Meet the K&w Team

Kevin joined Richard White in 2020 as a new partner with the firm. He advises clients in tax preparation and planning and manages the day-to-day operations of the firm. Kevin brings over a decade of experience from his time in the Federal and M&A tax groups at KPMG and the M&A advisory group at PwC. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and an MBA graduate of Emory University. Kevin, his wife, Chloe, and daughter, Eleanor, live in Chamblee.

Francisco joined the firm in 2022. He previously was an accounting manager in Atlanta for a specialty insurance group where he led a small team responsible for various accounting functions including monthly financial statement preparation, budgeting, KPI reporting, and payroll processing. He currently serves clients across many of our service lines including bookkeeping, payroll, and personal and business taxes. Francisco is a graduate of Clayton State University.

Patty has been with the firm since 2004. She is a bookkeeping and payroll specialist, handling our clients accounting, payroll, and sales tax needs.

Missy joined the firm in 2019 coming from a local tax attorney’s office where she was an administrative assistant. She worked for three years as an administrative assistant and tax processor at our firm before moving into a personal tax preparer role at the end of 2022. Missy is also a Quickbooks Certified ProAdvisor and assists other team members with bookkeeping responsibilities as she has time.

Mely joined the firm in August of 2023. He previously worked in the Federal Tax department of an international accounting and consulting firm based in the Atlanta office. Before that he worked at Jackson Hewitt preparing personal tax returns. Mely is an IRS licensed Enrolled Agent as well as a Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor. He earned his MSA in accounting from Nova Southeastern University - Florida. Mely currently serves clients preparing business and individual tax returns as well as assisting with other tax matters.

Steph joined the firm in 2022 as our new administrative assistant. She is a graduate of Georgia Gwinnett College and is a Quickbooks Certified ProAdvisor. In addition to managing the administrative aspects of our firm, she assists other team members with bookkeeping, payroll, and tax processing.