Lovepreet Buttar

As a Managing Director with Mercadien’s Nonprofit and Human Services Group, Lovepreet Buttar has extensive experience performing and overseeing audit engagements for various nonprofit organizations, including associations, schools, private foundations, and health and human services organizations. She is passionate about helping these organizations support their constituents and achieve their mission. She is also head of the firm’s Audit and Assurance practice and is responsible for both firm-wide and engagement-specific quality control matters and training for various for-profit, not-for-profit and government/public entities. In this role, she helps ensure the firm is using best practices that are compliant with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Whether supervising her team of staff, or servicing her clients, Lovepreet is known for being thorough, as well as calm and cool under pressure. Her soothing manner, collaborative nature and keen insights lend themselves to a favorite aspect of her job – educating nonprofit professionals to ensure they understand and are prepared to meet changes affecting their industry and organizations. Lovepreet is frequently asked to speak at conferences and events hosted by various organizations, such as the New Jersey Association of Community Providers, the Council of Nonprofits, the Center for Nonprofits of New Jersey, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Princeton Community Works, to name a few.  She leads numerous internal and external training seminars and regularly writes articles for the firm’s newsletter, Nonprofit Outlook, on financial reporting, tax and compliance topics in which she is highly proficient.

Driven by giving back, Lovepreet commits much of her free time to serving on boards and committees for various organizations, including the Princeton Area Community Foundation and the Burlington County Women’s Advisory Council.  She is also a past board and executive committee member of the West Windsor Arts Council and continues to seek other volunteering opportunities where she can lend a helping hand.

In addition to her client service role, Lovepreet is the Co-Chair of Mercadien’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Initiative, where she is responsible for helping to plan and execute the firm’s DE&I strategy.