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Janet Adams
CPA, CA Owner
Janet grew up on a family grain farm near Kindersley, Saskatchewan. She obtained her Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan, where she met her husband, Barry. Upon graduation, they moved to Medicine Hat, where Barry was involved in the family mixed farm operation. Janet then began her Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) career.
After articling and becoming a partner at the first CPA firm she worked at, Janet joined Burns, Valkenburg & Associates LLP (BVA) in 2003. She was a partner with BVA from 2007 to 2019. While at both firms, Janet assisted owner-managed businesses and not for profit agencies to reach their financial goals. She is grateful for the opportunity to be in public accounting in Vermilion and Medicine Hat.
A sampling of the for-profit industries that Janet has worked extensively with include farming, professionals, construction, trucking, oil and gas servicing, retail, commercial and residential rental, investment or holding companies and trusts. Not for profit industries include condominiums, extended care homes, health-related agencies, tourism and community enhancement agencies.
Janet has presented at several seminars on succession planning and business reorganizations. She has guided clients through their own tailor-made succession plan or corporate reorganization. She is looking forward to applying her years of experience of performing review and notice to reader engagements and preparing corporate, personal and trust income tax returns to assist the residents of Vermilion and the surrounding district.
Janet and Barry have two married children. One child lives in the US, and the other in Calgary. When she is not working, Janet enjoys yoga, going for walks and watching local hockey. Barry and Janet have had season tickets to the Medicine Hat Tigers for over 30 years.
Patricia Hanson
CPA, CGA Manager
Patricia is a fourth generation rancher with a passion for helping clients establish and expand their businesses. Her husband and her own a cow/calf operation near Vermilion, Alberta where they raise their three children.
Since March 2007 Patricia has worked in public practice helping clients, both small and large, develop solutions to complex business challenges. She believes her background in the agricultural industry has provided her with the experience and knowledge to manage farm programs and tax solutions for agricultural producers. She also has experience working with oil and gas industry based clients as developed through professional relationships with clients as well as having family members who are involved in various segments of the oil and gas industry.
She is passionate about finding solutions for the intergenerational transfer of an business.
As an amputee and parent, she understands the complexity of navigating government programs to get assistance. She uses her experiences to help clients get the financial and medical support they need.
In the past, she was involved in rodeo, primarily as a breakaway roper and was the 2007 Cowgirl of the Year in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Her current hobbies are riding horses and purchasing cattle.
Taylor Rattai
CPA, CA Manager
Taylor was born and raised in Medicine Hat Alberta. Her Mother was a bookkeeper and taught Taylor bookkeeping at a young age so when she graduated from High School, she knew she wanted to be an accountant. She started her bachelor of commerce degree at the Medicine Hat College. After two years she transferred to the University of Calgary to complete her degree. After university she started in the public accounting work at Burns, Valkenburg and Associates. This is where she completed the program to ger her CPA designation. She’s been an active member of CPA Alberta since September 2018. She was in the public accounting for 5 years before doing a six-month stint in industry working for a construction company that builds ready to move homes and other buildings. She was excited to work with Janet again when offered a position at JMH Adams Professional Corporation.
In her spare time, she likes to take her two German Shepherd dogs, Major and Oakley, for walk and to read.
Annette Young
Senior Accounting Technician
Annette started her career in 1986 with the McMinis group as the Receptionist and Bookkeeper. The firm partners have changed over the years but the valued relationships with the clients have continued.
After her son was born in 2002, she returned to work in the Accounting Technician position preparing personal and corporate tax.
Her husband Blair is an Operator with Gear Energy, being located close by the family farm allows him to help her brother during harvest. Summers are spent at their Ministikwan Lake lot enjoying boating and quadding. Thanks to the Vermilion Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club the family is able to ride from their house down the Vermilion River meeting up with friends and clients around a fire.
Lori Fundytus Senior
Senior Accounting Technician
Lori has been in public practice since 1994 when she started at the Firm. She married her husband Leonard and joined his family’s farm and cattle operation that he was active in. They continue to enjoy living on the farm. Lori enjoys spending time with her two stepsons and especially her two grandchildren.
In her spare time, she volunteers for the local community hall, the church and the cemetery societies. She and her husband love travelling and meeting new people.
Lori looks forward to serving the future needs of her clients in all industries as a member of the J.M.H. Adams Professional Corporation team.
Tammy Hartwell
Bookkeeper and Receptionist
Tammy has enjoyed her receptionist role for the past 11 years as she has the opportunity to converse with clients when they come through the door. Although the conversations are usually work related, she gets to know our clients on a personal level. She receives great satisfaction by helping them in any way she is able to.
Emily Mathieu
Accounting Technician
Emily is a technician at J.M.H. Adams with aspirations of getting her CPA one day.
After initially pursuing a career in science, where she worked in a Lab researching glaucoma and dry macular degeneration in Toronto, Emily moved home to Alberta to be closer to her family and to start a new career in accounting. She enjoys working with numbers and engaging with clients whenever possible.
In Emily’s spare time, she enjoys reading, investing in the stock market, weightlifting, and cycling.
Barry Adams
Facility Manager
After over twenty years of being in the mixed farming business, Barry entered into the real estate rental business. Currently he manages several residential and commercial rental properties.
Barry enjoys watching junior hockey and assisting in goalie camps. During the COVID-19 pandemic he started purchasing items on the internet, rebundling them and then reselling them.
Our History
1975 – Brian G. McMinis Professional Corp was located at 4915 – 50 Avenue.
1977 Brian McMinis bought out Robert Alexander (when he moved to Lethbridge) and became partners with Donald Jones Chartered Accountant in the current location 5135 - 50 Avenue. The Firm's name was McMinis & Jones, Chartered Accountants.
In the early 1980’s Craig Stewart became a partner and the name changed to McMinis, Jones & Stewart Chartered Accountants. Then Giles Prefontaine and Alan McMinis joined the Firm and it had 5 partners and employed approximately 20 people.
In approximately 1989 Don Jones sold out and the name was changed to McMinis & Stewart Chartered Accountants. Giles Prefontaine sold his interest in 2002 and Craig Stewart left the partnership in 2004. Brian G. McMinis & Alan McMinis were the partners and the Firm’s name was changed to McMinis and Company Chartered Accountants.
In 2008 Brian McMinis passed away of lung cancer in a short period of time.
2010 Alan McMinis purchased the business from the estate and it became McMinis & Company Certified General Accountants .
In 2015 the CGAs were grandfathered into the CPA designation and the name was changed to McMinis & Company Chartered Professional Accountants. It continues out of its 5135 – 50 Avenue Vermilion location.
From 1976 until 2008 the firm offered various aspects of accounting: bookkeeping, payroll, T4’s, T5’s, non-review financial statements, review financial statements, audits, income tax assessments, income tax returns, tax planning, etc.
2010 until present the firm offers the same services except for review financial statements and audits.
2021 Janet Adams, CPA, CA purchases McMinis & Co changing the name to J.M.H. Adams Chartered Professional Accountants. They offer the level of service with the same team. Review and audit engagements have been added to the services offered.