CPA & Staff Directory
Partners
Rebekah W Loy
CPA, Partner
Becky is a Shareholder, Vice-President and Audit Partner of the firm. Becky came to Cobb Ezekiel Loy & Company, P.A. in 1990 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She became a Certified Public Accountant in 1995 and a Shareholder in 2003. Our firm is a member of the Governmental Audit Quality Center. As required for center membership, Becky has been designated as our Audit Quality Partner with firm-wide responsibility for the quality of the firm’s governmental audit practice. Becky is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs. She has also earned the AICPA’s Certificate of Educational Achievement in Governmental Accounting and Auditing. Her professional and community service activities include:
• Past Board Chairperson, Campaign General, and Treasurer of the United Way of Alamance County; Current Executive
Committee Member and Board Member
• Treasurer and Board Member of the Alamance Citizens for Education, Inc.
• Treasurer and Board Member of the North Carolina Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
• Treasurer of the First Baptist Church of Whitsett
Donald T McBane
CPA, Partner
Don is a Shareholder and Managing Partner of the firm. After graduating from Guilford College in 1989, Don became a Certified Public Accountant in 1991 and joined Cobb, Ezekiel, Loy & Company, P.A. in 2004. He became a shareholder in 2014. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs. His professional and community service activities include:
• Tax Committee of the North Carolina Association of CPAs
• Board Member and Treasurer of the Alamance-Caswell Builders Association
• Former Board Member and Treasurer of Alamance Citizens for a Drug Free Community
• Board member and past Chairperson of the Piedmont Carolina Board of the American Red Cross
• Board member and President of Eli Whitney Ruritan Club
• He is a former Elder and current active member of Integrity Church
• Board member of Graham Area Business Association
Josh Brown
CPA, Partner
Josh is a Tax Partner at the firm. After graduating from Appalachian State University in 2009, Josh became a Certified Public Accountant in 2013. He joined Cobb, Ezekiel, Loy & Company, P.A. in 2020 after gaining valuable work experience as a tax, audit, and small business professional at other local CPA firms. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs. Josh's areas of professional interest include business tax services, tax planning through use of retirement plans and multistate taxation. He values client relationships and particularly enjoys working with closely held businesses, finding opportunities to get to know business owners and learn about the inner workings of each company.
Josh loves playing sports with his four sons and takes every opportunity he can to volunteer coach with area Recreation Departments. Josh and his wife enjoy traveling together and treasure family trips to the beach and Disney World. Fishing and golf are hobbies of interest, when time permits!
Rodney Herring
CPA, Partner
Rodney is a Tax Partner at the firm and specializes in corporate, partnership and individual income tax planning and preparation. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2014, Rodney became a Certified Public Accountant in 2016 and joined Cobb, Ezekiel, Loy & Company, P.A. in 2022. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs.
In his free time, he enjoys playing golf, running, and spending time with family and friends. His professional and community service activities include:
• Former Board Member and Treasurer of the United Way of Alamance County
• Leadership Alamance Class of 2016-2017, Alumni
CPA Personnel
Susan C Ezekiel
CPA
Susan joined Cobb Ezekiel Loy & Company, P.A. in 1983 after graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She became a Certified Public Accountant in 1985 and was a Shareholder in 1991 - 2022 She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the North Carolina Association of CPAs. Susan has also earned the AICPA’s Certificate of Educational Achievement in Governmental Accounting and Auditing, and Taxation. Her professional and community service activities include:
• Past member of the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, and Finance Committee of Lutheran Retirement Services, Inc.
(Twin Lakes Community)
• Past Elon University Accounting Advisory Board Member
• Tax Committee Member, North Carolina Association of CPAs
• Accounting Advisory Committee Member of Alamance Community College
• Past Treasurer and Board Member of Faith Christian Academy, Inc.
• Recognized by The Business Journal’s Women in Business
• Past Treasurer, Executive Committee Member, and Board Member of the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce
• Past Treasurer of the Alamance County Economic Development Foundation
• Past Chairman and current member of the Finance Committee of Gibsonville United Methodist Church
• Past Treasurer, Executive Committee and Cabinet Member of the United Way of Alamance County
• Past recipient of the Colleen Newsome Campaign Development Award (United Way)
• Past recipient of the United Way of Alamance County’s Chairman’s Award
• Past recipient of the Toastmaster’s International District 37 Evaluator’s Award
• Member of the Board of Directors of Alamance community College Foundation, Inc.
• Treasurer, Board Member, Finance Committee and Executive Committee Member of the United Methodist Retirement Homes, Inc.