The Blazej Team
Blazej Accounting & Bookkeeping is known for its varied experience and deep bench. Our staff is here to help you with quick, efficient on-boarding and remarkable service.
Cheryl Blazej
Managing Partner
- Born & raised in southern California
- BBA, National University
- Was transferred to Atlanta earlier in her career
- Held several senior financial positions with Burroughs, Unisys and UPS
- Founded Blazej Accounting & Bookkeeping in 2006
- Loves: travel and Italian food
- Lives in Roswell
- Cheryl is “The Connector”: she connects people, she connects problems found in bookkeeping to the process that’s in place and she connects her clients’ operational habits with cost-saving tools.
Donna Kizer
Chief Operations Officer
- Born and raised in Maryland
- BSBA, East Carolina University
- Moved to Atlanta after college
- Joined Blazej Accounting in 2008
- Loves: cooking, playing tennis and bacon
- Lives in Milton
- Donna is “The Teacher”: she loves to teach clients how to use QuickBooks and relishes teaching Blazej staff the right way to do things. She likes to find solutions and develop procedures to support them.
Melanie McNaughton
Office Manager
- Born and raised in Atlanta
- BS, Emory University
- Loves: Reading, running, chocolate
- Lives in Roswell
- Melanie is “The Finisher”: loves seeing things through and marking tasks off her to-do list
Juli Paladino
Accounting Manager
- Born and raised in the Washington, DC/Maryland area
- BA, Notre Dame of Maryland University
- Relocated to Atlanta in 2017
- Loves all things Disney & Italian food
- Juli is “The Futurist”: loves giving clients a true financial picture, that makes it easier to plan for the future.
Katie Best
Accounting Team Lead
- Returned to Atlanta in 2013
- BBA, Accounting, University of Georgia
- Loves the outdoors, tennis & spending time with her kids
- Katie is “The Organizer”: loves cleaning up a client’s books, so they are on track for accurate financials.
Suzy Brown
Bookkeeping Supervisor
- Born and raised in Atlanta
- Lives in Atlanta again, after detours through Norfolk, VA and Gaeta, Italy
- Loves: boating and sushi
- Suzy is “The Fixer”: loves getting accounts to reconcile on the first try and gets great satisfaction from helping clients find order out of chaos.
Joyce Saccone
Bookkeeper
- Born and raised in Chicago
- BBA, Western Illinois University
- Followed her husband in a career move to Atlanta
- Loves: family/friend-time, TV, watermelon & popcorn
- Lives in Alpharetta
- Joyce is “The Perfectionist”: determined to do things correctly 100% of the time
Trina Gardner
Bookkeeper
- Born and raised in Robinson, IL
- BS, Utah State University
- Followed her husband in a career move to Atlanta
- Loves: reading novels and tom yum soup
- Lives in Roswell
- Trina is “The Finder”: loves reconciling accounts and balancing balance sheets.
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