About Us

At Blue Slate Accounting, we’re dedicated to providing personalized accounting and tax services. 
That starts with a human approach.  


Lauri Paxton 
Founder/Enrolled Agent

Lauri is a Beaver County native who grew up in Baden and now lives in North Sewickley Township. After spending 26 years working for the Commonwealth of PA, she opened Blue Slate Accounting so that she could do what she loves most – help clients create profits and grow their businesses through her bookkeeping, accounting, and tax expertise. When she’s not working, you can usually find Lauri reading (anything but romance!), cooking or baking something containing chocolate, or going for long motorcycle rides with her partner of 20-plus years, Mark. Running Blue Slate Accounting is definitely Lauri’s dream job, but she also has a dream which involves kicking back on a lounge chair by the ocean with a cool drink in her hand. 

Richard Flynn
Accountant

Richard is a graduate of Westminster College where he majored in accounting. He brings plenty of tax and accounting knowledge to the Blue Slate Team. He enjoys the challenge and rewarding nature of working with a wide variety of clients from different industries and loves the at-home feeling Blue Slate Accounting has. 

When not at work, Richard is usually hanging out with his cat and dog who love to watch him play video games. 

David DeLoia
Director of Business Development

David brings an energetic spark to the Blue Slate office and is usually the first point of contact for our clients. He truly enjoys meeting new people and loves to learn all about what brings people to our office. He knows that every client is different, and he works hard to design the perfect service plan for each one.  David also works extra hard during our busy tax season by doing tax intake interviews and tax preparation to ensure that all tax returns are completed and filed on time.  

David’s favorite thing about working at Blue Slate Accounting is being part of a team that truly wants to help every single one of its clients. When not assisting his clients, you can find David hanging out with his dog, playing video games and basketball, or taking people to school at the foosball table. 

Mackenzie Quackenbush
Accountant

 Mackenzie joined us as an intern in January of 2021 and quickly proved herself so indispensable to our team that she became a full-time associate within just a few months.

While working full-time at Blue Slate Accounting, Mackenzie also carried a full slate of classes at Slippery Rock University and recently graduated with her accounting degree. Now that she has graduated Mackenzie is fully enjoying the extra free time in her schedule by spending time with her family and her little brothers.  She also has a green thumb and a passion for growing flowers, which she happily shares and uses to brighten our office with her greenery.  
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What We Love To Do

We love working with clients who want an honest partner to manage their accounting. In addition, we love working with restaurants because of the intricacies they provide.  
In total, we have much experience working with: 
  • Restaurants
  • Schools
  • Technology Companies
  • Marketing Agencies
  • Medical Facilities
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