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Allen Schiff, CPA, CFE
Allen Schiff is the Managing Member of Schiff & Associates, LLC (S&A). Prior to forming S&A, Allen was a Partner with Smart & Associates (formerly Grabush, Newman) for 30 years and was their Practice Leader for Dental Practice Management Services. Allen has over 35 years of experience in the areas of dental practice management. Allen’s services include business planning to include obtaining financing, succession planning, exit strategies and long-range planning. Allen has assisted dentists with practice acquisitions, start-ups, operational analysis and associate contract analysis. Allen received his BS degree in accounting from the University of Baltimore (June 1975) and is an accomplished speaker on topics such as dental practice management, transition planning, choosing a Dental CPA, obtaining financing, identifying embezzlement in the workplace and business start ups. Recently, Allen has received the SMART CEO award 5 out of the last 6 years as one of the Top CPAís in the State of Maryland, most recently awarded in 2011. Allen is a founding member of the Academy of Dental CPAs (www.adcpa.org). This group of very knowledgeable CPA firms across the nation specializes in practice management services to the dental industry. He serves on the ADCPA Executive Committee and is Chairperson of the ADCPA Marketing & New Members Committees. The ADCPA combines its outstanding resources and expertise to share information and jointly develop resources to better serve the dental community.