People
Our accountants, engineers and economists specialize in finance, having served utilities around the globe.
We are a team of driven professionals with expertise in all areas of utility finance and consulting.
With offices throughout the United States, we’ve served clients across the country and internationally.
Our team members are recognized instructors and speakers at seminars, classes and conferences for the nation’s top utility agencies and professional associations, including the APPA, AWWA and AGA.
Meet Our Team
Mark Beauchamp
CPA, CMA, MBA
President & Founder
Corporate Office, Holland, MI
Phone: 616.393.9722
Email: mbeauchamp@ufsweb.com
With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Mark provides cost of service studies and rate designs for our clients in the United States, Canada, Guam and the Caribbean. As the founder and owner of UFS, Mark is recognized as a national expert in his field, serving as an expert witness in rate cases, speaking at conferences, and leading educational seminars for industry organizations. He teaches advanced cost of service courses for the American Public Power Association (APPA) and other agencies across the U.S.
Dawn Lund
Dawn Lund
Vice President
Leland, MI Office
Phone: 231.218.9664
Email: dlund@ufsweb.com
Dawn Lund is Vice-President of Utility Financial Solutions, LLC and has over 25 years of experience in financial analysis for utility systems. She is a consultant that provides financial assessment, cost of service studies and financial plans for electric, water and wastewater utilities throughout the country. She also teaches financial planning courses for organizations across the country and is a regularly requested speaker for a variety of utility financial topics.
In addition, Dawn is a member of the AWWA National Rates and Charges Committee; Finance, Accounting and Management Controls Committee;
MI-AWWA Education Committee; and a contributing author to AWWA’s M-1 Manual, 8th edition.
Dan Kasbohm
Dan Kasbohm
Rates Manager
Grand Haven, MI Office
Email: dkasbohm@ufsweb.com
Between his degree in engineering and his experience working for UFS since 2008, Dan brings a different perspective to his client counseling. He carries deep knowledge of cost of service studies, financial planning and rate design for the electric, gas, water and wastewater utility industries to our clients all around the United States. Dan also educates as a co-instructor for the APPA’s intermediate cost of service course.
Mike Johnson
Rates Manager
Madison, WI Office
Email: mjohnson@ufsweb.com
Mike joined the UFS team in 2011, bringing over 20 years of experience to our clients. He has extensive knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering, having earned a Higher National Diploma in Mechatronics from St. Helen’s College of Arts and Technology. He assists our clients with cost of service studies, rate design and financial modeling, focusing on serving our utility clients.
Joan Bakenhus
Financial Analyst
Lincoln, NE Office
Email: jbakenhus@ufsweb.com
Joan began her career at UFS in 2006, following nine years as a rate analyst for Lincoln Electric System, one of the largest public power systems in the United States. In total Joan has earned nearly two decades of experience working with municipal utilities, supported by her degree in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her strength lies in long-term financial planning, rate designs and cost of service studies for electric, water and wastewater utilities.
Chris Lund
Financial, Business & Technology Consultant
Leland, MI Office
Email: clund@ufsweb.com
Chris, a full-time member of the UFS team since 2011 and part-time technology
consultant since 2003, brings over 30 years of experience in financial, technology and management consulting to our team. Using tools and knowledge gained through experience and his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Computer Science and Speech Communications, Chris specializes in studies for electric (with specialization in distributed generation), water, wastewater, and telecommunications utilities.
Jillian Jurczyk
Rates Manager
Corporate Office, Holland, MI
Email: jjurczyk@ufsweb.com
Jill brings over ten years of direct experience to UFS clients, with expertise in cost of service studies, rate designs, long-term financial projections, and econometric modeling for electric, water, wastewater, gas, and solid waste utilities. She utilizes her Master of Science in Applied Economics degree from Johns Hopkins University to lead the econometric modeling service offering at UFS. Additionally, she worked with UFS
leadership to assist in building out the firm’s solid waste consulting services. Jill
obtained her Bachelor of Mathematics degree from Grand Valley State University.
Robert Blank
Financial Analyst
Corporate Office, Holland, MI
Email: bblank@ufsweb.com
Robert began working at UFS in 2014, joining our team with knowledge from his
bachelor’s in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Davenport
University. As a Financial Analyst with UFS, Robert’s responsibilities include developing rate designs, calculating revenue requirements, long-term financial projections, and cost of service studies for electric, water, wastewater, tele- communications, and gas utilities. He is also experienced with street lighting, irrigation, power supply and distributed
generation.
Janel Albrecht
Financial Analyst
Corporate Office, Holland, MI
Email: jalbrecht@ufsweb.com
Janel began working for UFS in February 2024, bringing 24 years of experience as an administrative professional. Janel worked in the paper industry with a wide variety of responsibilities. For seven years, she managed a small group and scheduled onsite service work.