Our Vision
Nonprofits provide a way for people to work together for the common good, transforming shared beliefs and hopes into action, and strengthening our communities. We love our community and want to do our part to help it thrive. But what's a CPA to do? Call us crazy, but we don't think having an audit needs to be a boring or gross experience. And if we may be so bold, we think they can even be kinda fun! We bring a sense of joy and positivity to all the work we do. At Wersen Nonprofit CPAs, we have no interest in telling you how much we know. Instead, we listen deeply and work with you to solve challenges and move your mission forward. We love working with nonprofits. And we're confident you'll enjoy working with us too.
Keaton Wersen, CPA
Keaton has led nonprofit service teams during his 15-year career at both Larson Gross CPAs & Consultants and Peterson Sullivan CPAs. He has a bachelor’s degree from Western Washington University and has earned the Certificate in Nonprofit Management from University of Washington. Throughout his career, Keaton has specialized in serving nonprofits with their financial statement, Form 990, and consulting needs, including unrelated business income, endowments, lobbying activities, board governance, internal controls, and state and local tax matters.
Keaton is on Skagit Community Foundation's Board of Directors and participates in the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Nonprofit Resource Group. Keaton enjoys watching movies, camping, Disney trips, and trying difficult things. His sons – Walt, Buster, Hardy, and Stanley – enjoy wrestling, being too loud, and a backyard game of “Daddy Monster.”
Isabel Wersen, CPA
Isabel has served the needs of her clients for many years including a seven-year stint in public accounting at Reznick Group P.C. and Peterson Sullivan CPAs, two years as the Accounting Manager at a large consumer goods company in Seattle, and the most recent seven years providing bookkeeping and finance services for two local nonprofit organizations (while also raising four children!).
Isabel serves on the Leadership Team for the local chapter of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), a large nonprofit international organization. Isabel enjoys baking, crafts, and traveling with her big family.
Jennifer Lilgreen, CPA
Jennifer has been working with small businesses since 2018 helping curate financial statements, assisting with federal tax filings and advising. During her four-year career at Larson Gross CPAs and Consultants, her primary focus was serving nonprofits with navigating the intricacies of nonprofit accounting. She has a bachelor's degree from Western Washington University in Business Administration & Management and a post-baccalaureate in Accounting. While the accounting rules are the same amount nonprofits, each client is unique which provides for an environment where she is continuously learning and growing as an accounting professional.
Jennifer serves on the Audit Committee for Whatcom Community Foundation and enjoys helping nonprofit businesses thrive. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two boys (with another on the way!), baking/cooking, gardening and all sorts of outside activities.
Laura Waltner
Bookkeeper, Administrative Assistant
With over 15 years of office admin experience, Laura has faithfully served companies helping them to create and maintain an organized work environment. She thrives on supporting businesses to run smoothly, creating new processes and workflows as needed. Laura has served the needs of her employers for many years including a local Whatcom County community bank, OES Equipment - a national service provider of construction equipment, and tech giant Google in Mountain View, CA.
Laura serves alongside Isabel Wersen on the Leadership Team for a local chapter of MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and has a passion for helping young moms feel more known. She enjoys playing board games with her husband and two kids, exploring the PNW, all things Disney, and eating as much sushi as she can get.
Top 7 Under 40
Each year, the Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce facilitates the selections of the Top 7 Under 40 young professionals in Whatcom County. In 2021, Keaton was honored to be named as one of the Whatcom Young Professional's Top 7 Under 40 finalists. One nominee said, "Keaton has the incredible honor of serving non-profit businesses and their accounting needs all over the county...He not only does this with grace, precision, humor, and gusto but he has grown the non-profit sector...in huge ways as he leads a successful team of professionals with excellence.”
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Bellingham Regional Chamber of Commerce
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