Waseca, MN Accounting Firm | Our Staff Page | Jared J. Dufault, LTD.

Jared J Dufault

Certified Public Accountant

CPA NAMEJared is the owner of Jared J. Dufault, Ltd.  He is a Certified Public Accountant and brings over 13 years of public accounting experience to the firm.  Over the years, he has built up significant experience in small business planning and tax compliance for businesses and individuals, along with being a QuickBooks ProAdvisor.  He is a member of the Minnesota Society of CPAs and is actively involved in the Waseca Lions Club.  He received his accounting degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1999. 

Jared lives in Waseca, with his wife Stacy and their 3 children.
jared@dufaultaccounting.com


Kathleen V Anttila

Enrolled Agent

Carla N. Anderson, CPA Kathleen (Katy) has been with Jared J. Dufault, Ltd. since 2005.  She is an Enrolled Agent and brings over 28 years of public accounting experience to the firm.  Her areas of expertise, within the firm, include tax preparation, planning, and consulting.  She is a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals and currently serves as the Mayor of Elysian, MN.  She received her business education degree from the University of Minnesota in 1972 and her accounting degree from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1986.

Katy lives in Elysian and is the proud grandmother of 2 grandchildren.
katy@dufaultaccounting.com


Celeste M Pinewski

Certified Public Accountant 

Shirley A. Lehtinen Celeste has been with Jared J. Dufault, Ltd. since 2012.  She is a Certified Public Accountant and brings almost 3 years of public accounting experience to the firm.  Her areas of expertise, within the firm, include tax preparation and bookkeeping.  The experience she has gained in the areas of business tax return preparation and bookkeeping software is proving to be a tremendous asset to our firm.  She is looking to expand her knowledge of individual tax preparation.  She received her accounting degree from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire in 2007.

Celeste lives in Waseca and is soon to be married to Zach Marino.
celeste@dufaultaccounting.com


Nancy E Bushlack

Accounting Manager 

Shirley A. Lehtinen Nancy has been with Jared J. Dufault, Ltd. since 2005.  As the Accounting Manager, she monitors most of our day-to-day services associated to bookkeeping and payroll.  Her bookkeeping service responsibilities mostly includes data entry, bank reconciliation, and financial statement analysis.  Her payroll service responsibilities mostly includes calculation, processing, and report filing.  She also works extensively with sales tax returns, workers compensation audits, and year-end reporting related to 1099s and W-2s.              

Nancy lives in Waseca and is the proud grandmother of 5 grandchildren.
nancy@dufaultaccounting.com


Tina L Wirtz

 Office Manager

Kristin R. MattesonTina has been with Jared J. Dufault, Ltd. since 2010.  As the Office Manager, she handles most of the day-to-day responsibilities associated with making our firm run smoothly.  She is usually the friendly face or voice that assists our clients with whatever questions or concerns they may have.  She also assists in handling many of our bookkeeping and payroll services while getting quite proficient in Quickbooks and is in charge of our electronic filing of tax returns and year-end information returns.        

Tina lives in Waseca, with her husband Aaron and their 2 children.
tina@dufaultaccounting.com