Hoods Tax & Accounting | About Us

About Hoods and Our Team

Hoods officially opened in January 1988 and still operates with some of the same preparers and administrative staff. Talk about stability! We have 3rd generation clients continuing to use our firm with confidence.

Owner: Nanette Slappey West

In March of 2017, Nanette Slappey West acquired Hoods Tax & Accounting and looks forward to meeting the clients and is humbled that the employees of Hoods, have chosen to remain.

Nanette Slappey West is the founder of Pathways Consulting, LLC., in Summerville! Established in 1995, Pathways provides training, business consulting and accounting services for commercial, non-profit and government clients.

She completed undergraduate studies at Belmont University and University of North Carolina at Asheville with advanced studies at Western Carolina University. She is currently pursuing CMA and has spent most of her career working as a corporate controller and in human resources and business development. She also has several years of public accounting, tax planning and tax preparation.

In 1990, Mrs. Slappey West began presenting trainings, seminars and workshops on a variety of topics to include both commercial and government-based subject matter. These have been presented at the local, state, and national levels.

Mrs. Slappey West is an Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor and on the Intuit Speakers Bureau, a member of Sleeter Consulting Group and Institute of Certified Management Accountants. She has also had several articles published through the years.

People you may see at the office

Alice Williams - Staff Accountant / QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Alice Williams, originally from Tennessee, has lived in the Charleston area for the last 15 years. She is married with 8 children including 4 boys and 4 girls. She has six beautiful grandchildren. Alice has worked as a tax preparer through the IRS for the last 12 years and 10 years at a nonprofit. She has spent the last 9 years working in the non-profit sector as an accounting manager and staff accountant. She holds a MS in Accounting with a concentration in Forensic Accounting from Strayer University. She has plans to work towards obtaining her CPA license. She enjoys traveling and spending time with her family. Other hobbies include hiking, riding motorcycles, horseback riding, and walks on the beach. She loves working with clients and meeting new people.

Angel Urie-Dobson - Staff Accountant / QuickBooks ProAdvisor

Angel Urie-Dobson is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of south Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting. She started interning and gained experience as a student and pursued a career following graduation in 2008. With over 12 years of tax experience, she is also a licensed insurance agent (Life, Health, Property & Casualty). A wife of P&T disabled Marine veteran, and mother of three. She's a native of James Island, SC and loves the career path that she has chosen. At Hood's Tax & Accounting, she looks forward to working with and meeting new people.

Margie Pfaffenbichler - Tax Preparer

Member of National Association of Tax Professionals

Margie M. Pfaffenbrichler has lived in North Charleston for 51 years. Married for 56 years with a daughter, Paula, and a son, Joe. She's a proud grandmother of three as well.
Margie came to work at Hood's Tax and Accounting Service when it opened up in 1988. She likes her work and her clients very much, and cares for her co-workers, both past and present.
Her favorite pastimes include reading and gardening.

Allen Carter - Tax Preparer

Allen is a distinguished military graduate of The Citadel. He operated a family owned insurance and real estate firm and other family owned businesses in North Charleston. Serving as a Trustee of Charleston County School District, Porter Gaud and Charleston Southern University. He is the president of Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce and is on the board of directors in the Roper Hospital System. He has worked for the IRS as a tax preparer for about ten years. Allen has been married to Brenda for 55 years and has two daughters and five grandchildren.

Judy Martin - Reviewer

Judy Martin has been working for Hoods Tax and Accounting since 2003. Judy and her husband, John, have three sons and seven grandchildren. She does checking, processing, and acts as receptionist at Hoods. In her pastime she like work outside in her garden and spending time with family.

Kim Baker - Administrative Assistant

Born and raised in a rural area outside of Rochester New York. A graduate of Finger Lakes Community College and Dowling College. Retired from Fedex after thirty-six years in 2018, from driving a truck to administration. Married to Scott for over 33 years, five children and four grandsons. In her spare time she is usually found quilting at the sewing machine, gardening and traveling. Following two of her grandchildren and to escape the snow, she now calls Charleston home. She looks forward to meeting all new and current clients.

Brenda Daning - Receptionist

Brenda started working for Hoods in 2002 but originally moved to Goose Creek in 1970. Brenda spends her day as a receptionist helping the amazing clients of Hoods set their appointments, answering the phone, and greeting clients with a smile. She is married has has two sons, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She loves to spend her time outside when the weather is nice.

Fran Lopata - Processor

20 years after high school graduation, I went back to school and earned an Associate's degree in Secretarial Science. Yes, 2 years of shorthand to get that degree.
With 30 years experience in the corporate world, it seems that I was always involved with numbers.
October 4th we became proud great grandparents (Nonna and Pap) to a
beautiful baby girl. While I love living in the lowcountry, we don't see
our beautiful Nevaeh as much as we would like. On November 3rd our family
welcomed another addition, our deputy sheriff granddaughter married a
former Marine.

Memberships and Partners

We believe you can tell a lot about an organization by the company they keep and are thus proud to provide a list of some of our memberships and partners.

We have assembled here some of the most powerful relationships in business today, and have done so with you in mind. Contact us today to find out how.

Memberships and Partners