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About Our Firm

For years, Chesla & Associates, PC has been providing quality, personalized financial guidance to individuals and businesses. Our expertise ranges from basic tax management and accounting services to more in-depth services such as audits, financial statements, payroll services and financial planning.

By combining our expertise, experience and the team mentality of our staff, we assure that every client receives the close analysis and attention they deserve. Our dedication to high standards, hiring of seasoned tax professionals, and work ethic is the reason our client base returns year after year.

Our Mission

Our mission is to help clients maintain financial viability in the present, while taking a proactive approach to achieve future goals. This requires open communication to reach an understanding of our clients' needs through research and sound analysis. Chesla & Associates, PC is dedicated to meeting these goals with high standards of excellence and professionalism. We have been a staple of the area's business community for years, and pride ourselves on the level of esteem we have earned.

Our dedication to hard work has earned the respect of the business and financial community in and around the area. We believe this to be a direct derivative of our talent and responsiveness to our client base. Whether you are a current or prospective client, rest assured that individuals and businesses who choose Chesla & Associates, PC receive highly personalized and timely advice. We go beyond what is asked of us and constantly strive to bring current ideas and solutions that provide real value and  efficiencies to you in the ever changing environment that we live in.

Our Team

Michael R Chesla

mike@cheslacpas.com 906-228-5150

Mike brings over 30 years of experience to the tax arena. He began his career with Arthur Andersen after graduating from the University of Michigan with a dual degree in Professional Accounting and Finance. He moved to the Detroit office of Deloitte & Touche in 1993 where he was a Senior Manager with their International Services group working with both Fortune 500 companies and closely held businesses. In 2005, Mike and his his wife Teri joined Cowell & Lapointe, PC as partners and relocated to Marquette. After relocating to our new office building in 2020, the firm became Chesla & Associates PC. At Chesla & Associates, PC, Mike has assisted businesses, indivduals and non-profits with their tax, financial reporting and planning needs for the last 18 years.

Mike is a member of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Association of Certified Public Accountants.

When not working Mike and his wife Teri enjoy all of the outdoor activities the U.P. has to offer and spend as much time at camp as possible.

Teri L Chesla

teri@cheslacpas.com 906-228-5150

Teri has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting. Teri began her carrier as an accountant for a Fortune 500 company and later, controller of a business in Oakland County Michigan. She entered public accounting with Deloitte & Touche’s International Tax Services group in 1994 where she was a manager. Now principal at Chesla & Associates, PC, Teri brings a unique understanding and experience of both private and public accounting. For over 16 years Teri has provided local Marquette residents and businesses with tax, accounting and consulting services. A member of the Michigan Association of CPA’s, Teri is a graduate of Walsh College where she earned her Bachelor of Accountancy degree and is a certified public accountant in the State of Michigan.

Sade Rodriguez

sade@cheslacpas.com 906-228-5150 Northern Michigan University
Professional Bookkeeping Certified Intuit Quickbooks

Sade is responsible for our client payroll services as well as accounting and bookkeeping services. Sade who is originally from Negaunee, joined Chesla & Associates in October of 2021 after relocating from San Diego where she was the bookkeeper and payroll manager for a local automotive business. Sade lives in Negaunee with her two children and husband

Amanda Raymus

amanda@cheslacpas.com 906-228-5150 Northern Michigan University

Amanda is the office manager at Chesla & Associates PC. As the newest member of our team she brings a diverse set of skills developed in the insurance industry from bookkeeping, payroll and customer relationships. Amanda was born and raised in Marquette and is a graduate of Northern Michigan University. In her free time she is raising two children and loves taking them all all sorts of adventures and showing them all of the wonderful things that the Upper Peninsula has to offer