PRESS RELEASE
WYOMISSING, PA (December 18, 2017) – RKL LLP today announced that Paula K. Barrett, CPA/ABV, CVA, CGMA, achieved an advanced level of professional certification in business exit planning and value acceleration. Barrett, a Partner in RKL’s Business Consulting Services Group, recently earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) credential from the Exit Planning Institute.
Established in 2007, the CEPA program is the most widely endorsed exit planning designation in the world. To earn the CEPA credential, Barrett completed a comprehensive curriculum of individual study, hands-on instruction and a proctored examination, specifically designed for business advisors to privately held companies.
One of the region’s most skilled and highly credentialed business consultants and valuation experts, Barrett has three decades of experience assisting closely held companies and their owners with exit strategy formulation, ownership interest transfers, business valuations and succession plan development.
Barrett holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant designation and an Accreditation in Business Valuation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She also belongs to the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. She resides in Maidencreek Township, Pennsylvania with her husband.
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