AUBURN – Patricia Rice and Jeff Leonardo of Austin Associates recently gave presentations at the Oxford hills Comprehensive High School Business Plan Basics class.

The lectures centered on giving students the knowledge and the tools needed to create a working business plan to begin their new venture or take their existing business to the next level.

Rice works in the Norway office and has been with the company for two years. She is involved in the community through the Rotary Club, Financial Women International and the Haywood Club. Leonardo joined the Auburn office in 2002 with a concentration in the hospitality sector. He is currently involved with the Junior Achievement program at Lake Street School.

Austin Associates is a certified public accounting and business consulting firm specializing in personalized tax, financial, and estate services for individuals and businesses. In addition to its Auburn and Norway locations, the company has a location in Windham.