Faces of AccountingWEB

Meet the Team

Rob Nance - Publisher
Every day I have the privilege of communicating with readers, partners, writers, media professionals and more. Thanks to all of you, AccountingWEB has experienced solid growth. My background in business expansion at a bank and accounting firm was exciting and challenging, but leading AccountingWEB, Inc. is even more enjoyable. We’ve grown our team to the dedicated professionals you see below, providing new content, opportunities and a fresh level of excitement to our faithful readers, advertisers and partners.
Email: publisher@accountingweb.com

Donnia Stabler - Technology Manager
Donnia is in charge of the technical side of AccountingWEB. Many of you have probably received e-mails from her answering your questions or helping you with problems. She is responsible for keeping the site up-to-date and running smoothly for our members, production of AccountingWEB's news wires and more. She describes her position with AccountingWEB as her "dream job."

"I love being part of a wonderful team. AccountingWEB keeps me challenged daily and forces me to stretch my imagination and creativity to keep our site interesting, timely and fun. I enjoy the interaction I have with our members and feel a great sense of pride when I am able to help them solve problems related to their accounts or the site."
Email: service@accountingweb.com

Diane Williams - Sales Manager
Making the leap into interactive sales with AccountingWEB in 2006 was a natural step for Diane who has a background in both print and radio. As advertising and marketing initiatives continue to expand to include site-based and subscriber-based marketing programs, Diane sees great opportunity for everything from branding and awareness to sales lead generation. "It's refreshing to provide successful campaigns with measurable results," says Diane.
Email: sales1@accountingweb.com

Robin Burnham - Staff Writer
Robin grew up with a flair for the dramatic, but her writing career has been strictly non-fiction. She has been freelance writing since her 10-year-old son was a toddler, following a career as a newspaper reporter and editor in New England, Washington and Oregon. Now working from her home outside Boston, she finds it gratifying to help keep AccountingWEB readers keep informed. After all, no profession seems to change as quickly as accounting. "AccountingWEB readers like to stay at the top of their game. It's a great feeling to play a small part in informing them of the latest trends, tools and technologies in the industry."
Email: editor@accountingweb.com

Teresa Ambord - Staff Writer
After years as a staff accountant at a private university and the operator of a small tax practice, I started doing a little writing on the side. I love putting information together in a way that can help someone do better business or make them laugh. I’m always looking for a story. When I’m not writing business articles I enjoy writing creative non-fiction about my family. Whenever anything interesting happens at home, my family understands that it is fair game and could end up in print. I also am a volunteer foster parent for abused and abandoned animals. So basically, my home is a zoo… and I wouldn’t have it any other way. My dream is to take my career on the road with a couple of my faithful dogs and a laptop. When that day comes I’ll still be doing business articles but I’ll be writing from the comfort of my RV surrounded by all the scenery that Alaska has to offer.
Email: editor@accountingweb.com

Gail Perry - Managing Editor
When Gail was in the seventh grade, she announced to her parents that she was going to pursue a career in music. The very next weekend, her dad took her to work with him, introduced her to his accountant, and said, "Teach her something useful - she's going to need it!" Gail went on to music school (and paid her way through Indiana University by working as a bookkeeper), morphed the flare for music into a degree in journalism and English, and then returned to school at Illinois State University to do it all over again in accounting. Armed with a CPA, she headed for the Chicago tax department of Deloitte, where she spent several years helping small businesses solve tax problems. Somewhere along the way, she found time to write more than 20 books about taxes, financial software, and personal finance, all with an easy, conversational style and a touch of humor. Her titles include "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Doing Your Income Taxes," "Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income," "Quicken All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies," and, most recently, "QuickBooks 2007 On Demand." She is a former tax humor columnist for the Indianapolis Star newspaper, a contributing editor for Accounting Today and SMBFinance magazines and teaches an online personal finance course. In her spare time, Gail dreams of playing the fiddle in a bluegrass band.
Email: editor@accountingweb.com

Tony Pavich - Assistant Webmaster
Tony got his first computer at age thirteen. Since that time he has been completely fascinated with designing programs. A Purdue University computer science major who has spent his career in web programming, Tony has a genuine love for what he does.

“It’s so exciting to develop useful web applications and watch them in action. I couldn’t possibly imagine a career that is more fun and rewarding than this. I’m really a geek at heart.”

In his spare time away from computers Tony enjoys writing music, fishing, and building model roller coasters.
Email: service@accountingweb.com

Adrian Burcham - Advertising Sales Representative
Adrian's background as a radio advertising account executive and as a traffic manager for four radio stations combines her knowledge of sales and advertising with her high standards for measurement and accurate delivery. The one element that stays consistent between her background in radio and with AccountingWEB's online advertising sales and promotions is that of providing the customer an excellent experience with her products.
Email: sales1@accountingweb.com

Anne Rosavich - Staff Writer
Anne has returned to freelance writing after spending 20 years in administration in one of the big four firms as a recruiter and tax administrator. Born and raised in Massachusetts, she has lived in New York City and currently resides in Stamford, Connecticut. I enjoy writing for AccountingWeb because it keeps me in touch with the profession. Writing is hard work, but it is satisfying on those occasions when the story comes together.
Email: editor@accountingweb.com

Ericka Tavares - Staff Writer
As PR director and lead copywriter for a marketing agency in Newport, R.I., Ericka has promoted everything from film festivals and tall ships extravaganzas to Krispy Kreme openings. Her clients have ranged from an ambassador to a convicted felon. She has had the pleasure of being on staff to conduct marketing campaigns for both Brandeis and Brown Universities. A former daily newspaper journalist in Metro Boston, she now enjoys writing fiction. Her short stories have been published in HACKS, a Grub Street anthology, among other literary publications. Her favorite thing is spending time with her husband and children.
Email: editor@accountingweb.com