Experience
Sheena is a managing director for the firm’s Private Client Services Practice.
Sheena has significant experience in providing tax planning and compliance services to closely held and family operated businesses in a variety of industries including entertainment, food and hospitality, manufacturing, professional services, retail, technology, healthcare, investment, real estate, and software.
As a multistate tax specialist, Sheena assists clients with determining state individual and corporate income tax exposure and provides strategies to minimize compliance risk and state tax burdens. She also provides international tax planning and compliance, offering foreign tax credit planning, tax-efficient structuring, treaty analysis, and other strategies to minimize clients’ overall global effective tax rate.
Previously, Sheena was a partner at Gatto, Pope & Walwick, LLP (GPW), which joined Citrin Cooperman in 2025.
CREDENTIALS
Education
M.S. in Accounting, Liberty University
B.S. in Accounting and Finance, Florida State University
Licenses
Certified Public Accountant in the States of Florida and California
Affiliations
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Member, Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA)
Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
Member, American Businesswomen’s Association (ABWA)
WORK-LIFE BALANCE
Outside the Office
Sheena enjoys working out, hiking, traveling, reading, and spending time outdoors with her Labrador, Callie Rae.
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