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Conversations that count
Success Built on Learning and Listening
Stephanie Johnson, Head of Audit for Brokerage Coverage at Fidelity, talks with host Christopher Mitchell about the practice of internal auditing, why she loves the job, and the skills that internal auditors bring to the table. Without a background in accounting, she shares her path into the profession and the importance of self-advocacy, mentorship, and a curious spirit to grow your career. She also advocates for the importance of internal auditors and their role in navigating organizational changes like AI integration.
Doing the Right Thing Impacts the Bottom Line
Lucy Turnage is an executive leader at Bank of America. This week, she joins host Christopher Mitchell to share her experience-based insight around environmental sustainability, community and shareholder feedback, and environmental reporting—and how these considerations have real impact on a business’s growth and financial health. Learn also from her encouragement to take responsibility for your own career growth, and the importance of continual learning and planning to achieve your success.
Podcast: Tax News Now Ep. 2 – Tax Season Survival Guide
Mark Gallegos, Tax Partner at Porte Brown, welcomes his guest Brandon Lagarde, Tax Services Partner at Eisner Advisory Group, to discuss navigating the challenges and opportunities in the tax profession. Brandon shares his journey, insights, and strategies for thriving during tax season, emphasizing the importance of client communication, education, and managing expectations. He highlights the evolving nature of tax laws, the value of staying informed, and the need for professionals to balance work with personal well-being. The conversation also touches on the complexities of tax law, the importance of adaptability, and the rewarding aspects of being a trusted advisor in the field.
The Power of Company Culture
This week, host Christopher Mitchell sits down with Chief Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer at Crowe, Rachael Gibson. She shares her perspective on the importance of living out a company culture that emulates trust and community, as well as the impact that mentorship can have on attracting, retaining, and growing internal talent. Learn from her experience in building organizational programs from the ground-up, which advance team members’ skills and ability to step into leadership positions.
The Tech CPA Who Needed Just One Yes
Explore Mike Manalac's journey to uproot his family, move across the country, and break into the tech world. He shares how, despite many rejections, perseverance and a renewed perspective finally got him the opportunity to join Google. He shares how he used his CPA license and accounting background to grow his dream career in spite of the pitfalls, how he successfully navigated a sabbatical to travel the world with family, and advice for anyone who strives to take their career in a new direction.
Making “Fun” a Core Value
Candus Hinderer and Carrie Ferroukhi, two female founders, share how starting their business has helped them strike the balance between career and personal life. With a background of long working hours, they now offer services on the strategic side of private equity to help clients streamline processes that maximize accountants’ time efficiency (and they are always hiring!). Hear advice on career sustainability, surrounding yourself with a great team, and the value of building quality relationships.
An Introduction to the Tax News Now Podcast
Mark Gallegos, Tax Partner at Porte Brown, kicks off this 2025 tax accounting series. He shares what he loves about the profession, being very human-centric and focused on helping people. Learn from his expertise on the current tax landscape and his insights surrounding 2025 as an especially critical year, where tax provisions are set to expire and a new president will impact the results of new tax bills. Acknowledging the many uncertainties that tax professionals face regarding imminent changes in regulation, he highlights this as an opportunity to grow even closer client relationships.
Sponsors, mentors, and coaches: Building a supportive team
A successful career takes hard work, talent, education, and drive, but even with those factors in place, it’s nearly impossible to achieve your goals alone. James Crinklaw, Director of Operations at US Resources Client Group, joins Christopher Mitchell to talk about sponsors, mentors, and coaches—how those roles differ, how they support you, and why you need each one. They also discuss the three stages of a career trajectory: "Learning, earning, and returning" to sponsor, mentor, or coach a new generation.
Stand up and stand out: Creating an authentic personal brand
Kaplan Mobray, motivational speaker, consultant, and award-winning author of The 10 K’s of Personal Branding, joins Christopher Mitchell to talk about how and why you need to build a personal brand to stand out in your career. In this conversation, they discuss the importance of showing up as your whole self, how to be intentional when building your personal brand, the unwitting or unintentional factors that can become a part of your brand, and how to change the narrative.
Paving the way: Sponsorship and advocacy for young professionals
Amelia Bernal-Valencia, VP of Strategic Accounts at Robert Half, sits with host Christopher Mitchell to discuss the importance of community within the profession. Herself a first-generation Mexican American, Amelia Bernal-Valencia credits her success to a drive to pave the way for others, paired with opportunities from sponsors who saw her potential. Hear how she devotes her career to providing a voice for young professionals and learn how to find the mentors and sponsors that will help you grow your success.
Money talks: From accounting to investments
It’s not every day that you come across $1.7 billion. But for Portfolio Manager, Nate Palmer, this is his everyday number. Nate joins us to share his career journey from CPA to Portfolio Manager at a multibillion-dollar asset management firm, where he runs a long-short fund that creates revenue through smart investments. Learn from his experience building a career in his area of interest, constantly learning new skills to advance his opportunities.
Leaps of Faith, Constant Learning, & Loving What’s Next
Leah Fitz started her career in the capital markets group at a Big 4 firm, loving the learning until it was time for a new challenge. Learn how maintaining early relationships for years helped her find her next 3 roles, including taking a company public and building an accounting and finance function from the ground up. Now VP of Finance, Leah Fitz shares how to take your career from licensed CPA to wherever you want to go.
