Who We Are
Donna Meacham, CPA
Owner/Principal Accountant
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A Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of North Carolina, Donna has enjoyed a 30+ year career working in positions of Controller and Chief Financial Officer of privately held companies. Her experience includes companies with revenues ranging from $2 Million to in excess of $100 Million. Industry concentration is in Healthcare, Construction, and Legal.
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Donna has worked with companies in Mergers and Acquisitions as well as new start-ups. Following the completion of the acquisitions, she was instrumental in merging the companies finance departments into a solid accounting team. She focused on maximizing cash flow, financial reporting, obtaining financing, budgeting and forecasting, as well as preparing the companies for their annual audit and tax preparation.
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Having expertise in Healthcare industry, Donna is fluent in the area of healthcare billing. She understands the role and importance of contract negotiations as it relates to insurance reimbursement. Understanding Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement has enabled her to increase revenue for her healthcare clients through proper coding techniques and appeals process. She has assisted a healthcare company through the Medicare audit appeals process including a hearing with the Administrative Law Judge reducing the client’s liability from $2.4M to $250K. During her tenure working with hospitals, she was able to recover in excess of $2 million of bad debt through workflow revamping and system modifications.
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Donna’s experience includes oversight of Human Resource, Billing, and IT departments. She has provided guidance on selection and implementation of several EPM & EMR systems. Additionally, Donna has been involved in selection and implementation of HRS and ERP systems.
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She attended the University of North Carolina in Wilmington where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She currently resides in Wilmington, NC with her husband and two children.
Ryan Hickey, CPA
Staff Accountant
Ryan has over 15 years of experience serving trade associations and non-profit organizations. He began his career in the accounting department of a national transportation trade association. He then spent over a decade at a national health care trade association where he executed various accounting and operation functions before being promoted to Chief Financial Officer. A native of Massachusetts, Ryan spent over 20 years in Washington, DC before relocating to Wilmington.
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Debbie Johnston
Staff Accountant
Prior to joining Meacham, CPA, Debbie, alongside her husband, owned and operated a small business for over 25 years. During that time, she ran the financial and office operations, overseeing eight employees. Debbie completed her Associates Degree in Information Systems in 2003 from CFCC in Wilmington. Born in the area, she has two children and four grandchildren. Her favorite past times are reading and beach-sitting.
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Meghan Mattos
Staff Accountant
Meghan completed her Associate's Degree in Accounting in 2007. She has worked in the nonprofit industry for 20 years, 13 of which were spent in the Finance Department. She moved to Wilmington from the Triad area to be closer to her family. Outside of work, you can find Meg spending time with her dog Logan (a service dog in training), listening to audio books, and coloring with fancy gel pens. She also loves the arts and someday would like to learn voice-over work.
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Sydney Meacham
Staff Accountant
Sydney received her Master's in Accounting from UNC Wilmington in 2024. She loves working with numbers and prides herself on her attention to detail. Her favorite areas to work in are nonprofits and taxes. In her free time, she competes in equestrian sports and spends time with her two horses, Sonny and Flash, and her dog, Bandit.
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Isaiah Smith
Staff Accountant
Isaiah started in accounting by obtaining an Associate’s Degree in the field before transferring to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After graduating in May 2022, he joined the team upon moving to Wilmington for the coastal life experience. He has spent his entire life in North Carolina and is from the Western part of the state near the Appalachian Mountains. In his free time, Isaiah loves to spend time outside at the beach, go hiking, and participate in sports.
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Cathy Street
Staff Accountant
Cathy's background in bookkeeping and accounting began in the mid 1990's as the co-owner of a small business in NH. In 2003, she moved to Nashville, TN where she was the Founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Street Theatre Company. She maintained all of the day-to-day financial operations, managed fundraising and grant writing, and was responsible for the fiscal health of the organization. And she loves to use both sides of her brain! Not only does she have a passion for numbers but she has worked professionally in the theatre arts as performer, director, producer and teacher for well over 30 years. She currently lives in Wilmington with her husband and their two cats.
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