J. Russell Jefferson, CPA received his undergraduate degree in accounting from Drexel University.  After graduating, he entered the US Army-Infantry.  Lieutenant Jefferson was stationed at Ft. Hood Texas prior to serving a tour of duty in Vietnam. Mr. Jefferson started his accounting and tax practice in 1981.  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants-Tax Division, The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  He has been active in the Southwest Jersey Chapter of the NJSCPA where he is a past president of the Chapter.  He is currently the chairman for the Chapter's Scholarship Committee.