Meet Our Company
RootAdvisors serves as a backstage proving ground for every aspect of membership.
Rootworks was created to uplift people in our profession by giving them the vision, guidance, resources, and a supportive community of engaged peers to reinvent their businesses. More than 500 firms are making a transformational journey with Rootworks membership. It’s a journey that takes entrepreneurs in our profession on a proven path to creative renewal, building the firms that support the lives they desire.
RootAdvisors is the working accounting firm behind Rootworks. It serves as a laboratory and testbed for the business model and technologies that power a Next Generation Accounting Firm®.
RootAdvisors has become influential in the development of new solutions and products for accounting firms throughout the English-speaking world.
M. Darren Root
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Gabriel
VP of Engagement
Sean Hanthorn
Director of Education
Anita Rausch CPA
Client Manager
Melody Steelman
Web Services
Mary Kay Bell
Payroll Specialist
Amy McCarty
Education Services
Michelle Parker
Accounting Specialist
TJ Lewis
Media Services
Ryan Deckard
Chief Financial Officer
Chris Rund
Creative Services
Tony Frigo
Director of Web Services
Cynthia Pennington
Personal Assistant
Meredith Root
Director of Client Experience, CPA
Gina Fordyce
Accounting Specialist
Leah Reid
Education Services
Risha Mitchell
Good Will Ambassador
Zak Stoldt
Media Services
Wade Schultz
Chief Creative Officer
Ryan Clark
Web Services
Chris Dickens
Director of Technology
Nate Johnson
Product Development
Jill Bailey CPA
Client Manager
Lisa Dillon
Payroll Specialist
Anna Skowronek
Education Services
Chris McDonald
Client Manager
Krista Chewter
Creative Services
Kristy Short
Chief Marketing Officer
Kelly Root
Firm Administrator
Andrew Root
Director of Sales
Gaynor Meilke M.S.
Accounts Manager
Jason Barnett
Product Development
John Mitchell
Media Services
Mark Danker
Creative Services
Nick Holmes
Web Services