Management Team
Barry C. Cohn
Managing Director
Barry is a founding shareholder and managing partner of Cohn Handler Sturm. He has extensive experience in consulting, accounting and taxation. Barry enjoys working with closely held family businesses. He is a salt water fisherman and hazardous golfer.
Edward E. Handler
Executive Director
Ed is a founding shareholder of Cohn Handler Sturm. He is recognized as an expert in apparel accounting and has established a practice specialty in the area of family owned business and inventory and receivable financing. Ed is active in numerous civic and charitable organizations and currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Board of the California Fashion Association.
Alex Sturm
Managing Partner
Alex is a shareholder and head of the firm’s tax department. He specializes in tax preparation and consulting services for a wide array of clients such as manufacturers, retailers, lending institutions and professional services. In the community, Alex is the former President and board member of The Professionals Club and a founding member of the Young Professionals division of the Commercial Finance Conference of California.
Ravi Sadasivaiah
Managing Partner
Ravi has been with the firm since receiving his bachelor’s degree from University of California, Santa Barbara. He specializes in consulting, financial budgets and projections and various areas of taxation. He enjoys traveling the world and is an avid golfer.
Beth Stoker
Director of Accounting and Auditing Services
Beth oversees the firm’s accounting and auditing department. She assists businesses of all sizes with their financial and tax needs. Beth is mother of two boys and is very active in her community serving as an executive board member of PTA and a volunteer of AYSO.
