Overview About Mary Ann Stites

Since 1978, our family-owned practice of third-generation Fresno State alumni has provided tax, accounting, and financial planning services to individuals and business of all sizes.Irwin L. Keithly, Public Accountant, our firm's founder, purchased a tax practice in 1978.  Irwin began working out of a small, quaint, West Avenue location.  Then, over the next six years, the practice moved to three different locations.After graduating from Fresno State in 1981 and subsequently passing the CPA Exam on her first attempt, Mary Ann (Keithly) Stites, Irwin’s youngest daughter, was hired by Arthur Young & Company (Big 8 accounting firm).  Mary Ann spent 1982 and 1983 gaining the audit, tax, accounting experience and knowledge necessary to catapult her next business venture.  That business venture was joining the family business in 1984.  Mary Ann purchased the practic...