Tessa is a Director at Ryan & Wetmore with more than 28 years of experience guiding businesses through every stage of the organizational life cycle. Her extensive background spans traditional accounting and tax services as well as advanced consulting solutions, allowing her to provide clients with holistic, strategic, and forward‑looking financial insight.
Tessa’s consulting expertise encompasses business planning, M&A support and analytics, development of financial budgets and projections, benchmarking and trend analysis, internal control evaluations, and the establishment of best business practices. She is also highly experienced in delivering financial training for senior leadership teams, equipping executives with the tools needed to make confident, data‑driven decisions.
Over the course of her career, Tessa has led corporate accounting and regional internal audit departments for large international and U.S. publicly traded companies in the homebuilding and manufacturing industries. She also spent ten years working in the biotechnology industry, further broadening her perspective on complex, highly regulated environments. This diverse background gives her a deep understanding of sophisticated financial and operational structures and strengthens her ability to support clients in government contracting, construction, and technology—industries where precision, compliance, and strategic agility are essential.
Professional Affiliations
Tessa is committed to advancing the accounting profession through education and mentorship. She has served as an Adjunct Professor at The George Washington University, where she taught financial accounting and intermediate financial accounting to undergraduate students. She has previously contributed as an advisory member to the GWU School of Business Accounting Advisory Council, supporting curriculum development and industry engagement.
Education
Tessa earned her Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Purdue University, bringing a unique analytical perspective to her work in finance and business advisory.
