Ashley Francis is a CPA with 23 years of experience. She specializes in helping ultra-high net worth clients, professional fiduciaries, and trust and estate attorneys with complex tax and estate compliance and planning. She has been involved in trust and estate disputes and seen where things can go sideways. She also started exploring and sharing her experiences with ChatGPT in December, 2022. Since then, she has created a newsletter for folks interested in ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 applications, and automation, with the goal of making these technologies feel friendly and accessible. She has also created an online course that shares tiny daily …

Illyasha Peete, a Chief Member at Chief, is part of a powerful network of women leaders who support each other to become better leaders together. With over 26 years of experience in the health, wellness, and fitness industry, she brings her strategic leadership, coaching, entrepreneurship, and customer satisfaction expertise to this dynamic community. Illyasha also served as the Chief of Equity, Justice, and Culture at ClimateWorks Foundation, a global organization that supports climate action and philanthropy. In this role, she lead the development and implementation of strategies and initiatives that foster a culture of belonging, inclusion, diversity, equity, access, and liberation …

Orumé Hays, CPA, CGMA, MST, is the Founder and CEO of HAYS CPA LLC, a boutique client advisory and accounting services firm focusing on outsourced CFO services. She was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting for 2022 and 2023 by the AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor. Ignition also recognized her as a 2023 Top 50 Women in Accounting. Hays is an NYSSCPA statewide Director at Large, a past member of the Executive Committee, a past chair of NYSSCPA’s Small Firms Practice Management Committee, and a past President of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) Manhattan/Bronx …