About Us
Walking Beside You. Looking Ahead.
Founded in 2009 by Joseph DeMarco, John Sciaccotta, and Rick Wilkens, DSWD was built on a simple vision: create a firm where people and clients always come first. What began as three leaders with a shared purpose has grown into a thriving practice defined by genuine care, trusted relationships, and a culture that feels more like family than firm.
At DSWD, our philosophy is rooted in people. From celebrating personal milestones to supporting professional goals, we value relationships above all else. That same care extends to our clients, who count on us to guide them with integrity, foresight, and a commitment to their success – today and for the long term.
In 2025, DSWD partnered with 119th Street Capital, a Family Office that invests exclusively in financial services firms. This partnership reflects a shared belief that culture drives success. Together, we’ve created a roadmap for purposeful growth: investing in our people, enhancing client service, and expanding opportunities through strategic partnerships.
About The Firm
DSWD Represents:
Advisory Group, LLC providing accounting, tax, and consulting services.
DeMarco Sciaccotta Wilkens & Dunleavy, LLP (DSWD) an attest firm providing assurance services including audits, reviews, compilations, and surprise exams.
Disclosure: DSWD is the brand name under which DSWD Advisory Group, LLC and DeMarco Sciaccotta Wilkens & Dunleavy, LLP (DSWD), along with their subsidiaries, operate as an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations, and professional standards. DeMarco Sciaccotta Wilkens & Dunleavy, LLP (DSWD) is a licensed independent CPA firm that provides attest services, including audits, reviews, compilations, and surprise exams. DSWD Advisory Group, LLC provides tax, advisory, and consulting services.
Our Mission, Vision, & Values
Our Mission
Our Mission at DSWD is to provide exceptional client service in an ever-changing environment while promoting growth and balance for our team.
Our Vision
Our Vision at DSWD is to empower our people, build our client base, develop sustainable infrastructure and become the leader in our industry.
Core Values
Integrity – Do the right thing. Always.
Respect – Treating others with compassion, dignity and professionalism.
Teamwork – The cornerstone of our team philosophy is based upon open communication,accountability and mutual support.
Exceptional Client Service – We exceed client expectations and proactively provide solutions.
Flexibility & Balance – We encourage our team to foster personal development and community service as well as professional goals and achievements.
Our Team
At the heart of DSWD is a team united by trust, respect, and genuine care for one another. Our people enjoy a culture of camaraderie and support where collaboration thrives and careers grow. We believe that when our team is valued, motivated, and empowered, we all benefit.
Professional Team
Philanthropy
DSWD Fosters Hope
Going beyond the holiday toy drives…
Over the years, DSWD has generously donated service hours and monetary and in-kind donations to local non-profit agencies during the annual CPA Day of Service as well as Back to School and the Holidays.
From delivering meals to the elderly with Meals On Wheels, walking dogs at Cache Creek Animal Shelter, packing donated food items at the Operation Blessing Food Panty or sorting donated clothing items for the Bridge Teen Center Thrift Store, our team is dedicated to making a positive impact on our community. Our Christmas drives have provided families from Crisis Center for South Suburbia, Operation Christmas, MyJoyfulHeart and Together We Cope with gifts and other essential items such as coats and other cold weather items. Through generous community donation drives we collected over 1000 books to provide to children in underserved areas as well as in domestic violence and homeless shelters.
With the formation of our focused initiative, DSWD Fosters Hope, we are partnering with local foster agencies to provide basic needs and comfort items to children and teens in foster care. Providing Birthday Boxes and Backpacks for children at the SOS Children’s Village as well as offering assistance with basic essentials such as hygiene items and clothing. Our goal is to let these children know that giving goes beyond the holiday season, that everyone deserves the basic necessities of daily life, and that Hope comes in many forms.
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
The Lion and the Mouse by Aesop
“So many things are possible just as long as
you don’t know they’re impossible”
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
DSWD Fosters Hope
For more information about our efforts contact: Jennefer Hofferica