Strategies to broaden the accounting talent pool
Herschel Frierson is a partner at Crowe public accounting firm and the current chair of NABA (National Association of Black Accountants). He joins host Christopher Mitchell to discuss attracting new talent into the accounting workforce, sharing recruitment strategies and personal experiences. He openly talks about his own journey to success and his responsibility to use this platform to attract and support new talent. Learn how he opens opportunities for more professionals to enter and advance within the profession.
Invitation to Dance: An Agile Approach to Connecting and Keeping Top Talent
Withum CDO, Bill Bradshaw, joins host Christopher Mitchell to focus on how accounting workplaces approach talent acquisition and company culture. Bill Bradshaw, a self-titled "recovering CPA"—discusses the need for boldness and agility in talent acquisition, engagement, and development strategies to hire the best people for the job and adjust to the rapidly changing needs of today's accounting professionals.
Building a career from CPA to Finance VP
Tory Bauman is a CPA and VP of Finance at Zayo, an international fiber optic networking company. Listen to her refreshingly honest perspective about growing her career from a Big 4 firm through a finance position, starting her own firm, and eventually coming back to finance. Learn from her story showcasing the breadth of what is possible with a background in accounting.
A Seat at the Table: Creating and establishing paths for Black business leaders
Guylaine Saint Juste, President & CEO of the National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), joins Christopher Mitchell to discuss how DEI initiatives are changing (not always for the better) and the importance of having an organization to represent the voices of Black business leaders and create spaces for connecting, and learning. They also dig deeper into the "pipeline issue" amidst corporate layoffs and how to create, establish, and maintain a space at the table.
From auditor to entrepreneur
T.C. Whittaker went from CPA to audit expert to business builder. He’s now Co-Founder and CEO of Audit Sight, a leading technology platform that eliminates manual work for auditors, diligence and private equity providers by automating financial transaction verification —with exciting projects in the pipeline, including a partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Learn about his unique approach to building companies, the passion that has inspired his journey, and how an accounting background can grow into successful entrepreneurship.
Impossible to ignore: AI in accounting
Efficiency, productivity, and revolution in how we do business: that’s the craze of Artificial Intelligence. But inherent to these big rewards are also big risks. Join CPA, entrepreneur, and SOC reporting specialist, Christopher Johnson, as he dives into an analysis of AI in accounting. He shares insights on the uses of AI within the profession, ways to ensure that it does not compromise data safety, and his outlook on the continuing integration of AI technology.
Seeing the Matrix: Demystifying AI
If you thought you knew AI, think again. Guest Kevin Rockecharlie joins us to discuss his specialty, at the convergence of technical data management and accounting services. He currently helps firms of all sizes best leverage tech for their compliance and information technology needs. In this episode, he pulls back the curtain on AI—discussing the AI obsession across industries and all its many definitions, as well as what it really means for accounting and finance professionals.
The Private Equity CFO who “Loves her job!”
Laura Thompson, CPA, shares her journey to becoming the CFO of a private equity firm. After working 10 years at one of the Big Four, she moved into private industry on the fast-track to leadership—fighting the feeling of imposter syndrome to achieve success. She emphasizes the power of hard work, building professional relationships, and the range of opportunities you open by earning a degree in accounting. It’s not just crunching numbers; it’s unlimited potential in business, finance, and career opportunities.
The Fulfilled Family Office CFO
Host Spencer Payne is joined by Brittani Dorociak, a CPA and CFO of an organization that manages private equity and real estate investments. She reflects on a career journey that began with the stress of public accounting, transitioned to the oil and gas industry, and led to growth within a private organization. Discover what helped her most on her career journey, how she achieves work-life balance, and the surprising connection between work challenges and career fulfillment.
Access is key
CEO of the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), Damian Rivera, shares his unusual career path from engineering to corporate executive to non-profit leader. His passion for giving back to his community spurred his entry into ALPFA leadership, where 60-65% of members are accountants. Convinced of the power of an accounting degree to revolutionize entrepreneurship and small businesses nationwide, Damian is committed to offering access to infrastructure, education, and opportunities in the field.
Building the Profession
We sit with Okorie Ramsey, leader in the profession and former chair of the AICPA—now Vice President of Sarbanes/Oxley (SOX) for Kaiser Permanente. Mr. Ramsey discusses his insights into the future of accounting, including what is needed to inspire new accountants and the importance of creating a “bigger table” for a diversity and equality of voices. Get an expert’s advice on building relationships, creating sustainability, and other key initiatives for the health and advancement of the accounting profession.
Rethinking the CPA Pipeline
Is eliminating the 150 hours requirement the key to building the professional pipeline? Host Chris Mitchell sits down with Kimberly Ellison Taylor, founder and CEO of KET Solutions, LLC to discuss how to build a stronger future for the accounting profession, and how getting rid of the 150-hour requirement may not be the best solution to increasing the amount of CPAs. Instead, the solution may lie in reshaping current CPAs' attitude toward the profession and how to act as ambassadors to a new generation of prospective accountants and strengthening DEI initiatives to connect with a wider audience. Kimberly also outlines her five E's for success that will benefit both prospective and experienced CPAs.
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