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R. JOHN JONES, CPA is the managing partner of Linkenheimer LLP. John joined the firm in May 1977, the day after he graduated from Sonoma State University with honors and distinction. He became a partner in the Firm in January 1983, and then managing partner in July 1986. He is a local boy, having grown up in Sonoma County. He also attended Santa Rosa Junior College. John is Past President of the California Group of Accounting Firms, Past President of a local Rotary Club, Chairman of the Board of Elders at St. Mark Lutheran Church, Board member of the Haiti Lutheran Ministry and Mission Fund, Chairman of Alliott Group North America and Deputy Chairman of Alliott Group Worldwide.John spends his work-related time assisting clients in areas that include forecasting, budgeting, feasibility studies, mergers and acquisitions, lender financing, succession planning, compensation planning, as well as income and estate tax planning.Outside the office, John travels on bi-annual trips to third world countries with the Santa Rosa Sunrise Rotary Club to do short-term Eye Care clinics. John was honored as Rotarian of the Year for 1998-1999 by the Sunrise Rotary Club for his outstanding leadership in the Guatemalan eye care project. During the summer of 2001, John, once again coordinated the efforts of the Sunrise Rotary Club that sent him and a team of 11, including Charity Heasler (from Linkenheimer LLP), to the Samoan island of Savaii where they conducted two eye care clinics and dispensed approximately 600 pairs of eye glasses. In 2003 John lead his Rotary Eye Care team to Nicaragua. In January 2006 John and fellow Rotarians traveled to Ho Chi Minh City for a combined Dental and Eye Care project. John led the St Mark Lutheran Young Adult Mission to the San Juan River of Nicaragua in July 2007 for an Eye Care project that serviced villagers that have never seen eye care (or glasses) before.The balance of his time is spent with his wife Ardys and dogs Outlaw and Lou. John also enjoys the presence of their three grown children, spouses and granddaughter Cassidy. John and Ardys also spend time caring for their goat herd and just being in the outdoors. | 