Fox+Kolb team members have a long history of serving businesses in Tennessee and surrounding states with accounting and financial services. The firm originated as a department of one of the largest, most respected CPA firms in the country. Ultimately, a few key members of the department led a spin-off, allowing them to focus on the core business and mission of serving the special needs of small to mid-sized entrepreneurial companies.
Ramona E. Fox, CPA
Ramona Fox, partner, has over 20 years of accounting experience, including ten years of public accounting experience with one of the nation's largest public accounting firms. In the earlier half of her career, Fox held positions as controller and accounting manager for privately owned, board and owner-managed businesses. Her areas of expertise include controller and CFO functions, internal financial management reporting and external financial reporting such as compilation and review. She manages the firm's outsourced accounting and consulting practice and provides tax planning consultation to clients. Fox has a very diverse industry background both as a controller and a public accounting professional. She received her BS in Accounting from David Lipscomb University, is a member of the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). She currently sits on the board at the Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity and is chairman of their delinquency committee.
Jan Kolb, CPA
Jan Kolb, partner, has 24 years experience in public accounting. She started her career at a "Big Four" firm and spent 14 years with one of the nation's largest public accounting firms, before teaming with Fox to found Fox+Kolb Associates. Kolb's area of expertise is tax consulting and compliance, and she has dealt with a diverse client base in her career, ranging from small businesses to large, publicly-held SEC companies. Her industry experience is widely diverse and includes companies with US tax, foreign tax and multi-state tax considerations. Kolb manages the tax compliance and consulting practice for the firm. She received a BA from the University of Tennessee in 1982 and a Masters of Business Administration from Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management in 1985.