Jonathan Gallo, CPA, CA, MBA
Managing Partner
Jonathan Gallo, CPA, CA, MBA

Jonathan Gallo is the Managing Partner of Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants. He started his accounting career at a large international firm, which provided valuable technical lessons, but his passion is business and winning in business. As an in-depth tax practitioner his recommendations and solutions, are simply, not taxing.
His business endeavours and entrepreneurial gene runs deeper than his leadership at Gallo. He also owns and actively manages a commercial real estate business with over 200,000 square feet of retail and office space.
Jon’s passion for leadership, people and relentless pursuit of excellence was incubated, developed and honed with his 17 years serving Canada in peace and war. He is no stranger to adversity and helps his clients work through theirs. When not working he shares his passion for the outdoors with his wife and three children, who all enjoy back country skiing and peaking mountains.
Preet Sandhu, CPA, CA
Partner
Preet Sandhu, CPA, CA

Preet Sandhu is a Partner at Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2009. After graduating from the U of A, he articled at a mid-size national firm, where he and Jonathan Gallo first met and worked together. Preet is a Chartered Professional Accountant, passing the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountant’s national evaluation in 2011. His passion for business, accounting and entrepreneurialism started young as his family is involved both in business and the community.
Preet understands what it means to bring value to the table and making businesses succeed. He has a wide range of skills, from auditing large institutional clients to providing tax and accounting advice to small owner managed businesses. He specifically enjoys integrating corporate and personal tax planning at the owner/operator level and is always keen to find efficiencies in business operations and tax structure.
Preet recently joined BNI, which is the world leader is business networking and word-of-mouth marketing and is always looking to bring businesses together so that they can succeed together. Preet is also the current Treasurer for Kids Up Front Edmonton, a local charity whose sole purposes is to create opportunities and life-changing experiences for children, youth and families facing financial and/or social barriers by providing event tickets, that would otherwise go unused.
When Preet isn’t working, he is involved in sports, including coaching of youth soccer, playing ball hockey and golf and watching all sports, including hockey, basketball, football, tennis and golf. He is yet to have his coaching skills in soccer tested against his Principal. But when the time comes, he is confident that his soccer team will crush Jon’s. After all, competition is healthy, it is the backbone of the Alberta business spirit.
Jack Lain, CPA, CGA
Senior Manager
Jack Lain, CPA, CGA

Jack Lain is a recent addition to the team and brings 30 years of public practice experience in working with owner managed businesses, with an emphasis on earning and retaining profits. His taxation interests lie in both the corporate and personal areas as well as estates and trusts.
When away from work Jack enjoys hiking, golfing and motorcycle riding. After hours he takes joy in cooking, finding the perfect bottle of wine for dinner or after hour’s enjoyment.
Shavinder Kingra, CPA, CA
Senior Manager
Shavinder Kingra, CPA, CA

Shavinder Kingra joined Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants in September 2014, with a few years of experience at another small sized firm. He graduated from Grant Macewan University in the fall of 2011, and has been working as an accounting technician since the summer of 2012.
Shavinder is currently in the process of working towards achieving an accounting designation. He will be writing his unified final exam in June of 2015 to complete his Chartered Professional Accounting designation. He is looking forward to finishing his articling so he can spend more time developing client relationships and assisting clients with business development and growth.
Outside of work Shavinder enjoys going to the theatre to catch a movie, going to the gym to ensure he stays healthy, and spending time with his family and friends.
Yana Isaieva, CPA
Senior Manager
Yana Isaieva, CPA

Yana joined Gallo LLP in April 2019 after working in a mid-size public accounting firm for 4 years. Yana graduated from the University of Alberta and holds Bachelor of Commerce degree and CPA designation.
She moved to Canada from Ukraine in 2009. Outside of work, Yana enjoys travelling, cooking and spending time with family and friends.
Warren Flynn, CPA, CGA
Senior Manager
Warren Flynn, CPA, CGA

Warren Flynn joined Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants in November 2020. He began his public accounting career in 2001 after graduating from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Warren obtained his accounting designation in 2005.
Warren understands that business is more than just numbers. To truly offer value to clients Warren strives to understand each client’s unique situation. This allows him to tailor solutions to each client.
In his free time Warren loves to travel, partake in outdoor pursuits, and attend live music events.
Tina Jiang, CPA
Manager
Tina Jiang, CPA

Tina joined Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants in August 2021, with over eight years in public practice. Tina focused on providing accounting, tax, and advisory services to small to medium-sized private businesses in several industries such as professional, investment, construction, retail, real estate, and manufacturing.
She graduated from the University of Sussex in the UK with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics (with Honours), designated as CPA when she worked in a ‘Big 4’ firm.
Tina enjoys building LEGO, traveling, biking, hiking, and spending time with friends and family in her spare time.
Kelsey Sinclair
Manager, Edmonton
Kelsey Sinclair

Kelsey Sinclair joined Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants after achieving a BBA degree (emphasis in accounting) with honors from NAIT. She spent 4 years in industry before joining our team in March 2018.
Currently in the early stages of pursing a CPA designation her meticulous attention to detail and reliability parallels with the core values of this firm.
Born and raised in Edmonton she spends majority of her free time with her hyperactive Pomeranian. Hobbies include snowboarding in the winter and camping in the summer. Long term goals are to become CPA designated and pursue a master’s degree. She is thrilled for the opportunity to strengthen her skills and flourish in a professional environment.
Geraldine Adoghe
Manager, Sherwood Park
Geraldine Adoghe

