Office Manager
Karen joined the firm in August 2017 and was the former Office Manager for 21 years for her family’s 65-year-old water treatment business located in Ohio. Karen graduated from Cedarville University with a business degree in 1984. She has 2 adult sons who also reside in North Carolina and her newest hobby is ballroom dancing.
Firm Administrator
Nicole joined Gordon, Keeter & Co. in 2019, after she and her family relocated to North Carolina from their lifelong home in Connecticut. She came to the firm with over 15 years of Administrative and Office Management experience. When she is not in the office, Nicole enjoys exploring some of the new adventures and opportunities North Carolina has to offer, with her fiancé and teenage twins.
Administrative Assistant
Ashley and her family decided to leave their hometown of Milwaukee in November 2021 and make Concord their new home. She joined the firm in January 2022 with 4 years administrative experience obtained during her time working for the Department of Corrections back in Wisconsin. Outside of the office, Ashley is an avid karaoke lover, gymnastic mom and enjoys exploring new restaurants in the city.
Individual Tax, Trusts and Estates
NC License #36657
John joined Gordon, Keeter & Co. in February 2015, after relocating back to North Carolina from Nebraska. He is a licensed CPA in Nebraska and North Carolina. John graduated from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 2003 with a BA in Economics. John moved to North Carolina in 2005 to work in the financial services industry. He received a Master of Accountancy from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2009 and worked for a local CPA firm and his father’s CPA practice remotely before returning to Nebraska in 2012 to assist his father in closing his CPA firm. John primarily focuses on individual income tax, estates and trusts and has extensive experience in the agricultural industry.
John currently lives in Fryeburg, Maine and with technology today, can work easily and efficiently remotely and virtually. He and his wife Nicole, have two sons ,Josh and Zach, two dogs, Penny and Butch, and a cat, Holly. Prior to relocating to Maine, John was a member of the Afton Sunset Rotary Club and completed Leadership Cabarrus with the Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce in 2016 Class. He is an avid baseball, college football, and outdoor sports fan.
Individual Tax
Logan joined Gordon, Keeter, & Co. in August of 2022 with over 5 years of tax return experience. He graduated from Catawba College in 2018 with his BA in Accounting and UNC at Greensboro in 2020 with his MS in Accounting. In his spare time, Logan enjoys spending time with family and friends, golfing, playing cornhole, and watching sports.
Tax Manager
NC License #32664
Heather joined the firm in 2018 and primarily focuses on individual income taxes. She has a broad range of public accounting experience spanning 18 years. Her experience includes assisting individuals, small to mid-size businesses and not for profit entities with both tax preparation and planning.
Heather graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA with a B.S. in Finance in 1990 and received a Masters of Accountancy in 2006 from UNC Charlotte.
She has served on the School Board and the Finance Committee of a public charter school for the past 8 years.
Heather and her husband reside in the University area of Charlotte with their two children and two dogs. She is an avid outdoors person who enjoys spending time hiking in the mountains of North Carolina.
