Our Directors

Alan Scheppmann - NC Certificate #16354
Alan has been with the firm since 1985 and in accounting since 1980. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. Since the fall of 2000, he has served as the managing director of the firm.

Within the firm Alan works on taxation for corporations, partnerships, and individuals. He also spends time in healthcare consulting for physicians, tax and retirement planning, merger and acquisition planning, and small business planning. He is interested in physicians' practice management issues.

Outside the firm Alan serves as the treasurer on the Board of Directors for Hospice of the Piedmont, Annual Campaign Corporate Leadership Chair for the United Way, on the Capital Campaign executive committee for High Point Christian Academy, and as chair of the annual Health Care Conference 2003 for NCACPA.

Hal Heavner

Hal Heavner - NC Certificate #14376
Hal became a director in the firm in 1991. He received his B.A. at Guilford College and his M.B.A. at UNCG.

Hal spends his time at the firm focusing on accounting and auditing issues and taxation issues. He has a wide client base including furniture and manufacturing industries.

Outside of the firm Hal is treasurer for String & Splinter, on the board of the YMCA, Alcoholics Home, and First Bank.

Connie Laster

Connie Laster - NC Certificate #14746
Connie has been in accounting and with the firm since 1982. She graduated from High Point University. Connie became a director of the firm in 1999. Within the firm Connie works on audits, reviews, compilations for manufacturing, wholesale and not for profit establishments, ERISA audits, oversees quality control program, staff scheduling and peer reviews.

Connie served as Chair of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) Peer Review Committee for the 2007-09 term.

Ken Fulp

Ken Fulp - NC Certificate #12616
Ken received his BS in Accounting from the University of Virginia in 1978. After a stint with Arthur Anderson, he began practicing in a local firm with his father, where he was a partner from 1983 until 2005. On November 1, 2005, the firm merged with Sharrard McGee & Co. with Ken becoming a Director.

Ken has a broad base of clients in various industries, with particular emphasis in manufacturing, automobile dealers, non-profit agencies, and construction contractors. He is well versed in tax matters that pertain to closely-held family business.

He has been an elder at Grace Church of High Point for over 15 years and has served on various boards, including the NC Association of CPA's, the YMCA, Open Door Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and others.

Patsy Isley

Patsy Isley - NC Certificate #20024
Patsy earned her Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from Appalachian State University and joined the firm in 1989.   She possesses extensive experience in manufacturing, wholesale and service industries serving the needs of closely held businesses.

In her years with the firm, through experience and specialized continuing professional education, she has developed knowledge in the area of Employee Benefit Plan audits.  She regularly attends the AICPA Conference on Employee Benefit Plans and is a member of the Benefit Plan Audits Sharegroup of AGN, an international association of separate and independent accounting firms.

Patsy is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of CPA's.  She also serves on the Board of Directors for Hospice of the Piedmont.

Lisa Poplin

Lisa Poplin - NC Certificate 17284
Lisa graduated from the University of North Carolina – Greensboro, magna cum laude, and joined the firm in 1985.

Lisa's responsibilities include planning and performing audits, reviews and compilations in various industries, including wholesale, manufacturing and nonprofit organizations.  She specializes in the not for profit industry and is qualified to perform audits under Yellowbook and Single Audit regulations.

Lisa is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of CPA's.  She is on the finance and special events committees of the YWCA of High Point, the Treasurer of The Friends of the Triad Park Amphitheater and serves on the Parent-Teacher Connection at High Point Friends School.

Tim Hayworth

Tim Hayworth - NC Certificate 16636
Tim joined the firm in 1985 after graduating from the University of North Carolina.

Tim's responsibilities include planning and conducting audits, reviews, and special purpose engagements for clients in a wide array of industries as well as tax planning and compliance for corporations and their owners.  He also works with not for profit and ERISA audits and peer reviews.

Tim enjoys serving in the community as a recent graduate of the Leadership Greensboro program. His service has included being the past Treasurer of Preservation Greensboro, Incorporated,  as well as past Treasurer of the Greensboro Airport Rotary Club. Tim currently serves on the finance committee of the Greensboro Partnership and is active in his church.

Ronda Faggart

Ronda Faggart - NC Certificate 18584
Ronda G. Faggart is a CPA and Senior Health Care Consultant with Sharrard, McGee & Co., P. A.  Her practice is limited to medical practices and physicians individually, including tax, accounting, and consultation on critical issues such as physician compensation, asset valuation, buy-in and buy-out strategies, management performance evaluation, practice internal controls,  benchmarking, and cash and accounts receivable management.  She serves approximately 36 mid-size to large practices across the state.

She is a graduate of North Carolina State University with accounting, business management, and economics degrees.  She is licensed through the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountant Examiners.

Ronda loves her work with physicians and takes great personal pride in her ability to make a positive difference in the workplace and people's lives.  

She has a great personal interest in real estate ownership and investing.  Her personal pleasures revolve around her family, boating, water skiing, and art, and one day she plans to write fiction and poetry.