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MSCPA #MemberMonday - Phil Pacino, Greene Rubin Miller & Pacino

November 19, 2019

Name: Phil Pacino
Title: Managing Partner
Organization: Greene Rubin Miller & Pacino!

  1. The best advice you ever got:  My Mom instilled a strong work ethic into myself and my brothers.  She told us to take nothing for granted. Work at it. Also to be humble.
  2. Your goals for the year: 1. Survive tax season 2. Think about where to retire to in a few years
  3. If you weren’t doing this…  Good question – Would be involved in accounting somehow
  4. Your favorite blogs/social media accounts you follow: I am old school – no social media presence
  5. What you do when you’re not at work: At home watching sports events
  6. Hometown? Reading MA – lived there my whole life
  7. Where did you go to college? Bentley College – when it was a College – Not the University it is today – It was a small school when I when there when I started at Bentley we had four buildings on the hill and the one dorm
  8. Who would you want to play you in a movie some day? My cousin – Al Pacino – he claims he is not related to us – I claim him anyway
  9. What’s your favorite color? Green
  10. What was the last song you listened to? Or what’s your favorite artist? Old school – Fleetwood Mac
  11. What was the last book you read? Or favorite book? Have not read a book in a long time – I read the Boston Globe every day
  12. What was the last TV show you watched? Or favorite TV show? Any live sporting event – Pats, Bruins, Red Sox, BC football, College football
  13. What was the last movie you saw? Or favorite movie? Favorite movies – The Strawberry Statement from my youth (I think that was the name of it) and A Walk to Remember
  14. Where is your favorite place to vacation? Hyannis area on the Cape
  15. What’s your favorite quote? Two  of them – 1.  It is a bad mistake if you do not learn from it - 2. Hell is the truth seen too late.
  16. Who would you most like to have dinner with someday? Al Pacino – who else?
  17. What was your first job? My first accounting job out of Bentley was working for a small CPA in Woburn MA – it was me, him and a secretary – He did very little work and spent a lot of time in the coffee shop down the street getting business.  Before that I worked in a warehouse and the accounting department of a hospital part time.
  18. What’s your go-to joke? You know what Doris would say, “Que sera sera”
  19. What’s your favorite food? Spaghetti
  20. What’s your favorite restaurant? Kitty’s in North Reading MA
  21. What is your favorite benefit the MSCPA offers? Being Chair of the A&A Committee has given me a great opportunity to work with many members and has given a great way to keep up with standards -  Also being a member of the RAB – Going to seminars to learn and interact with speaker and others at those events
  22. What organizations do you like to give back to/volunteer for? I am an elected member of the Reading Municipal Light Department Board of Commissioners – Town Meeting member in Reading – I am also very active in my Church – Finally I am a Trustee of the Condo Association where I live.
  23. What about accounting excites you the most? Working with clients – knowing that when I complete a financial statement or a tax return I have done a good job.