Kenan MacBean
Administrative Assistant, Sherwood Park
Kenan MacBean

Kassem Masri
Associate, Edmonton
Kassem Masri

Jane Dang
Associate, Sherwood Park
Jane Dang

Darren Robin
Associate, Sherwood Park
Darren Robin

Hannah Fraser
Manager, Sherwood Park
Hannah Fraser

Hannah Fraser joined Gallo LLP in February 2021. Graduating in 2017 from NAIT, Hannah is currently working towards the completion her CPA designation. She spent the last 4 years working in a small CPA firm in Edmonton & has spent many years working for her family business.
Hannah enjoys helping small business succeed & putting clients’ needs first & foremost.
Born in Nova Scotia, Hannah enjoys spending time outdoors, baking, reading, & powerlifting.
Jessica Kinal
Senior Associate
Jessica Kinal

Jessica obtained her BBA degree after graduating with honors from NAIT in 2014. She has worked in the accounting field for 10 years before joining Gallo LLP in November 2021. Jessica has completed her studies in obtaining her CPA designation and is currently near the end of her articling hours required to receive her CPA designation.
In her spare time, Jessica enjoys the outdoors including quadding, camping, and skiing. In addition, she has a passion for animals and spends much of her time with her two rescue dogs. She also uses her free time to spend with family.
Dale Vanderwolf
Associate/US Tax Specialist
Dale Vanderwolf

Dale joined Gallo and Company in October 2015 with 17 years’ experience doing personal taxes and 11 years doing US tax returns.
Dale continues to develop his knowledge of both US and Canadian taxes. Graduated from NAIT in 1988 with a major in accounting.
When not at work Dale enjoys cross country skiing, cycling, and swimming.
Carla Wiens
Associate
Carla Wiens

Carla joined Gallo LLP November 2021. For over 25 she worked as either a Controller or Accountant Manager for the Oil & Gas Sector and R & D Companies. Just over two years ago she decided to take on a challenge and went to a work for a small firm in Edmonton. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture, which intrigued her to get more involved in the financial sector.
Carla resides just outside of Leduc on a small horse ranch of ten horses, chickens, her German Shepherd named General, and her partner. One can usually find her in a rodeo arena or at a jackpot barrel racing on the weekends. When not competing, she is training horses or out riding in the mountains. Along with her passion for horses she has recently became a Grandma to a beautiful boy who has won her heart over.
Joshlyn Hayes
Associate
Joshlyn Hayes

Joshlyn joined Gallo LLP in November 2021. Graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration -Accounting in 2021, Joshlyn is planning on pursuing her CPA designation in the near future.
In her spare time, Joshlyn enjoys watching Friends and walking along the Sturgeon River. With any other free time she has you can find her with her family playing board games.
Brigitta Natassja
Associate
Brigitta Natassja

Brigitta joined Gallo LLP as an associate in November 2021. She recently graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting. She is very excited to start her career in the field and hopes to receive her CPA designation in a few years.
Outside of work, she enjoys going out for food, going to the gym, and spending time with her friends and family.
Kevin Bai
Associate
Kevin Bai

Kevin (Yubin) earned the Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Accounting from the University of Alberta in 2018. After graduation, he found passion in helping local businesses and has been working for small accounting firms ever since. He focuses on continual growth of his professional knowledge and skills to provide excellent service for clients. He is currently on his path to earning his CPA designation.When he’s not working hard at the office, you can find him in local golf courses or travelling around the world. His other hobbies include learning new things and watching Korean baseball league games.
Gurman Sidhu
Associate
Gurman Sidhu

Timour Stropel
Associate
Timour Stropel

Timour Stropel joined Gallo LLP in March 2021. Graduating in 2020 from the University of Alberta, Timour is currently pursuing getting his CPA designation. He spent his years in school focusing on his studies and working as a soccer referee since he was 11 years old. Timour is constantly pursuing growth and learning to become a dependable professional in the field with the ability to help those around him in the best possible way.
In his spare time, Timour enjoys drawing, calisthenics, and watching UFC. Otherwise, you can find Timour spending his spare time with his nephew, friends, and family.
Katrina Bjerky
Corporate Services Manager, Sherwood Park
Katrina Bjerky

Katrina Bjerky is the Administrative Assistant at Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants Sherwood Park location.
She started here in August 2018 and is responsible for booking client meetings, preparing client files, and assisting with tasks around the office to ensure everything is running smoothly.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, painting, and spending time with friends and family.
Kayla Barker
Corporate Services Manager, Edmonton
Kayla Barker

Kayla Barker is the Administrative Assistant at Gallo LLP Chartered Professional Accountants Edmonton location. She started in October 2020 and is responsible for booking client meetings, preparing client files, and assisting with tasks around the office to ensure everything is running smoothly.
In her spare time she enjoys visiting the museums and art galleries that Edmonton has to offer and spending time with friends and family.