Colin G. Brine, CPA

Colin Brine didn't learn about organizational excellence in a classroom. The lessons of customer service, competing in the marketplace and fostering a work environment where employees act as a team began for Colin in his family's hospitality business when he was a young man.

A former principal in the accounting firm Cordell, Neher and Company and the co-founder and CEO of Upstream Northwest, Colin has advised professional athletes, local, regional and state business leaders and even international civic and political leaders on organizational excellence and business leadership. He is a graduate of the Disney Institute in Leadership Excellence, a Rotary International "Paul Harris Fellow," a recent member of the Board of Directors for the Washington Society of CPAs and a Certified Upstream Academy Guide.

Colin is also an avid mountain and road cyclist, Nordic skier and yacht skipper - he holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master's License and serves as a Professional Yacht Captain.

Jon D. Wheeler, CPA

Jon Wheeler, author and teacher, accountant and business principal...and co-founder and Chairman of Upstream Northwest, has been advising organizations from Washington State to Montana on financial and tax planning, business organization and valuation, mergers and acquisitions for nearly 40 years.

No stranger to entrepreneurial risk-taking, Jon started his accounting career by starting his own practice in Glasgow, Montana in 1964. Since then, He's become a valued expert on corporate mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations; estate planning and business valuation. Jon has provided expert witness testimony in civil cases on behalf of business clients, taught college courses and authored books and articles on business value.

Jon has served three terms on the Governing Council of the American Institute of CPAs and terms as President and board member for both the Washington Society of CPAs and the Montana Society of CPAs. He's also a member of the Upstream Academy, where he is a Certified Upstream Academy Guide.

Active in his community, Jon serves on the Board of Directors of the Leavenworth Summer Theater, Projekt Bayern and Mountain Meadows. He is also an avid golfer.