Wayland E. Mueller, CPA, CIA has been hired as a manager. He returns to KPM with more than 20 years of audit and accounting experience and serves clients in the non-profit, education, and governmental industries. Wayland’s practice emphasis includes counties, municipalities, school districts, colleges, non-profit organizations, and special districts. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA). Wayland graduated from Missouri State University with his B.S. degree in Finance and The University of Arizona with his MBA degree. In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, he holds his Certified Internal Auditor designation from IIA.

Blake A. Greble has been hired as a staff accountant after previously serving as an intern. He provides tax services
to clients in a variety of industries. Blake graduated from Missouri State University with B.S. degrees in Accounting and Finance.

Meghin M. Cook has been hired as a staff accountant on the accounting outsourcing team and brings more than 12 years of experience in accounting. She graduated from Columbia College with a B.A. degree in Business Administration and Accounting and is a QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor.

Mary E. Wicker has been hired as a staff accountant. She provides audit services to clients in the non-profit industry. Mary graduated from Missouri State University with a B.S. degree in Animal Science, an MBA degree, and a MAcc degree. In addition, she is currently pursuing her CPA certification.

Christopher H. Chochon has been hired as a staff accountant after previously serving as an intern. He provides audit services to clients in a variety of industries. Chris graduated from Drury University with B.B.A. degrees in Accounting and Finance.

About KPM CPAs & Advisors

Since 1966, KPM has served a variety of industries and clientele, providing accounting, audit, tax, and consulting services to help clients prosper. The firm was recently named one of Accounting Today’s ‘Best Firms to Work For,’ is one of the largest locally owned CPA and advisory firms in Southwest Missouri (Springfield Business Journal), a top Midwestern firm (Accounting Today), a top 300 firm in the U.S. (INSIDE Public Accounting), and one of ‘America’s Best Tax & Accounting Firms’ (Forbes). KPM also is an independent member firm of PrimeGlobal and has office locations in Springfield and Branson.