In this panel discussion featuring Dr. Tamara Dias, Charese Chambers, and Shan-Nel D. Simmions, our panel of financial experts will answer all-encompassing questions related to mastering your money. From strategic savings and retirement planning to tax preparation & planning, budgeting, bookkeeping and profit planning, you’ll learn how to take control of your finances both personally and professionally.
About our Speaker…
Charese Chambers is an award-winning Fractional CFO . Her company Financial Fancy LLC empowers aspiring and established entrepreneurs to create long term sustainability and accountability with their business finances. She has close to 2 decades experience in tax preparation, accounting, and consulting. Chambers is also a dynamic motivational speaker, workshop facilitator, engaging podcaster, and community leader.
Charese’s specialties include tax preparation, tax planning, bookkeeping,
non-profit guidelines, budgeting, QuickBooks software, business entity set up, and financial reporting. Over her expansive career, she has consulted multiple industries, and nonprofits on setting, creating services, product pricing, and providing tax education for small business owners.
In 2021, 2022 and 2023 Chambers was awarded the Businessperson of the Year Award and Mentor/Coach of the Year in Lynchburg, Virginia. In addition 2020 Young Professional of the Year and 2019 Millennial on the Move with a nomination for Athena Leadership Award in 2019.
She speaks regularly on panels, working groups, webinars, and conferences. She’s been featured in a variety of notable publications, including Lynchburg Business, Women Leaders of the World, and Collective Purpose.
Charese is the producer of the podcast: Business After Dark. These powerful shows provide information to small businesses owners from startups and beyond. She has a social media reach of over 20,000 connections and projects to reach even more with the relaunch of her YouTube Channel.
Charese is a sought-after community voice around topics of diversity, inclusion, equity, and service. She is the chair for the MEI organization for Locus Impact Banking, an organization dedicated to creating equitable access to capital by developing community partnerships and innovative tools that tackle systemic challenges and advance promising opportunities. She served as a board member for the Young Professionals and is a member of the Rotary Club of Forest, Virginia.