Senior Accountants
Abe Mrosla, CPA
Abe joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2006. He graduated from St. Cloud State University with a B.S. in accounting. Abe is an active volunteer in the community through his service with the Brainerd Jaycees. Abe assists clients with individual and business taxation and accounting in addition to having experience in estate, trust and gift taxation. He is a member of the Minnesota Association of Public Accountants.
Staff Accountants
Alycia Gilb, CPA
Alycia joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2015. She graduated from Willmar Technical College with an AAS degree in accounting and St. Catherine University with a B.S. degree in accounting. She is a member of the Minnesota Association of Public Accountants and DSAM.
Brett Erickson
Brett joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2015. He graduated from the University of Minnesota – Duluth with a B.S. in Accounting and a minor in Financial Planning. Brett assists our clients with personal and business taxation and accounting services.
Cassandra Clarken
Cassandra joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2016. She graduated from The College of St. Scholastica with a B.S. in Accounting and Management. Cassandra is an active volunteer in the community through her service with the Brainerd Jaycees and JCI Minnesota. Cassandra assists our clients with individual and business taxation and accounting services. Cassandra is an active volunteer in the community through her service with the Girl Scouts.
Mike Hickman
Mike joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2016. He graduated from DCTC in Rosemount in 2001 with an AAS in accounting. He has worked in the accounting field for over ten years, working within several areas of public accounting, including personal and business taxes, payroll tax preparation, and tax planning services
Nick Gravdahl
Nick joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2019. He graduated from the Concordia College - Moorhead with a B.S. in Accounting.
Firm Manager
Angie Nelson
Angie joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd in 2004, and became firm manager in 2012. She graduated from Central Lakes College with an A.A. degree and then transferred to The College of Saint Scholastica where she earned a B.A. in Organizational Behavior. Angie is an active volunteer in the community through her service with the Brainerd Jaycees, Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest, guiding confirmation studies at her local church, and volunteering in our community schools, as well as being a current board member of the Brainerd Public Schools Foundation.
Director of Payroll Services
Derik Brenny
Derik joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a staff accountant in 2005. He graduated from St. Cloud State University with a B.A. in accounting. Derik assists clients with payroll taxation as well as individual accounting and taxation. Derik is the Region 6 Director of Minnesota Association of Public Accountants.
Bookkeeping and Payroll Staff
Deb Cole
Deb joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd as a payroll specialist in 2013.
Jenny Hankel
Jenny joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as a bookkeeper/payroll specialist in May of 2017. She graduated from Alexandria Technical College (Alex AVTI) with a diploma in their accounting program. She has been working in the accounting field for over 20 years and is excited to be a part of the B. Johnson team.
Michael Ringwelski
Michael Joined B. Johnson and Associates LTD in 2015. Michael assists clients in business and individual taxation, payroll tax preparation, and accounting services.
Susan Chandler
Susan joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd as a bookkeeper/payroll specialist in 2015.
Administrative Staff
JoAnne Putnam
JoAnne joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as part of our administrative staff in 2009. She is an active volunteer in the community through her service within her church community and local schools. JoAnne is happy to greet you at our Nisswa location.
Samantha Kiker
Samantha joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as an administrative specialist in 2019. She graduated from Anoka Technical College in 2012 with a degree in Administrative Specialist.
Adrianna Stirewalt
Adrianna joined B. Johnson & Assoc., Ltd. as an administrative specialist in 2019.