Michelle Sainio, CPA, CGMA, is an owner and manages the firm’s audit practice with FredrickZink & Associates, PC, and assists in the areas of audit, tax, and accounting services. Michelle leads the firm’s audit practice and is the Quality Control Director with the responsibility for the design and maintenance of the quality control system over FredrickZink & Associates’ audit and accounting practice. She joined the firm in 2006 as an intern, became a full staff member in 2007, and attained her CPA license in 2010. Michelle is a licensed CPA in Colorado and New Mexico. Michelle has developed expertise in working with construction contractors, long-term care facilities and nonprofit organization in Durango, and across the state.
Michelle moved to Durango in 2002 to attend Fort Lewis College. While attending college, she worked in the Office of Institutional Research assisting in data collection, entry, editing, analysis, and reporting. She was a member of two honor societies, Beta Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi. Through Beta Alpha Psi, she served as the reporting secretary and volunteered preparing tax returns in Durango. Michelle graduated in 2006, Magna Cum Laude, with a BA degree in Accounting.
Michelle is a member of the Colorado Society of CPAs, American Institute of CPAs and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. Actively involved in the community, Michelle currently serves as the President of the Four Corners Chapter of the Colorado Society of CPAs, Treasurer of the Durango Food Bank, Finance Committee Co-Chair for La Plata County American Cancer Society, is a member of Young Professionals of Durango (YPOD) and graduate of Leadership La Plata. She enjoys mountaineering, rock and ice climbing, backpacking, and mountain and road biking with her husband Kevin, daughter Aubrey, and son Aiden.
