Our Team:

Melissa A. Swetland, CPA  is the founding partner of Swetland Cook, PLLC and has over 18 years of accounting experience with 12 in public practice.  She has an extensive background in tax management working with both national and international accounting firms and has served as manager of tax research for a national financial institution.  Melissa also has experience in the real estate and restaurant industries as an accountant and business manager.  In 2012, she joined fellow CPA, Vickie Cook, in forming Swetland Cook, PLLC.

Melissa is a board member and treasurer of the United Way of Oxford-Lafayette County board of directors.  She also serves on the finance council for St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Oxford.

Melissa received her Bachelor of Accountancy (Summa Cum Laude) and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Mississippi. She went on to receive a Master of Taxation from the University of Mississippi in 1997.  She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Email Melissa A. Swetland: mswetland@swetlandcook.com
Phone:   662-236-1711 Extension 104

Amanda C. Knight, CPA is a partner at Swetland Cook, PLLC and has over 12 years of public accounting experience. She joined Swetland Cook in March 2013 as a Staff Accountant and became partner in 2019. A native of Oxford and graduate of the University of Mississippi, Amanda relocated to Memphis after college where she was employed by a large, international accounting firm gaining valuable experience in federal and state taxation.

While attending the University of Mississippi, Amanda was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Gamma Beta Phi honor societies. She completed her Bachelor of Accountancy (Magna Cum Laude) in 2011 followed by her Master of Taxation in 2012. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Email Amanda Knight: aknight@swetlandcook.com
Phone: 662-236-1711 Extension 102