Dennis M. Echelbarger, CPA
Shareholder

Dennis M. Echelbarger is the founder (1977) and President of the firm of Echelbarger, Himebaugh, Tamm & Co., P.C. (EHTC) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He spent eleven years as an employee and partner in another local CPA firm and four years as the Chief Financial Officer of several manufacturing and wholesaling companies. He taught at Davenport College and for the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA). He is a past Chair of the Board of Directors of the MACPA and was a member of the Board for fourteen years. Dennis is a past member of council of the American Institute of CPA's. He is a member liaison for government relations for the MACPA in West Michigan. He is a member of the Financial Consulting Group, L.C. and a past member of the Michigan State Bar's Multi-Disciplinary Practice Committee. In addition, he is an associate member of the American Society of Appraisers and a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Dennis has acted as an advisor and consultant to numerous small and medium-sized business and nonprofit organizations in the areas of finance, acquisition, merger, and sale. He has been an active business valuator with businesses in the areas of service, professional, retail, finance, construction, wholesale, real estate and manufacturing. Dennis is also active in the local Grand Rapids community.

He has served as an expert witness and consulting expert before the Federal Bankruptcy Court, Circuit Courts, District Courts, and the Michigan Tax Tribunal. Areas of testimony have included valuation, determination of loss, determination of cash flow, determination of equity, tax issues, and other accounting and business related issues.