Certified QuickBooks Online™ ProAdvisors

CPA & Founder

Amy brings to her practice more than 20 years of accounting and operations management experience across a range of industries and organizations, including the non-profit sector. Amy offers her clients a real-world business acumen derived from years of hands-on experience starting, scaling and running start-ups. Amy is an Illinois Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a  QuickBooks™ Advanced Certified ProAdvisor. She holds degrees from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, DePaul University and a professional development certificate from Northwestern University. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and hiking with her husband, spending time with family, reading crime novels and walking Evee/collecting beach glass from the shores of Lake Michigan. 

Senior Accountant

 Angel is an experienced accounting professional with well over 15 years of experience in corporate accounting, including consulting with clients in real estate, property management, SAAS, restaurant/hospitality, crypto-currency, and non-profits. She believes that faith, honesty and loyalty are cornerstone traits that translate well between professional and personal settings. Angel is a QuickBooks™ ProAdvisor and Bill.com Certified. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Financial Services and a MBA with an emphasis in Accounting from Columbia College. As a native of Kansas City, Missouri, she enjoys supporting her local sports teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals. Angel is a faithful member of her church and serves as CFO to her church district. 

Practice Manager / 

Senior Bookkeeper

Jenn is a native Iowan and a long time Chicagoan living in Rogers Park. She holds a degree in music education and is a bookkeeper with experience in a variety of industries including property management, churches, a retail wine store, and auto mechanics. In addition, Jenn is a worship pianist for several area churches and an activist for social justice. Jenn enjoys time with friends, travel, swimming, and many kinds of puzzles. She loves watching baseball at any level, as well as tennis, football, and women's soccer. Jenn is mom to a dog and a cat and is Auntie Jenn to two nieces and one nephew. 

Bookkeeper

Sarah was born in California and has lived in Chicago for the majority of her life. Sarah is a stay-at-home cat mom to Bugsy and Rogue and they are her absolute favorites. She holds a Bachelor's in Science of Accounting, a result of a lifelong passion for accounting and bookkeeping.  At 16 years old, Sarah's best friend's mom introduced her to QuickBooks. Sarah is also passionate about Business Management, which blossomed when she was in her early twenties running multiple businesses in the hospitality industry. In addition, Sarah is a huge lover of coffee which helps her spend her evenings keeping your books in order and keeping her shimmying around to her favorite band, Fall Out Boy.  

Office Beagle

 Evee is the newest member of the Claritus team. Part Beagle, part Jack Russell, Evee is thrilled to be a part of the action on the days she visits the office with Amy. The rescue thought Evee is about four years old. She is full of character and a real cuddle bug. Evee loves tummy rubs, playing with her Kong, and taking afternoon naps under Mom’s desk.