Meet the Partners

Christine A. Cook Carlini, CPA, CGMA NC License #36149

Jeffrey M. Carlini, CPA, CFE NC License #30660

Christine A. Cook Carlini, CPA, CGMA

Christine A. Cook Carlini, CPA is a Certified Public Accountant in Lake Park, North Carolina and former corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Well-versed in her field, she holds additional certifications in bookkeeping and tax preparation, and she is a member of the Professional Risk Managers’ International Association.

As a former Director of Administration and Financial Services, Christine served as a local college’s Chief Financial Officer and oversaw budgets, forecasting, departmental expenditures and student financial services. She also served as a member of the college’s Executive Committee.

Ms. Carlini, a native of Sacramento, California, attended California State University – Sacramento and earned her Bachelor of Science of Business from the University of North Carolina – Charlotte. She was the Charlotte branch office manager for Bourne & Company, an investment banking firm, and Accounting Manager for both Collins & Aikman and London Bridge Software Systems before joining Bank of America in 2001. At Bank of America, in addition to working with Regulatory Reporting, Christine served as Vice President and Senior Financial Analyst in the Finance, Consumer Real Estate Finance and Global Corporate Investment Banking Departments. Experienced in organizing and supervising accounting processes and in forecasting as well as in supervisory management, Ms. Carlini won a Bank of America Team award for performance on the bank’s 2003 Regulatory Reporting Platform Project and a Medallion Award for review activities performed on the 2001 Annual Report.

Christine belongs to and is involved in:

• North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Jeffrey M. Carlini, CPA, CFE, CGMA

Prior to joining Carlini CPA, Jeff was an audit manager at a regional Charlotte area public accounting firm for over five years. This followed over four years with Deloitte & Touche, LLP in Charlotte, North Carolina as a senior auditor. He also served as a Lecturer of Accounting at UNC Charlotte from 2005-2007. Additionally, to complement his experience, Jeff obtained the Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) certification in 2010 from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).

Jeff attended Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. He received his Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting and a Masters of Science in Accounting and Information Systems.

Jeff belongs to and is involved in:

• North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA)
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

In the Press:

Jeffrey M. Carlini has announced that he has joined Carlini CPA, PLLC. Carlini CPA, PLLC was founded by Christine A. Cook Carlini, CPA and provides QuickBooks accounting, training, and implementation services along with tax return preparation. With the addition of Jeffrey Carlini, Carlini CPA, PLLC will be proud to offer audit, review, and compilation services.