Melissa Goetz joined Prairie Capital Advisors in 2018. She performs comprehensive valuations and provides financial advisory services to privately-held companies in a wide variety of industries, specializing in companies that have employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). Her experience also includes performing business valuations for Federal estate and gift tax purposes, buy/sell arrangements, family limited partnerships and succession planning. Melissa is a member of the Board of Directors of the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants (KSCPA) and also serves on their Business Valuation and Litigation Support Task Force.

Melissa shares her expertise on ESOPs and valuation matters through Prairie’s webinar program and through speaking engagements at chapter conferences sponsored by The ESOP Association. Melissa co-authored a chapter on ESOP strategies in the book Exit Planning: The Definitive Guide, which was published in conjunction with the Business Enterprise Institute. Additionally, she co-authored an article for the American Towman magazine called “ESOP: Selling Out to Employees.”