Jennifer Goodrich was born in Fresno California, where her dad was a member of the California State Highway Patrol - “CHiPS”. She grew up splitting her time between Marysville, Washington and Edgewood, New Mexico. An avid animal lover, Jennifer enjoyed her childhood on a ranch in New Mexico surrounded by horses as well as dogs, cats, and goats where her mom broke wild stallions and quite a few bones.

At Marysville-Pilchuck High School Jennifer excelled in English, Math and Spanish, while active in the school choir, youth group, Big Buddy/Little Buddy program and Future Homemakers of America. She enjoyed hiking with her family and friends and traveled to exotic places like Hawaii, the Caribbean and Disneyland!

Jennifer continued participating in choir and youth group during college at Central Washington University where she earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Accounting in 2004. She was an intern at Bauer Evans as a senior and performed so well she earned a full-time position upon graduation.

As a Staff II Accountant, Jennifer’s areas of expertise are Tax Preparation, Audit, Financial Statement Preparation and QuickBooks Consulting. She is currently studying for her four-part CPA exam, hoping to be certified by the end of 2007.