BOP Accounting Interns, Alexis Young, Megan Griffin, and Missi Hegland

Alexis Young is the newest addition to the accounting intern team. She will be finishing her accounting degree in June of 2011 and hopes to stay in the Portland area at a mid-size accounting firm. In her free time Alexis enjoys cooking, sewing, knitting and hiking and backpacking. This summer she will, hopefully, be hiking to the summit of Mt. St. Helens. When not at school she also volunteers at the Oregon Humane Society walking dogs. She's excited to join the team at BOP and is happy to begin working with clients.

Megan Griffin is a Senior Intern at the BOP. She first became attracted to accounting because she realized that she loved to create budgets and help her friends figure out their finances. Megan grew up in Alaska, and then moved to Portland to escape the long winter nights and piles of snow. In her free time Megan plays the piano, cello, guitar and violin.  She is a cook and a foodie, perfect for Portland. Each year she grows a large garden to can jellies, salsa, tomato sauce and pickles.

Upon Megan's graduation this June she plans to work for KPMG as a public accountant in the audit division and also hopes to practice public accounting in other countries with KPMG, such as Australia or even the Netherlands.  Megan won't be away from PSU long, next year she plans to continue her education in a pursuit for a Master's in Financial Analysis, and hopes to pass the full CPA exam no later than Dec 2011.

Missi Hegland initially became involved with the BOP last September as a student in the Capstone course and has since joined the BOP team as an accounting intern where she trains business owners in the basics of accounting and the use of QuickBooks.  In February, Missi was hired as the finance assistant at Gateway to College National Network.  She will be graduating in June, and hopes to continue to be involved in Portland's non-profit and small business community.