Brenda C. Witt

Present Position

• Firm Administration Manager
• Joined Burkett Burkett & Burkett Certified Public Accountants, P.A. on May 31, 1993 as the Firm Administrator, where she deals with various managerial, administrative, personnel and accounting functions. Brenda is a Manager responsible for the Administrative and Firm Accounting department staff. She is responsible for Human Resources, Financial Accounting and Tax Returns for the CPA firm and all related entities.

Experience

• Brewin, Boswell, James and Tindol Certified Public Accountants in Savannah, GA
  • Firm Administrator – Managed the Firm Accounting, Billing, Human Resources, Payroll, and Client Write-up Departments. Responsible for Firm Accounting and Client Accounting from Financials through Tax Returns
• Palmetto Wholesale Company
  • Corporate Controller – Responsible for Accounting, Payroll, Credit, Human Resources, and Information Technology. She was responsible for the day to day operations of the company. She was also responsible for the supervision of 12 Managers, a direct staff of 22 and a total managed staff of 125 employees.

Professional and Civic Activities

• Seminars that Brenda has attended to enhance her areas of expertise are:
  • Effective Management, Stress Management, Personnel and Human Relations, Personnel Troubleshooting, Effective Speaking, Effective Leadership and Supervisory Skills, Effective Credit Management, Financial Forecasting, Inventory Management and Control, Fundamentals of Personnel Law, COBRA, FLSA, FMLA, Wage and Hour Compliance, Fundamental of Human Resources, How to Overcome Negativity in the Workplace, Making Your CPA Practice More Valuable, and Managing for Performance

Education

• Georgia Southern University – Armstrong Campus, Savannah, GA
  • Concentration in Accounting
• University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
  • Business Administration, with a concentration in Management and Human Resources

Interesting Facts

• Born in Savannah, Georgia
• 50 years of work experience, 47 years have been in public accounting
• Currently celebrating working at Burkett CPAs 31 years
• Married to Grover Russell Witt
• They have one daughter, Ashley Katherine Witt who is married to Jeremy Mark Reeves
• Currently reside in Lexington, South Carolina