About Us

He attended Drexel University and Bucks County Community College. He was a member of the United States Air Force Reserve. His early career was varied working in plant engineering, naval architecture, excavating and landscaping. In the early 70s, he found his passion in kitchen design spending forty years designing and building custom kitchens under the auspices of his own company, Baumhauer’s Kitchen-Bath Design Center, with his wife Carol. Joseph has served on several civic and philanthropic boards, including the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce, Upper Bucks Regional EMS, and as Scholarship Chairman for a fraternal organization. 

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business with a master’s degree in nonprofit administration, Kathy established her own consulting firm, Spark Nonprofit Consulting, in 2009 to support nonprofit leaders in their strategy setting, capacity building, community engagement, board building, and fund development efforts. Kathy’s results-oriented development experience at top-tier universities enables her to apply the full spectrum of cutting-edge strategies to help nonprofit organizations raise more money for their mission. Her experience as an Executive Director of a small nonprofit enables her to understand the need to do more with less and to craft strategies that leverage the limited resources of small and medium-sized nonprofits. Finally, Kathy’s significant experience in start-up situations gives her an excellent perspective on activities that generate community engagement and support and build the capacity of nonprofit organizations. Kathy has served as an active volunteer with a number of local nonprofits including the Bucks County Women’s Advocacy Coalition and the League of Women Voters of Bucks County. She is a long-time resident of Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

She is also a director and audit chair of Penn Community Bank and remains involved in the accounting world through her former involvement with the American and Pennsylvania Societies of Certified Public Accountants.  She received an AAS in Accounting from Northampton Community College and a BS in Business Administration with an accounting specialization from Thomas A. Edison State University. 

Cheri is a member of the American (AICPA) and Pennsylvania (PICPA) Institutes of Certified Public Accountants and has served on the governing councils for both.  Cheri is also a past President of the PICPA. She is a member and current chair of the AICPA Tax Executive Committee and past chairperson of the PICPA Committee on State Taxation and of the PICPA Local Tax Task Force.  She also serves as a member of the Pennsylvania State Department of Community and Economic Development’s Act 32 advisory committee, Chair of the Upper Bucks Regional Board of the River Crossing YMCA as well as a member of their governance and finance committees, past chair of the PICPA PAC board, former President of the Bucks County SPCA, a former member of the board of trustees of St. Luke’s University Health Network’s Quakertown Hospital, a former board member and treasurer of the Upper Bucks Chamber of Commerce, a board member and treasurer of the Upper Bucks Chamber Foundation, a former board member and treasurer of the Quakertown Alive Main Street Organization,  a former member of the Bucks County Community College Accounting Advisory Board and a current board member of Angel Housing. 

Cheri is one of the few individuals invited by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to provide private training sessions to both the Republican and Democratic caucuses and is consulted by legislators and Department of Revenue officials regarding tax law and policy issues for Pennsylvania.  Cheri was twice named one of the 25 most powerful women in accounting in the United States in 2012 and 2014 by the CPA Practice Advisor magazine in conjunction with the American Society of Women Accountants.  She has also served in Washington, DC as a member of the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Council (IRSAC). IRSAC conveys the public’s perception of IRS activities and, plays a significant role as external evaluator regarding tax administration policy, programs, and initiatives and is comprised of approximately 20 representatives from across the United States.  Cheri has also authored several articles and blogs for both AICPA and PICPA publications.  Cheri was named as one of the 2020 Lehigh Valley Business Women of Influence and also won Icon Honors from the Lehigh Valley Business Journal.

Cheri has over 40 years of experience in the field of public accounting and has a wide variety of expertise in accounting issues including non-profit organizations, local governments, estates, trusts, privately held businesses and individuals.  Cheri has served as an adjunct instructor for DeSales University and as a speaker on various topics for many organizations. Cheri resides with her family and several rescue pets in Upper Bucks County, PA and also spends time at her off-grid tiny house on a mesa in New Mexico.

Dr. Sophia Wisniewska’s administrative portfolio includes three decades of visionary leadership in higher education at Penn State, Temple University, University of South Florida, and University of San Diego where her signature accomplishments have been the development of strategic plans, creation of innovative academic programs, fiscal management, and vigorous resource development. Dr. Wisniewska is a scholar of Russian language and literature with extensive experience in key leadership positions in the Penn State System. She joined USF St. Petersburg after eight years as chancellor of Penn State Brandywine. Prior to her service at Penn State, she served six years as dean and chief executive officer at Temple University Ambler. Prior to her service at Temple, she spent 21 years at Penn State University, with positions at University Park, Great Valley, Abington and Berks campuses. She also taught Russian language and literature at Bryn Mawr College.