Burkhart Pizzanelli’s Julie Quink Named to Forbes Best-in-State CPAs List

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Forbes has produced its inaugural America’s Best-in-State CPAs list, a compilation of the finest CPAs active in public practice. Those nominated were rated on a range of weighted criteria, including expertise, innovation, thought leadership, experience, and service to the community and to their profession. In the inaugural edition, there were 18 CPAs chosen in Massachusetts, with Julie Quink as one of those identified in the Western Mass. region.

Quink is the managing principal of Burkhart Pizzanelli. She joined the firm in 2011 and has more than 34 years of experience in public accounting and three years of private corporate accounting experience. She is involved in the accounting and consulting aspects of the practice and manages engagements of various sizes and complexities. She also performs services related to forensic and fraud-related engagements.

Quink is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Assoc. of Certified Fraud Examiners. She is licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and is a certified fraud examiner. She earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Elms College.

Quink serves as a member of the Baystate Health board of trustees, treasurer of the Quaboag Hills Chamber of Commerce, treasurer of Square One, chairperson of the school committee of Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School, a member of the finance committee of the East Quabbin Land Trust, chairperson of the board of directors for Greater Springfield Senior Services Inc., treasurer of Hardwick Rescue & Emergency Squad Inc., and treasurer of the Estate Planning Council of Hampden County. She is an adjunct faculty member in the MBA accounting program at Elms College and also serves as a trustee of Monson Savings Bank.

Rebecca Connolly, a director at Burkhart Pizzanelli, noted that “Julie Quink embodies the finest traits and skills a CPA possesses — a combination of financial acuity, innovation, and deskside manner, as well as the essential independence and integrity that make her a most trusted business advisor.”