2025
Bridging the Gap
Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Amy Vetter

Chief Executive Officer ★ Keynote Speaker ★ Visionary Consultant ★ Corporate Board Director

Denise Thomas

Communications Coach/Consultant/Emcee/Keynote Speaker/Voiceover

Robb Zbierski

Professional Speaker, Coach, & Best-Selling Author

Randy Crabtree

CPA, Host of The Unique CPA, & Co Founder of Tri-Merit

Session Speakers

Jon Hubbard

Shareholder & Chief Growth Officer at Boomer Consulting, Inc. | Host of The Boomer Briefing Podcast

Liz Scott

Accounting Technology Trainer and Content Creator

Heather Satterley

Co-Host at The 'Appy Hour with Liz and Heather

Cindy Schroeder

Bookkeeper Extraordinaire and Lifelong Mouseketeer

Dave Lane

Executive & Leadership Coach | Leadership & Team Development Partner | Keynote Speaker | Business Owner | Courageously Loving People To Enable Exceptional Leaders That Set a New Leadership Standard

Amber Setter, PCC

I believe performance begins with consciousness. Are you ready to look within and wake up to new possibilities?

Kendale King, CPA

Money Architect for Entertainment & Crypto | Scaling & Profit Optimization | Strategic Accounting & Partnerships | Mentor to Aspiring Accountants

Mike Maksymiw, CPA

Leader of Aprio Firm Alliance, Pot Stirrer, Bear Poker, Questioner, Dreamer of What's Possible

Mark Gallegos

Tax & Advisory Partner | M&A, International Tax, & Strategic Tax Growth Expert | Speaker & Writer

K.C. Eames

Director of Client Accounting Services (CAS) @ Dark Horse CPAs | CPA

Kelly Erb

Writer | Speaker | Tax attorney. I help taxpayers get out of—and hopefully stay out of—trouble. I also create and share stories about tax and financial crimes.

Barry Devine, MBA

Renewable Energy Incentives Product Manager

Nayo Carter-Gray, EA, MBA

Founder & CEO of 1st Step Accounting LLC

Terrell A Turner, CPA

NY Times featured CFO | 40 Under 40 CPA | Simplify Accounting & Finance For Law Firms

Panelists

Byron Patrick, CPA

CEO @ VERIFYiQ | AI Educator | Faculty at Accounting High | Accounting Tech Geek

Megan Tarnow

Long-time QuickBooks ProAdvisor specializing in nonprofits.

Jacob Schroeder, CPA

Helping entrepreneurs build their dreams and preserve their legacies | CEO of Ascend Consulting LLC | Angel Investor

Lynette Oss Connell

Burned-out CPA // Burnout Prevention & Recovery Strategist

Will Lopez

Ex-Gusto | Creator of People Advisory™ for Accountants | Host of Between Two Firms | Featured: Forbes, Fast Company, AccountingToday, Business Insider

Ashley Carroll

Chief Reality Officer (Fractional COO) to Accountants & Service Providers | Founder of Operations House | Board Member | Mentor | Speaker

Rory Henry

Director at Arrowroot Family Office, Advis-ROR®, Host of AFO Wealth Management Forward Podcast

Christine Triantos

Owner - Infinite Advisors, Inc. (CAS Consultants) and Infinite Ties (CAS Community)

Fractional CFO guiding service-based entrepreneurs to understand their numbers and grow profitably through coaching at a2 advisers and FinDaily.io | Teaching Accountants to be Advisers at cascache.com

Kane Polakoff

Principal, Client Advisory Services (CAS) Practice Leader

Shea Keats

CEO of Breakaway Advising. On a mission to #bringjoy and change the way we work.

Al-Nesha Jones

John D. Jordan, CPA

I am a CPA with years of experience in public accounting helping small businesses and their owners.

Diana Crawford

CPA, Results Specialist - Challenges Welcome

Dawn Brolin, CPA

Author of The Designated Motivator Series, Speaker, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, True Accounting Rockstar, and QuickBooks Expert

Questian Telka, EA

Founder of ReQoncile Financials, Top 25 Up-n-Coming ProAdvisors 2024, QuickBooks Advanced Certified ProAdvisor

Dr. Jackie Meyer

Founder TaxPlanIQ.com | Biz & Tax Strategist | Speaker | Author | Helping Advisors Go from Good to Great—Boost Profits, Prevent Burnout.

Samantha Hallburn

Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor -PBS Accounting and Tax Solutions & SAM Inc

Chayton Farlee

Helping Accounting Students Land Jobs in Cloud Accounting | Host of the Accounting Conversations Podcast | Passionate Accounting Student | CPA Eligible Spring 2026 | Associate @ Actuate Cloud Professional Accounting