Pam brings decades of accounting, finance, and consulting experience to Baughman Accounting, with a career that has taken her from public accounting at Ernst & Young to corporate finance, small business consulting, and the classroom. 

After beginning her career in the Audit Department at Ernst & Young in Minneapolis, Pam returned to Wisconsin and held positions as a Controller and Senior Financial Analyst in the manufacturing industry. She later spent much of her professional career as a small business consultant, helping business owners and entrepreneurs strengthen their financial management, improve internal processes, and better understand what their financial results are telling them about their businesses. 

Since 2016, Pam has also been a faculty member at UW–Eau Claire, teaching accounting, auditing, finance, entrepreneurship, and financial modeling at both the undergraduate and MBA levels. She holds both an undergraduate degree in accounting and an MBA from UW–Eau Claire and was a Certified Public Accountant. 

Throughout her career, Pam has developed a talent for taking complex financial information and making it practical and understandable. At Baughman Accounting, she enjoys working alongside business owners, nonprofit leaders, municipalities, and organizations to understand how they operate, identify opportunities for improvement, and provide the financial insight they need to make confident decisions. 

For Pam, good accounting is more than producing financial statements. Pam believes the numbers tell the story of a business. Her goal is to help clients understand that story—and use it to make better decisions. 

Outside of work, Pam and her husband, Ritch, live on Lake Holcombe. They have five adult children, and while Pam has had many roles throughout her career, her favorites are being a mom and grandma.