Sheila M. Birch is a Partner in Ciuni & Panichi's Audit and Accounting Services Group.  She has spent her entire professional career with Ciuni & Panichi and its predecessor partnership.  Her professional interests have been concentrated in the areas of closely-held businesses, government, not-for-profit clients, and litigation support. She has been responsible for initiating, maintaining, and monitoring the firm’s quality control system and has performed numerous peer reviews of other CPA firms over the past 20 years.  She is a frequent speaker for the firm on technical topics.

Sheila received the 2006 Ohio Society of CPAs Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Accounting Profession.  Currently she is Vice-Chair of the AICPA Auditing Standards Board.

Prior service to the profession and the community:

• Chair of the Accountancy Board of the State of Ohio
• Chair, CPA Examination Review Board
• Director at Large, National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
• Chair, Ethics Committee
• Chair, Strategic Initiatives Committee
• Regional Director of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Cleveland Chapter of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants
• President of Cleveland Chapter of the American Woman’s Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Treasurer of Recovery Resources of Cleveland, Inc.
• Treasurer of the Bratenahl Community Foundation
• Member of Peer Review Committee of the Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS) of the AICPA
• Member of John Carroll University Accounting Advisory Board