With experience in business valuation, forensic accounting, economic damages and litigation support services spanning more than twenty years, Stacey serves as Director for the Mid-Atlantic Region. She has performed business valuations and provided litigation support and expert witness services for hundreds of clients over her career.

Director

HBK Valuation, Litigation & Forensics

Recent Cannabis Publications and Presentations

Stacey earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Delaware and received the Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics designations from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Certified Valuation Analyst credential from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Stacey currently serves as leader of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants’ Cannabis Industry Group and Treasurer of the New Jersey Collaborative Divorce Professionals Group. She has served on numerous committees, including those of the AICPA, NACVA, NACVA – New Jersey, and New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, as well as being a published author on topics related to valuation, economic damages, family law, and the cannabis industry. She is a contributor to the New Jersey Cannabis Insider.

“2020 National Cannabis Business Symposium”, NJ Update, October 27, 2020

“NIMBY or Welcome to town?” NJ Cannabis Insider Live, March 10, 2020

“Valuing a Cannabis Business,” Ohio Society of CPAs, February 26, 2020

“Taxing Issues Affecting the Cannabis/Hemp Industries,” Florida Industrial Hemp Conference and Exhibition, November 2019

“Banking and Accounting,” Minorities for Medical Marijuana’s Cannabis Business Licensing Bootcamp, October 2019.

“Making Cents: Managing Cash Flow in the Cannabis Industry,” Washington Society of CPAs, August 2019

Legalized Marijuana in NJ: What’s Next, Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce, June 2019

Cannabis Labyrinth Workshop, Upper Rung Center, April 2019

“Taxing Nature of Cannabis,” 1st Annual Cannabis Symposium by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, March 2019

“A Taxing Environment”, New Jersey State Bar Association Cannabis Law Committee Newsletter, January 2019

“Legal and Accounting Aspects of the Cannabis Industry: 280E and Banking”, Flaster Greenberg and HBK, December 2018

“Access to Capital: Funding Options for Your Cannabis Business,” New Jersey Cannabis Media Inaugural Summit, October 2018

Industry and Consumer Panel, New Jersey Cannabis Insider Live Event, October 2018

Cannabis panel, Association for Corporate Growth, October 2018

“Cannabis Industry Update”, Business Valuation Resources, August 2018

Co-author of The Cannabis Industry Accounting and Appraisal Guide, July 2018

“Goes by Many Names But Never the Same – Valuing Businesses in the Cannabis Industry” NACVA Annual Consultants Conference, June 2018

“Cannabis: A Budding Opportunity”, Valuation Strategies, March/April 2016