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 has led Rotary missions to Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala, Samoa, Vietnam and Nicaragua. He also takes a mission team from St Mark Lutheran once a year into the RÃo San Juan region of Nicaragua for eye exams and Bible distribution, in addition to the five Linkenheimer staffed missions. Between leading Rotary, Linkenheimer and St Mark missions to Nicaragua he has personally examined over 20,000 villagers for cataracts, pterygiums and vision prescription needs.
Through Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary John is spearheading the effort to build, equip and staff a surgery center in the village of Sabalos in the RÃo San Juan region of Nicaragua. John and other Rotarians have made many trips to move this project along. Once completed it will be the closest source for advanced diagnostics and surgery for the 30,000 people of this remote region. The construction of the surgery center started officially on January 6, 2017. We are hopeful for completion by late summer 2017.
The balance of his time is spent with his wife Ardys and Great Pyrenees dogs that oversee the herd of about 80 goats. John enjoys time with their three grown children, spouses and eight grandchildren. A little hunting and fishing finds it way into his life too.
Mike graduated with honors from U.C. Santa Barbara earning a business economics degree including an accounting emphasis. During his university years as an undergraduate, Mike was a teaching assistant in the economics department, 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 Alliott Group North America, which is affiliated with a world-wide association of independent accounting, law and consultancy firms. As part of the firm’s commitment, Mike taught at annual staff training sessions for many years.
Community service is important to the firm, and to Mike, personally. He has served many local nonprofit organizations, including Santa Rosa East Rotary, and Elsie Allen High School Foundation. Since the 2017 Sonoma and Napa County Wildfires, Mike and the Linkenheimer team has helped countless survivors work through their resulting income tax issues, participating in firm seminars, United Policyholder presentations, and individual meetings.
Most of Mike’s free time is spent with family – Annette, Jonah, Kaya (Yellow Labrador Retriever) and Boss (Cat). But, when time is available, he likes to read. Summers are spent playing golf with family and friends, mountain biking, hiking and traveling. He loves to snow ski (and snow board if the snow is right).
Carli specializes in family owned businesses, individual taxation, estate and trust taxation and planning, tax credits and incentives, and general business accounting services such as inventory costing and set-up of accounting systems. She enjoys getting to know her clients on a personal level and strives to develop lasting relationships with them as they work together to creatively solve problems.
In her spare time, Carli enjoys spending time with her three children and her husband, Jorge. They keep her busy with competitive soccer, basketball, volleyball, and golf and on weekends you can usually find her on the sidelines of a game. Carli also enjoys baking, outdoor activities, traveling, and working on improving her golf game. She is also active in the community- Past Secretary for Santa Rosa South Soccer Club, and Past President and current Treasurer for Redwood Empire Estate Planning Council.
Throughout her career, Kerri has been able to gain experience in tax, assurance and consulting services for clients in a variety of industries. She enjoys working with clients in closely held businesses in the construction, real estate and wine industries where she can provide a proactive approach to their financial needs, ultimately becoming one of their trusted advisors.
Kerri is a member of the AICPA and the Cal Society of CPA’s. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband Andy and children, Claire and Dylan. You can usually find her cheering on her kids in the stands at basketball, baseball, softball and tennis matches. Kerri also enjoys traveling, reading, hiking and other outdoor activities. She is an active parent volunteer at Healdsburg High and past treasurer for Alexander Valley Girl Scouts Troop #10085, and School Garden Network. Kerri is currently finance committee chair and treasurer of Community Foundation Sonoma County as well as a member of the finance committee of COPE Northern Sonoma County.
