman works as a tax professional in the Salt Lake office, he enjoys working with small business owners to help develop systems for their business, and also helping them save on taxes. Trevor …

Elise Faucette - MAcc

Elise is the newest addition to the tax and bookkeeping staff at Cook Martin Poulson. As a Cache Valley native, Elise is a proud graduate of Utah State University, where she earned both her bachelor’s …

Sheri Lewis - MAcc

Sheri Lewis is a staff accountant in the Salt Lake office of Cook Martin Poulson, PC. Sheri joined the Cook Martin Poulson team in November 2011 after completing her Master of Accounting degree at the …

Jerica Haag

Jerica has worked full time for Cook Martin Poulson for almost three years. Jerica is from Utah and currently lives in Stansbury Park with her two boys, Caleb and Cooper. Jerica graduated from Utah …

Brady Martin

Brady Martin is one of our newest additions at the Logan office of Cook Martin Poulson, P.C. He is a Cache Valley native, and recently graduated from Utah State University with both a bachelor’s …

Bailey Rinderknecht

Bailey Rinderknecht, an up and coming tax professional in the Logan office, graduated from Utah State University with a Masters of Accounting tax emphasis in 2018. While attending USU, she helped …

Taylor Peery

Taylor Peery is a new tax associate in the Logan office of Cook Martin Poulson, P.C. Taylor is a Cache Valley native from Smithfield and recently graduated with both her bachelor and master’s degrees in...

Jessica Filippi

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

Rich Nichols – MAcc

Rich has joined Cook Martin Poulson as a member of the audit team. He brings with him 13+ years of accounting experience. He has diverse experience in a manufacturing environment...

Bryan Yates

Bryan earned a bachelor’s degree from Utah State University in 2016 and recently graduated with a Master of Taxation degree from Weber State University in 2018. He is a business owner...

Inken Christensen - Bookkeeper

Inken Christensen has been employed by Cook Martin Poulson 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 …

Emily Brazell

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

Nicole Robinson - Bookkeeper

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

Brooks Bodily

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 started his career working …

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 …

John Adams - J.D., MAcc

John is a partner in our Salt Lake office. If he isn’t passing a CFO or Family Business Consulting project, he is passing tax return to a senior accountant or he is probably handing off a 401(k) ...

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