In The News

NFP E-News Update  May 23, 2013
The Colleges and Universities Compliance Project, begun in 2008 by the IRS, distributed 400 questionnaires to a randomly-selected sample of schools to ensure compliance with current regulations. Based on responses to the questionnaires and details of the respective Form 990s, the IRS selected 34 of these colleges and universities for further review and found that unreported unrelated business income (UBI) in higher education was found in almost every case examined by the IRS. Read More

NFP E-News Update  May 16, 2013
A retirement plan can have a lot of benefits for non-profit organizations and their employees. Experts estimate that workers will need 70 to 90 percent of their pre-retirement income to maintain their current standard of living when they retire. By sponsoring a retirement plan, an organization will help their employees save for their future. Read More

NFP E-News Update  May 9, 2013
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2012-05, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Not-for-Profit Entities: Classification of the Sale Proceeds of Donated Financial Assets in the Statement of Cash Flows. Read More


 


About Blue [ Meet the Management ]

 

Blue & Co., LLC is governed by an elected Executive Committee consisting of three Directors each serving a three year term. The Executive Committee provides policy, strategic planning and management for the firm on behalf of the Members and meets periodically throughout the year.

Each office has a Director-In-Charge elected by the Directors at that location who is responsible for the day-to-day management decisions and activities. Directors also hold positions in charge of departments within offices, industry specialty groups and key functional areas.


Firm Directors

Donald K. Abel
Director of Tax & Business Services
Columbus, IN

Edmund R. Abel
Director-In-Charge of Indianapolis Office/
Director of Healthcare

Indianapolis, IN

Robert A. Abel
Director-In-Charge of Carmel Office
Carmel, IN

Joe Ackerman
Director-In-Charge of Louisville, KY (Downtown) Office
Louisville, KY (Downtown)

Kenneth L. Barton
Director
Columbus, OH

Jane L. Blevins
Director
Seymour, IN
Sally L. Cleveland
Director
Indianapolis, IN
Helen Cohen
Director
Louisville, KY (Downtown)

W. Thomas Cooper
Director
Louisville, KY (Downtown)
Robert C. Ellis
Director
Carmel, IN

Michael A. Fleetwood
Director-In-Charge of Seymour, IN Office
Seymour, IN

Jerry M. Hammel
Executive Committee Member/
Director of Tax

Carmel, IN

Douglas M. Hasler
Director
Carmel, IN

Greg Jackson
Director
Louisville, KY (Downtown)

Sara Jacobi
Director
Columbus, IN


Paul Johnston
Director
Lexington, KY

Steve Jones
Director
Louisville, KY (East)


Lindy Karns
Director
Lexington, KY

Donna L. Kellison
Director
Carmel, IN

Larry King
Director
Columbus, OH

Marcia Lewis
Director
Louisville, KY (Downtown)

James D. Lienhoop
Director-In-Charge of Columbus, IN Office
Columbus, IN

Kameron H. McQuay
Executive Committee Member/
Director

Indianapolis, IN

Bradley H. Minor
Director
Carmel, IN
Gregory C. Mullins
Director-In-Charge of Lexington, KY Office
Lexington, KY


Jeffery T. Neff
Director
Indianapolis, IN
Jim Noe
Director
Louisville, KY (Downtown)

R. Allen Norvell
Director
Lexington, KY

David R. O'Bryan
Director
Lexington, KY
Alan L. Parks
Director
Indianapolis, IN


Kent Pleasants
Director
Lexington, KY

Jeffrey L. Reed
Director
Indianapolis, IN

William A. Rees
Director
Indianapolis, IN


Karla M. Schlichte
Director
Carmel, IN

Bradley A. Shaw
Executive Committee Chairman
Director-In-Charge of Columbus, OH Office
Director of Auditing & Accounting

Columbus, OH


Stephen A. Sheridan
Director
Columbus, OH

Dale B. Skaggs
Director
Louisville, KY (East)

C. Michael Stigler
Director-In-Charge of Louisville, KY (East) Office
Louisville, KY (East)
Jim Suttner
Director
Bloomington, IN

Stephen J. Vasko
Director
Columbus, OH
Angela Zirkelbach
Director
Indianapolis, IN


Firm Management Committee

Christiane Olson
Chief Operations & Human Resources Officer

Carmel, IN

Kathy J. Smith
Controller

Carmel, IN