A look at the people behind the numbers in area business:
LYNETTE STOLARZYK
BAKER TILLY
Title: Principal, Midwest area international tax leader
Age: 43
Lynette Stolarzyk is working to educate companies about the tax consequences of doing business in other countries as a Minneapolis-based principal and Midwest area international tax leader at Baker Tilly Virchow Krause.
Stolarzyk, who oversees tax planning and other services related to international business opportunities for clients in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan, is taking on a newly created leadership role as Baker Tilly expands its strategic tax consulting practice in the Midwest.
"[Clients] have this push to get out there and consider whether the international marketplace might be a place where they source products or manufacture products or is in fact an opportunity for future sales growth," Stolarzyk said. "Our goal is to educate them, answer questions and talk to them about planning opportunities in particular jurisdictions as well."
Baker Tilly's Midwest international tax clients are in a wide range of industries and include start-ups that are considering doing business in other countries and companies that have questions about issues such as planning and compliance related to their international operations, Stolarzyk said.
Stolarzyk has extensive international tax experience, including working more than 10 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was international tax director and quality and risk management market director. She also has worked in corporate accounting and led the master of accountancy program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stolarzyk has a master's from Georgetown University and a law degree from New England School of Law.
