Author: kristi.cerasoli

Profile: SkinMedica, Inc. – $90 million fast-growing, Carlsbad, CA-based skincare products company founded in 2000. Acquired late 2012 by Allergan, a strategic investor. Objective: SkinMedica’s finance team wanted to find ways they could directly contribute to earnings to support team objectives. They embraced Accretive’s cost savings assessment process to help supplement internal efforts as well… Read More


Finding Ways to Save Creates Opportunity to Give George Brooks-Gonyer calls it “donor fatigue.” It’s a problem that nonprofit organizations face in the current financial climate, and it’s getting worse, said Brooks-Gonyer, a onetime chief financial officer for the San Diego Natural History Museum in Balboa Park. The executive’s new pursuit, Accretive of San Diego,… Read More