About

Samuel Dahlin

Samuel Dahlin is the owner of Rising Sun Accounting. Samuel has a passion for helping bridge the gap between nonprofits and their finances by bringing stability to accounting & bookkeeping processes; so directors can focus on their organization.

Samuel lives in the Lake City neighborhood of Seattle and enjoys biking to his clients. Samuel has a B.A. in Global Development Studies from Seattle Pacific University and certificates in Bookkeeping and Non-Profit Management from North Seattle College. Samuel got his start in non-profit accounting at Seattle Amistad School in 2014 and started Rising Sun Accounting in 2015.

In his free time, Samuel enjoys being outdoors with his wife, Christie, through a variety of activities that include hiking, backpacking, cross country skiing and paddle-boarding; depending on the season. All outdoor photos on the site are taken by Samuel.

Amy Barrett

Amy moved to Seattle from Texas with her husband after graduating from Texas A&M. She spent 20 years working for a national security and communication company as a regional manager. For 5 year she also worked in a bookkeeping role at a local faith-based organization. In 2007, she helped to establish a weekly feeding program in Ballard, focused on providing a safe place for the homeless and needy in the community. She is still very active in this program. She began working at Rising Sun Accounting in 2018.

When not working with clients, Amy enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, camping, hiking, and reading.

Jennifer J. Collins, CPA

Jennifer graduated from University of Texas at Austin with a Psychology BA in 2000, and then again with a Masters in Profession Accountancy in 2010. After graduation, she returned to her hometown of Houston, where she earned her CPA while working as an auditor in public accounting for 6 years. She also met and married her husband and became a step mother.
She and her husband moved to Seattle in the spring of 2017 to be closer to her sister’s family. They are currently trying to convince the parental units in Houston to join them in the PNW!
During her time in public accounting, Jennifer audited and worked with many not-for-profit clients. She discovered her passion for the NFP accounting (as opposed to for-profit, bottom line accounting) during her master’s program. She wants to use this experience to support her new community and its organizations.
In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys crossword and sudoku puzzles, reading, yoga, hiking, cooking, knitting and traveling and exploring the PNW with her husband.

Where does Rising Sun Accounting get its name?

In college, Samuel spent a summer driving tour boats on St. Mary lake in Glacier National Park. While he was there, he lived in the National Park at Rising Sun (close to where the sunrise photo to the right was taken). Over that summer, he fell in love with that area, and the outdoors in general. When he started his business, he wanted to bring a little bit of that spirit back to Seattle in the name Rising Sun Accounting.