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O. W. Krohn & Associates has a team with great depth
and experience serving a wide array of clients of
every size. Whether serving small towns, 2nd
or 3rd class Cities or the State’s largest
Consolidated City, clients can count on the same high
quality of service and personal attention for which
the firm has become known.
 Otto
W. “Buzz” Krohn, the founder of the firm, has more
than 25 years of experience as a financial advisor and
consultant to local government and utilities. He is a
graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of
Business (B.S. 78, Accounting). After spending eight
years with a regional certified public accounting
firm, Krohn established his own practice in 1986.
Because of his extensive consulting experience and
fulfilling the requirements of the Institute of
Management Consultants, Krohn received accreditation
from the Institute and is a Certified Management
Consultant (CMC). He is a
member of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) and the Indiana CPA Society. He
has served on two Special Subcommittees of the AICPA’s
Management Consulting Services Division and has held
several leadership positions with INCPAS over the
years through committee service, Board of Directors
and the Society’s Executive Board.
Krohn is a frequent speaker on financing and
accounting matters before groups of utility
professionals, government officials, and accounting
professionals through many of the governmental and
utility professional associations with which he has
been involved.
 Jim
Treat is an honors graduate of the University of Notre
Dame’s School of Business Administration with a major
in accounting. Treat spent six years as an auditor
with a Big Five accounting firm, serving clients
ranging from international publicly held companies to
local not-for-profit entities in a wide variety of
industries. He has also worked as Regional Manager of
Internal Audit and Director of Audit Services for a
national health care provider. Treat joined O. W.
Krohn & Associates in 1994 and became a partner in
1998. He is responsible for engagement administration
and provides accounting, financial advisory and
consulting services. Jim has obtained a wealth of
experience handling complex financings for tax
supported bond issues, tax increment financing bonds,
revenue bonds and various types of lease financings.
He has assisted municipalities with the preparation of
comprehensive annual financial reports (CAFR’s), as
well as non-routine budget and finance issues before
the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF).
Treat is a member of the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the Indiana CPA
Society.
 Tom
Long is an honors graduate of Butler University’s
School of Business Administration with a major in
accounting. Long spent five years with a regional CPA
firm in Indianapolis and became an associate with O.
W. Krohn & Associates in 1996. Long is a member of the
Indiana CPA Society and the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants. Tom provides accounting,
tax and financial reporting services to a variety of
taxable and tax-exempt entities. Long plays a key
role with the firm’s traditional services practice
areas and is involved with most of the significant tax
and financial reporting matters that impact the firm’s
municipal, not-for-profit and investor-owned clients.
CONSULTANTS & PARA-PROFESSIONALS:
O. W. Krohn & Associates also has experienced
consultants and para-professionals who contribute to
the firm's consulting services
engagements.
 Paula
Walker is a senior consultant that has been with the
firm since its inception in 1986. She attended Ball
State University and has a background in banking and
public accounting. Paula has a great deal of
experience with many of the computer accounting and
financial systems employed by local government and
manages engagements involving GASB 34 fixed asset
accounting requirements, financial feasibility
studies, forecasts, projections and tax exempt
financing.
 Rosy
Oshry, a graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley
School of Business and joined the firm's consulting
group in 2001 after spending nearly 15 years of her
professional career in the investment banking
industry. Oshry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in
Finance and has expertise in local government finance,
accounting, budgeting, financial feasibility
projections, forecasting, firm quality control
activities, DLGF matters and tax-exempt financing.
 Stephanie
Hochstedler joined the firm in 2005. She is a graduate of St. Joseph’s College
and has spent nearly 12 years with the Indiana
State Office Building Commission, serving as the
Controller. She gained her competitive edge as
an NCAA basketball player while pursuing her Finance
degree. Stephanie is currently playing a key role in client
services and our marketing efforts.
 Kathy Hancock also plays
a key role with
the firm’s consulting and para-professional services. Hancock joined O. W. Krohn & Associates in
2002 and provides support services in a wide-variety
of administrative and client services activities.
In
addition to our valuable team we believe participation
in a wide variety of professional organizations is
crucial to maintaining our expertise. We participate
actively in the following:
American Water Works Association
Association of Indiana Counties
Indiana Association of Cities and Towns
Indiana Association of Sewer Companies
Indiana League of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers
Indiana Municipal Electric Association
Indiana Water Environmental Association
Indiana Rural Water Association
Indiana Water & Wastewater Alliance |
