Bachelor of Science - Business Administration - 1970, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas

Certified Public Accountant in the State of Kansas - 1974

Certified Public Accountant in the State of Missouri - 1975

Member of:

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants: member of the taxation committee. 
• Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants: past member of the taxation committee; past-chairman and current member of the ethics committee. 
• Missouri Association of Tax Practitioners (past President): member of the IRS liaison committee. 
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

Partner of Grabel, Schnieders, Hollman & Co., P.C. since 1976.

Partner in charge or senior in charge of audits of Labor organizations and Taft-Hartley plans for over 40 years.  An area of responsibility for these audits has been the review of expenses related to travel and entertainment to determine accuracy and documentation thereof.

Clients range in size from 200 million dollar retirement plans to self employed individuals and the related tax planning thereof.

Involved in special areas, which include individual, corporate and estate tax planning, management advisory services, and elder care services.

Past Trustee of the City of Kirkwood, Missouri Employees Retirement Pension Fund for eight years and a second term of three years. Currently, mayor's representative on the Police & Fireman Pension Plan.

Past President of the Rotary Club and a member of Rotary for over 20 years.

Past Member of Board of Directors of Kirkwood Des Peres area Chamber of Commerce and Finance Chairman.

Awarded “CPA of The Year” for 2007 by the Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants.