R. John Jones, Managing Partner, CPA- LinkedIn Profile

is the managing partner of Linkenheimer LLP. John joined the firm in May 1977, the day after he graduated from Sonoma State University with honors and distinction. He became a partner in the Firm in January 1983, and then managing partner in July 1986. He is a local boy, having grown up in Sonoma County. He also attended Santa Rosa Junior College. John is Past President of the California Group of Accounting Firms, Past President of a local Rotary Club, Chairman of the Board of Elders at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Board member of the Haiti Lutheran Ministry and Mission Fund and Chairman of Alliott Group Worldwide.John spends his work-related time assisting clients in areas that include – forecasting, budgeting, feasibility studies, mergers and acquisitions, lender financing, succession planning, compensation planning, as well as income and estate tax planning.

Outside the office, John travels on bi-annual trips to third world countries with the Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club to do short-term Eye Care clinics. John was honored as Rotarian of the Year for 1998-1999 by the Sunrise Rotary Club for his outstanding leadership in the Guatemalan eye care project. During the summer of 2001, John, once again coordinated the efforts of the Sunrise Rotary Club that sent him and a team of 11, including Charity Heasler (from Linkenheimer LLP), to the Samoan island of Savaii where they conducted two eye care clinics and dispensed approximately 600 pairs of eye glasses. In 2003 John lead his Rotary Eye Care team to Nicaragua. In January 2006 John and fellow Rotarians traveled to Ho Chi Minh City for a combined Dental and Eye Care project. John led the St Mark Lutheran Young Adult Mission to the San Juan River of Nicaragua in July 2007 for an Eye Care project that serviced villagers that have never seen eye care (or glasses) before. In January of 2010, John Jones, spent a week in Nicaragua leading the Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary on an eye and dental care project where they saw over 1,500 people in need of care.

Mike Musson, Partner, CPA- LinkedIn Profile

is a partner with the firm. He practices in both tax, and audit and accounting. In addition, Mike provides controller services and works on many of our consulting engagements, particularly when they involve buying or selling businesses, forecasts, cash flow and costing analyses, and internal control studies. Mike develops customized spreadsheet analyses for many applications, including retirement planning.  The audit and accounting practice provides our clients the necessary financial statements needed for internal purposes, banks, and other regulatory needs.Mike graduated with honors from U.C. Santa Barbara with a business economics degree including an accounting emphasis. During his university years, he was an economics department teaching assistant as an undergraduate, worked for one of his accounting professors in his accounting practice, and worked in the on-campus computer lab as a teacher.

Mike joined Linkenheimer LLP after working in the tax department of Arthur Young (now Ernst & Young) in their San Francisco office. At AY, Mike received valuable experience in the areas of tax law research, biotech, venture capital, real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. Mike is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. The firm is a member of AGNA, which is affiliated with a world-wide association of independent accounting firms. As part of the firm's commitment, Mike teaches at annual staff training sessions.

Mike's spends most of his free time with family – Annette, Jonah, and Kaya (Yellow Labrador Retriever). But, when time is available, he likes to read. Summers are spent playing golf with family and friends, mountain biking, hiking and mountaineering, fishing and traveling. He loves to snow ski.

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Tim Delaney, Partner, CPA- LinkedIn Profile