The Walthall CPA Group has nine partners – six of whom earned their degrees at CSU’s Monte Ahuja College of Business. So it comes as no surprise that the firm understands the value of a CSU education.
To help ensure a continuing pipeline of excellent graduates, the firm established the Walthall CPAs Endowed Accounting Scholarship Fund in the College of Business.
“We created this scholarship to give back to deserving CSU accounting students and to help provide them opportunities to complete their education and pursue successful careers. It is important to the Walthall CPA Group that we invest in our community and help make Northeast Ohio a great place to live and work,” says managing partner Richard T. Lash.
Lash is one of Walthall’s proud CSU alumni partners, earning a BBA in 1984. His fellow alumni partners are Richard H. Cause, BBA ’77; Kenneth A. Stefanski, BBA ’88; Thomas G. Scharf, BBA ’77; Charles (Chuck) P. Battiato, BBA ’75; and Paul Weisinger, BBA ’98.
Founded as Walthall and Drake in 1944 with only three employees, Walthall CPA has grown to four Northeast Ohio offices with more than 70 employees. In 2015, Walthall was listed as a Top 15 CPA firm in Northeast Ohio by Crain’s Cleveland Business.