Meet the Team

As Audit Partner, Jori leads the planning and oversight of the firm’s audit and attest engagements, as well as tax preparation and planning. She also partners and shares responsibilities for overseeing firm operations and strategic planning.

Jori is currently a member of Inpact International tax committee, an association of independent accounting firms dedicated to promoting high-quality standards of financial reporting and auditing practices worldwide.

She has spoken on auditing and accounting issues and corporate fraud at many international conferences. She is a member of the AICPA, PICPA, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Reuel Deppen, CPA

Partner

Areas of Practice

Accounting and consulting services for closely held businesses and their owners
Business valuation services

Background

Graduate of Pennsylvania State University (BA & MBA)
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Valuation Analyst

Reuel is a member of the AICPA, PICPA, and NACVA. Reuel previously has served as an adjunct faculty member at Albright College, the Workforce and Economic Development Division of Harrisburg Area Community College, and Wilson College.

David Reinhart, CPA

Partner

Areas of Practice

Auditing
General tax and accounting services
Business and individual tax planning and preparation
Planning and business consulting
Specialized tax consulting
Review and compilation services

Background

Graduate of Elizabethtown College
Certified Public Accountant

As a partner, Dave shares responsibility for overseeing firm operations and strategic planning.

Dave is a member of the AICPA and PICPA.

Rachel Bown, CPA

Areas of Practice

General tax and accounting services
Experience working with manufacturing, construction, government, and not for profit companies
Auditing of for-profit and not-for-profit
Auditing of Employee Benefit Plans
Review and compilation services

Background

Graduate of Shippensburg University (BS)
Certified Public Accountant

Rachel joined Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2010. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Shippensburg University in 2004, and became a licensed CPA in Pennsylvania in 2011.

Rachel is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. She works closely with our clients, their controllers, and bookkeepers to provide audit, attest, and tax services. Outside of the office, she is the Treasurer of the Boys Palmyra Basketball Boosters.

John Curtin, CPA

Areas of Practice:

Compilation and review services – for profit and non-profit entities
Individual and business tax planning, preparation, and research
General tax and accounting services

Background:

Graduate of Elizabethtown College
Certified Public Accountant

John began his career with Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2024.

John is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. John believes that the best part of his profession is that he gets the opportunity to help individuals and businesses with their financial affairs and developing meaningful client relationships along the way. Outside of work John volunteers at the Water Street Mission in Lancaster.

Kelly Jaeger, CPA

Areas of Practice

General tax and accounting services
Tax preparation and planning for individual, business and not-for-profit clients
Auditing of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including rural development and federal acquisition regulation audits
Review and compilation services

Background

Graduate of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania (BS)
Certified Public Accountant

Kelly joined Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2008.

Kelly is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. She works closely with our clients to provide audit, attest, and tax services.

J. Gregory Kashella, CPA

Areas of Practice

General tax and accounting services
Business and individual tax planning and preparation
Review and compilation services
Accounting technical issues and assistance services

Background

Graduate from Bloomsburg University (BS)
Attended Westminster College and Harrisburg Area Community College
Certified Public Accountant

Greg is our financial statement technical review manager. He has worked with Smoker, Smith & Associates since 2003, serving both individual and corporate clients with all their financial and tax needs.

Greg is a member of the PICPA. He serves as a key contact for the PICPA to the U.S. Congress and throughout his career has published various articles and commentary on tax and accounting related matters.

Katie Gotshall

Katie joined Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2024.

Jade Wareham

Jade joined Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2025.

Katy Yost

Areas of Practice

General tax and accounting services
Tax preparation for individual and business clients

Background

Graduate of University of Alabama

Katy joined Smoker, Smith & Associates in 2022.