Russell Phillips

Partner – CohnReznick Advisory LLC

CPA, Partner – CohnReznick LLP

With over five years of private accounting and more than 20 years of public accounting experience, Russell Phillips provides client services in the areas of audit, reviews, accounting, tax, and project finance consulting. This experience includes work for construction contractors, subcontractors, commercial and residential real estate developers, management companies, and tax-advantaged multifamily affordable housing projects.

Experience and credentials

Certified Public Accountant
Performs quality control reviews for a majority of the firm's Washington, DC contractor clients
Industry-related clients include Clark Realty Capital, a national developer and contractor of housing, performing a consolidated audit and tax preparation; The Meridian Group, auditing the assets of their private equity funds, and The Community Builders, a large not-for-profit affordable housing developer, providing audit, tax, cost certification, and transaction services to their portfolio of more than 200 properties
Served two years as Managing Partner for Boston office, helping facilitate combination with another firm in that market
2005 graduate of Leadership Montgomery and has served on its audit committee
Board president of Housing Unlimited Inc., a local not-for-profit that provides affordable, independent housing to adults with psychiatric disabilities

Education

B.S., Marketing, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
B.S., Business Management, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Professional affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
David Reznick Foundation – Board member
National Housing & Rehabilitation Association
Affordable Housing Conference of Montgomery County
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