Strategic and Financial Advisory Firm, O’Keefe, today announced Carolyn Riegler has joined the organization as a Director in the Bloomfield Hills office.

Prior to joining O’Keefe, Ms. Riegler’s primary role was as a CFO and COO of multiple privately held businesses. She managed a portfolio of $400 million in assets as well as $120 million in debt, and over $50 million in private financing. In addition, she worked as a Senior Audit Manager for 10 years with a world-wide CPA firm.

Her experience includes advising on complex real estate transactions, including, legal structure development, tax planning strategies, financial and financing strategy modeling, and budgetary/pro-forma financial analysis. She has teamed with both principals and outside investors to coordinate repurposing/repositioning of assets and new property development and spin off of unprofitable business units. Her unique skill set allows her to provide a wide array of dispute resolution, litigation support, forensic accounting and financial management consulting services to her clients

Ms. Riegler holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, with honors, from Michigan State University and is licensed by the State of Michigan as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and as a Real Estate Broker. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants (MICPA) as well as the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and the North Oakland County Michigan Board of Realtors (NOCBOR).