Alaska Offices

Michael R. Hanrahan CPA, CFP, CFE, CVA, MCBA – Graduated, cum laude, with a B.S. in Business (double-majoring in accounting and finance) from Eastern Illinois University, holds an MBA, a Graduate Certificate in Finance and a Master of Science in Finance degree (magna cum laude). He earned his Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation, which is currently inactive and is a Master Certified Business Appraiser (MCBA), one of only a few in the nation. He is also a CPA, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Valuation Analyst. 

His primary practice areas include business valuation, forensic accounting, divorce planning, financial modeling, commercial and economic damages, pension valuation, litigation support, fraud investigation; individual, business, corporate and trust taxation and planning, and individual and business financial planning. 

Currently managing member of Hanrahan & Associates, LLC, he was a Principal with Mikunda, Cottrell & Co. for over three and a half years, ran Hanrahan & Company, P.C. for 16 years, and previously worked for Ernst & Whinney, AT&T Alascom and local CPA and consulting firms. He is past president of the Alaskan Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, is past secretary of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) Alaskan chapter, and is also a member of the American Institute of CPA’s, the Alaska Society of CPA’s, The Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), Alaska Association of Tax Consultants, the National Business Valuation Group and the National Association of Forensic Economics. He has appeared on television, spoken and published on various accounting, tax, valuation and business topics, conducted education courses and seminars for the Alaska Bar Association, taught graduate and undergraduate university courses in finance, accounting and taxation, was appointed to NACVA’s national teaching team to instruct CVA recertification courses, is on the NACVA Course Review Committee and is a member of the IBA Qualifications Review Committee.