Making Accounting a Little Less Taxing ® for small business owners is Nayo Carter-Gray’s goal as owner and founder of 1st Step Accounting LLC. A self-proclaimed techie Nayo decided a virtual accounting practice was the best way to experience her love of travel and still help small business owners all across the US reduce the stress of managing their disorganized financial systems. Mrs. Carter-Gray is an Enrolled Agent, a QuickBooks Online Advanced Certified Pro-Advisor, a Gusto Ambassador leading People Advisory, was named one of Hubdoc’s 2017 and 2018 Top 50 Cloud Accountants in North America, was handpicked to sit on the 2018-2019 Intuit Accountant Council, was named one of Forbes Top 100 Tax Twitter accounts to follow and one of the Top 50 Women in Accounting by Practice Ignition 2 years in a row.

Carrie Stemke is the Senior Editor at AccountingWEB and played an integral part in the creation of the 2022 Live Summit agenda. She has been an editor and writer for the past 10 years, and her wide-ranging work has been featured on movie and history websites and in scientific journals.