GREGORY E. MATTHEWS
Matthews Benefit Group, Inc.
2900 Fourth Street North, Suite A202
St. Petersburg, FL  33704

GREGORY E. MATTHEWS – is a principal and senior benefit consultant with Matthews Benefit Group, Inc. in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He oversees the firm’s technical resource department and currently writes and edits the monthly newsletter “401(k) Advisor,” a publication of CCH.  He is a frequent speaker at regional and national benefit programs.

Mr. Matthews is the current chair of the IRS Gulf Coast EP/EO Liaison Council and has participated as speaker in national AICPA, ASPPA, ABA and ALI-ABA tax/benefits programs.

Gregory is a graduate of the University of Tampa (mathematics) and completed his accounting and mathematical studies at Strayer University and American University, Washington, D.C.  He authored the “Payroll Answer Book” and “Flexible Benefits,” and coauthored “Cobra Advisor” and “Pension Answer Book:  Forms and Worksheets” for Aspen Publishers.  Mr. Matthews also authored and taught Course 6 of the American Institute of CPAs’ “Compensation and Benefits” in the Tax Certificate Program.

Mr. Matthews is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the ESOP Association, the Profit Sharing Council of America, and the American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries.