Sherise Ritter

Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, Managing Director & Co-Chair of Mercadien’s Nonprofit & Human Services Group, was a featured speaker in HITS Consulting’s April 30th webinar – Post COVID-19: Resuming Your Practice After the Pause. Along with Roy W. Breitenbach, Partner/Director, Garfunkel Wild, PC, Sherise shared vital insights about the legal and financial…

Managing Directors Frank Pina, CPA, Lee D. Boss, CPA, MBA, Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, & Kyle Neeld, CPA, presented a webinar Paycheck Protection Program – What Businesses Should Know on Wednesday, April 8th. During the webinar, they went over: The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and impacts to your business Business eligibility and related requirements for relief Loan…

Managing Director Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, Co-Chair of Mercadien’s Nonprofit & Human Services Group, was featured in a webinar on Child Care & COVID-19, hosted by Advocates for Children of New Jersey on Tuesday, April 6th. During the webinar, the panelists discussed statewide supports provided by the County Resource and Referral Agencies and…

Many of you have reached out to us over the last few days in connection with determining the CARES ACT loans and other options available to you and your business.  In reference to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), there has been a lack of clear guidance about payroll costs eligible towards calculating your loan amount…

On December 20, 2019, Congress passed the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act, the broadest piece of retirement legislation passed in 13 years. It went into effect on January 1, 2020. The President also signed into law several other Acts on the same day, which have become part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations…

Congratulations to Sherise D. Ritter, CPA, CGFM, CGMA, PSA, and her husband, Dr. George Rabito, co-recipients of the Annual Community Award at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton Foundation’s Autumn Affair fundraising gala on November 8, 2019.  A managing director and co-chair of the Nonprofit & Human Services Group, Sherry is a tireless advocate…

I am happy to report that once again, Kyle, Lovepreet and I visited Washington, D.C. to attend the American Institute of CPA’s Annual Not-for-Profit Conference, held each summer.  While there, we packed in a lot of continuing education, discussions with peers, time with clients, and samples of new ethnic foods.  The three of us participated…

By now, many of our readers may have heard about what was a little-known wrinkle in the new tax law. Whether you have or haven’t, we are going to break it down for you and get to the bottom line on the matter. Many of you reading this article are senior management in nonprofit organizations…

When I ask my clients if they have a formal risk management process and plan, the discussion often goes to insurance.  I get a “Yes, our buildings and other fixed assets are insured; we have liability coverage; our technology firewalls are up-to-date,” and so on.  I also often hear that the executive committee of the…

The New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA) Annual Women Business Leaders Forum was held Friday, September 14, 2018, at the Newark Liberty Airport Marriott.  Under the theme, Empowering Together, 400+ attendees heard from featured speakers, including make-up magnate Bobbi Brown as keynote, and panelists at five different educational breakout sessions.  Mercadien sponsored the session,…