Esther Friedberg Karp is an internationally-renowned trainer, writer, business consultant and speaker who has been repeatedly listed as one of Insightful Accountant’s Top 100 QuickBooks ProAdvisors in the world. She has also been named to their Top 10 list on two occasions: as Top International ProAdvisor and Top Trainer/Writer ProAdvisor.

In addition, Esther was named one of the Top 50 Women in Accounting for 2017 and a Top Ten Influencer in the Canadian Bookkeeping World in 2018.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Esther has the unique distinction of holding ProAdvisor certifications in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. She has authored materials and delivered educational and certification courses for Intuit in all those countries, as well as Australia where she conducted live QuickBooks Online training. She has spoken at Scaling New Heights, QuickBooks Connect and other conferences, and has written countless articles for Intuit Global, the Firm of the Future blog and Insightful Accountant.

Esther’s clients include companies worldwide and accounting professionals who seek her out on behalf of their own clients. She is sought out for her expertise in Multicurrency and various countries’ editions of QuickBooks Desktop and Online, and for her talent in customizing QuickBooks usage for different industries. She also creates QuickBooks Core and Advanced certification training for accounting professionals in Canada.

Esther holds a BSc from the University of Toronto in Actuarial Science and Mathematics, and an MBA in Marketing and Finance from York University’s Schulich School of Business.

Jennifer F. Louis, CPA has over 25 years of experience in designing and instructing high-quality training programs in a wide variety of technical and “soft skills” topics needed for professional and organization success. In 2003, she founded Emergent Solutions Group, LLC, where she focuses her energy on designing and delivering high-quality, practical, and engaging accounting and auditing training. She was most recently Director of Audit Product Development at Surgent Professional Education, and prior to that served as Executive Vice President/Director of Training Services at AuditWatch, Inc., a highly-respected training and audit process consulting firm. Before joining AuditWatch, Jennifer was the Financial/Operational Audit Manager at AARP. At the start of her professional career, Jennifer was an Audit Manager for Deloitte & Touche LLP, where she frequently served as a local and national instructor. Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from Marymount University with a BBA-Accounting. Besides loving life on the lake with her husband in Charlotte, NC, she enjoys hiking with her little dog Frodo Beggins, and savoring any precious moments spent with her two young adult boys.

Lucas is a Texas Society of CPAs Rising Star Award-winning experienced auditor, director, board member, manager, and publisher with more than 15 years of leadership experience in external audit and internal audit with an emphasis on risk-based (COSO) audit approaches. His responsibilities include the oversight and management of a department of more than 30 professionals (budget monitoring, analysis metrics, recruiting/retention, coaching, mentoring); partnering with clients with assets in excess of $150MM+ to identify, analyze, and mitigate financial and industry risks to their strategic plan; planning and execution of multiple, large-scale, simultaneous projects; and development and implementation of numerous accounting and finance presentations to external clients, committees, and boards as well as to local, state, and national audiences about accounting industry developments.

A member of FORVIS National Nonprofit Advisory Services Practice and Center of Excellence. Neely has more than 20 years of audit and advisory experience in public accounting. Her expertise includes financial statement audits, Single Audits, grants management, assessments and compliance, outsourced accounting functions, standards implementation, internal audit procedures, strategic planning, and tax-exempt matters for a  wide range of nonprofit entities. Neely also performs forensic work related to various cases for technical matters for nonprofits.

In addition to handling the accounting, consulting, and audit needs of her clients, she advises clients on operational efficiencies, internal controls, and governance issues and routinely shares best practices with clients gained from working with a variety of organizations. She is a highly sought national speaker on technical matters in the accounting community. Neely also served in the United States Navy for four years. 

Neely is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, where she serves as a board member, TXCPA -Dallas, where she serves as a board member and the Association of  Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. She holds the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation. 

She has been involved with many other professional associations, including Dallas Social Venture Partners,  Finance Chair, Arthritis Foundation, Dallas Heroes Project, and Great Girls Network. Neely is a 2000 magna cum laude graduate of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Sarah joined the firm in 2019 with an extensive background in the nonprofit industry. She offers advisory services to nonprofit entities in the Austin/San Antonio region.

Her career experience has centered on nonprofit entities, serving in various accounting and finance roles in institutions of higher education and religious organizations. Sarah has additional experience providing audit services for a variety of nonprofit entities.

Sarah is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Institute of Management Accountants, Inc. (IMA), and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. (ACFE®). She holds the Certified Management Accountant® (CMA®) certification from IMA and the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential from ACFE.

She is a summa cum laude graduate of Schreiner University, Kerrville, Texas, with a B.B.A. degree in accounting.