Business View Magazine | September 2020

131 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 Chevy Chase, MD www.hhsinsurance.com Hodge, Hart & Schleifer, Inc. Insurance & Risk Management Services Since 1928 A professional partnership for 20 years . . . Calibre and HHS! 8401 Connecticut Ave. Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 | 240-644-6000 CAL I BRE CPA GROUP PLLC accounting, on new types of technology that allowed them to keep their business active in a remote setting. Jim Kokolas, Managing Partner of Calibre CPA Group, has been with the firm for over 30 years and has led Calibre for the last nine. He admits, “This pandemic has been a challenge for us and businesses everywhere, in terms of working with our clients but also for our staff. At the same time, it’s been encouraging to see how everybody came together to coordinate with our clients to be able to continue to service them.” About 80 percent of Calibre clients are non-profits, both locally and around the country. Calibre has established long-term trust relationships with many clients and have earned their respect by paying attention to accounting and tax changes and proactively reaching out to explain how different laws and rules and regulations may impact their business. The firm then guides them in strategizing their reaction, Summer Crab Feast Event (Bethesda, MD Office)