Justine

Tax Manager

Justine runs the LIAB tax team from her small Idaho hometown of Blackfoot these days, but she started as employee #1: the boss’s right-hand lady and Lead Bookkeeper back in the days when we worked out of Liz’s kitchen in San Francisco. When she’s not researching tax law, she’s spending quality family time with her husband, daughter, and 3 fur babies.

Creds: CTEC

Tenure: February 2013

Location: Blackfoot, Idaho

Fun Fact: Would take in every stray animal in need.

Eveliz

Tax Team

Beyond her accomplishments pursuing a degree in Accounting, who could we admire more than a woman who’s opened small businesses in the U.S. since moving here from Brazil? Splitting her time between the Bay Area and the stunning Oregon Coast, Eveliz brings a thoughtful blend of regional insight and firsthand experience. Her background in hospitality taught her the value of people—how to listen, anticipate needs, and build trust. With her expertise in tax preparation and financial management, Eveliz provides clients with clear, reliable guidance to help them make informed financial decisions. Whether she’s in the office, experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen, or planning her next coastal road trip, Eveliz brings calm focus and grounded dedication to everything she does.

Creds: E.A, CTEC

Tenure: September 2018

Location: Oregon Bay and San Francisco Bay

Fun Fact: An adventurer at heart, Eveliz loves road trips, hiking coastal trails, spending time in nature, and cuddling up with her pets after a long day

Tenzin

Tax Specialist/Technical Lead

Tenzin moved here from India in 2016, where she was born and raised. She worked at the non-profit Central Tibetan Administration for 17 years doing bookkeeping and generally keeping the office running!

She now lives with her family in their own house where she hopes to grow a food forest in the back yard.

Creds: Masters in Commerce with specialisation in Business Taxation from University of Mysore India.

Tenure: December 2019

Location: Vancouver, Washington

Fun Fact: Can binge watch crime and detective series, loves cooking shows but isn't picking up the skills.

Ada

Onboarding Specialist/Technical Lead

Ada is a former cryptologist who relocated to the Twin Cities recently to embrace snowier pursuits. When they aren’t running tabletop games or writing fiction, Ada is usually found with a book in hand.

Tenure: September 2019

Location: Minnesota

Fun Fact: Knows an inordinate amount about cheese

Nikole

Bookkeeper

Nikole was born, raised, and remains in Miami, Florida. She tended bar through college, earning both a bachelor's in accounting and a bartending license and has been bookkeeping for 15 years now.

Nikole spends her time away from the bookkeeping desk with her three boys, husband, and fur baby Loki, a husky, and Steak, a non-furry bearded dragon. She also somehow squeezes in time as an avid reader, reveling in fantasy books and series and ALSO writes her own stories. Lately she’s been exploring pie-baking as therapy.

Creds: B.A.

Tenture: January 2023

Fun fact: Nikole loves to travel and collects snow globes from each place visited; she's also a Slytherin.

David

Operations

David is an ex-tech and partnership executive who enjoys working in the background, hoisting our technology into place and helping everything run smoothly. When not updating databases and pitching in with bookkeeping and taxes, he can be found responding to fire calls as a volunteer firefighter and member of his local town's planning board.

Creds: CTEC

Tenure: Since 2019

Location: New York

Fun Fact: David is by definition a fun fact.

Aysha

Tax Team

The only thing Aysha appreciates more than a well-organized spreadsheet is spending time with her family snowboarding, bbq'ing, or camping in rural WA State. This is her second run at LIAB, having served as Liz’s assistant before venturing to work as a paralegal, honing skills expertly integrated now in the Tax Team.

And, like many of our clients, she and her husband are small business owners who operate a tattoo shop!.

Creds: CTEC, Master's Degree in Poetry

Tenure: 2015 - 2019 & 2023 to present

Location: Burlington, Washington

Fun Fact: Would do evil things for fancy cheese.