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Dawn Darnell, CPA, is an Audit Principal at Grassi and a key member of the firm’s Manufacturing & Distribution Practice. She brings over 35 years of experience in private and public accounting. Dawn has extensive experience providing accounting, auditing and consulting services for clients in technology, life sciences, manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, financial services, and employee benefit plan sectors.

In addition to her extensive public accounting experience, Dawn has held key financial roles in private industries for over 10 years with a manufacturing company and a registered investment advisor. Her private industry experience and technical expertise enable her to recognize issues quickly and identify practical business solutions to deliver value to her clients.

Before joining Grassi, Dawn was an Audit Partner at another accounting firm. She was a key member of the Commercial Assurance Practice and the leader of the Employee Benefit Plan Practice, providing audit and technical advisory services to her clients. Dawn’s advisory experience includes complex debt and equity transactions, merger and acquisition accounting and reporting, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, lease accounting, and software capitalization.

Dawn is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MassCPAs).

Dawn received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Bentley University.