About Us

Douglas M. Berg, CPA

Owner and Founder

Doug began his accounting career in 1974 as a Revenue Agent for the Internal Revenue Service. His duties while working for the IRS included emphasis on corporate tax compliance and audit of small and medium businesses of various forms. Mr. Berg graduated in 1975 from University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, and became a Certified Public Accountant in 1976. He then left the IRS and has been in public accounting since 1978, working with various partnerships and affiliations before establishing this firm in 2004.  He specializes in business, personal, and estate planning. He also leverages tax strategies in order to promote business and personal tax planning to help his clients achieve their goals. 

Gloria Barragian

Office Manager

Gloria Barragan was born in Visalia and raised in the city of Tulare. Since a young age Gloria became intrigued with the accounting field, her interest led her to commence accounting courses in high school then followed in college. During her college years she discovered an interest in the law field, which was logical as she worked very closely with a defense attorney in Visalia at that time. Gloria carried on her education in the law field and graduated in 2006 from the Approved by the Bar Association Paralegal Program at College of the Sequoias. Gloria worked in the law field from 2003 to 2008 as a Paralegal/Legal Clerk; she then found herself leading back to her real passion, the accounting field and has been with Douglas M. Berg, CPA firm since 2009.

 Tammy Price
Staff Accountant

Tammy Price decided that a career in Accounting was a natural choice in 2000 when she began working at an Indian Gaming Casino in Northern California. This company offered many diverse projects that enabled Tammy to get hands on experience in Accounting, Audit & Compliance, Cash Operations, and Human Resources. In 2005 Tammy left her position as Tribal Finance Analyst and spent the following 2 years gaining experience in Retail Management & Accounting. In 2007 Tammy made the move to Visalia, CA to begin her education that led to graduating with honors in 2011 and a B.S. in Business with a Concentration in Accounting. Today, she continues to work towards becoming a Certified Public Accountant, and uses her diverse work experience to enhance each project she encounters here at Douglas Berg, CPA.

Beth Arnold
Accounting Clerk 

Beth Arnold started working at the age of 16 in a locally owned department store in her home town of Porterville. During her 3 years there she went from retail sales to working in the office. That is when she decided that working with numbers was something she wanted to pursue. Beth then began a 20 year career with Bank of America, working in Porterville, Hanford and Visalia. She left the bank to help in a family business for 15 years. While the family business was winding down she wanted to work part time, which led her to start to work for Douglas Berg, CPA in September 2012.