Irwin F. Noparstak, CPA, was born January 1, 1933 in Chicago IL.  He attended Chicago public schools and graduated from Roosevelt University June 1954 with a Bachelor of Science in Commerce- Accounting, then passed the IL CPA exam in 1957.  He got married in November, 1954 and now has three married children and 5 grandsons.  He started in the practice of public accounting in June 1954 and became a partner in the firm Noparstak & Noparstak in 1958 which later merged into Noparstak, Kraus & Company in 1966.

In 1970, the company merged into Niemark, Kraus & Noparstak  which then merged into Kuperferberg, Goldberg & Neimark (KGN) in 1976.   Irwin left KGN in October of 1982 to form Noparstak & Richards.  He set up Irwin F. Noparstak CPA, LTD. in January 1993.  Throughout all his years in practice, he served primarily entrepreneur-owners of small and medium sized businesses.

Irwin is an active member in good standing of Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society (ICPAS) since 2/10/59 and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) since 7/31/59. His committee service with ICPAS has included:

• • Emergency assistance (chair)
• •Annual Meeting (chair)
• •Chicago Metro Chapter (inaugural president)
• •Chapter Operations Regulation & Legislation
• •Political Action Committee

Irwin has also served on the boards of Illinois Art Alliance , Next Theater Company, Temple Kol Ami, Leukemia Research Foundation (LRF) and the Pamela J Croft Chapter of LRF (President).   He served as President of the Chicago Public Schools Alumni Association and for three years served as the Public Member of the Committee of the Ameritech Illinois Bell Chicago Local School Council Awards Program.  He is a supporter of many local civic and cultural institutions.  

Naomi Brand was born in Chicago, Illinois, raised in Evanston and graduated from Evanston Township High School in 2003.  In 2009, she received a Bachelor's degree in Liberal Arts & Sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago, majoring in international studies and Spanish. As part of her education she studied abroad in Ecuador. 

Naomi later began working with her father, a CPA, which influenced her to return to school for her Masters in accounting which she completed at Roosevelt University in 2015. She has worked with Irwin F. Noparstak CPA since March of 2011, specializing in bookkeeping, individual, corporate, and partnership income tax returns as well as administering payroll services and payroll tax returns for small companies.    

Since Naomi has lost both parents to cancer, it has taught her the value of life and seizing the moment.  This has motivated her to complete the CPA exam within the next two years.    As an aspiring entrepreneur, she wants to assist other entrepreneurs, individuals and small businesses with their financial structure and planning.  

She is currently a student member of AICPA and the Illinois CPA Society.