Powell and Jones CPA is a firm built on a culture of honesty and trust.
Our Team
The Powell and Jones CPA team is comprised of fourteen full-time auditors. Since we exclusively provide government and nonprofit audits, all of our audit professionals work year-round on a variety of government and nonprofit audits and pursue their required 80 hours of biannual continuing education in these fields.
PARTNER
Caleb Perla, CPA
Caleb received his Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and his Master’s degree in Accounting both from Liberty University. He has eight years of nonprofit audit experience, five years of government audit experience and five years of experience with Powell and Jones CPA. Caleb became a partner in 2022 and is responsible for management and quality control. Caleb is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association, the American Institute of Public Accountants, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Lake City-Columbia County Chamber of Commerce.
PARTNER
Brad Hough, CPA
Brad received his Bachelor’s degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Georgia and took his upper division accounting courses at Georgia Southwestern State University. He has six years of nonprofit audit experience, six years of government audit experience. Brad became a partner in 2022 and is responsible for leading our most complex audits and managing our audit teams. Brad is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Michigan Association of CPAs.
SENIOR AUDITOR
LINDA LAIRD, CPA
Linda received her Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Rend Lake College and her Master’s degree in Legal Studies from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. She has four years of nonprofit audit experience, four years of government audit experience, four years of experience with Powell and Jones CPA, and over 30 years of governmental auditing experience. Linda is a member of the Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society.
MANAGER
KARL HARMON, MBA
Karl received both his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and his MBA with a focus on Accounting from St. Leo University. He has five years of nonprofit audit experience, five years of government audit experience, and five years of experience with Powell and Jones CPA. Karl is responsible for leading one of our audit teams.
