Nancy McClelland, CPA, MAFM is founder of the Chicago-based accounting firm The Dancing Accountant, host of the She Counts Podcast, and the creator of Ask a CPA, an innovative Q&A community for bookkeepers.

She's been on a lifelong mission to support small businesses and their communities—as well as educate the professionals who serve them. Known for her fun, personal, and direct style, it's no surprise she insists that the future of accounting is built on relationships.

Named Top CAS ProAdvisor and Top 5 Tax Advisor by Insightful Accountant, as well as Bridging the Gap's Mentor of the Year, she's also one of Ignition's Top 50 Women in Accounting, Forbes' Best-In-State CPAs, and AICPA's Global Women to Watch. An in-demand presenter and educator, Nancy writes an award-winning blog for MSN, and you can often catch her performing with The Janes, a 1960s-style go-go dance troupe.