Bill Rancic has not slowed down since being crowned the original Apprentice, he is an award-winning TV personality, financial correspondent on the “Rachael Ray” Show and best-selling author. Most recently, Bill completed his second book, titled “Beyond the Lemonade Stand,” which was written to help educate and motivate young people about the value of money and how to leverage skills, talents and abilities at an early age. Bill Rancic founded the successful company, cigarsaroundtheworld.com 12 years ago in a 400 sq. ft. studio apartment. Today, it is a thriving multi-million dollar national operation. As the son of educators, and a true entrepreneur, he originally earned his way through college by starting a boat wash and wax business in the Chicago area.

Will Fleenor, CPA, CITP, PhD , is currently the CFO of K2 Enterprises. Will is a past Chairman of the AICPA Information Technology Conference in addition to being past chairman of other conferences and professional committees. Will is a co-author of the Practitioners Publishing Company’s Guide to Installing Microcomputer Accounting Systems and has had numerous articles published in professional journals including the Journal of Accountancy, the CPA Journal, and others.

E. Lynn Nichols, CPA , a practicing CPA for 38 years, is a tax consultant and the founder of Nichols CPE, Inc., a developer of continuing education programs for CPAs. He is a regular contributor to Bisk Education’s CPE Network, co-moderator of the Taxation Discussion Groups for accountantsworld.com, a volunteer member of the Tax Division of the AICPA, and past Chair of the Board of Visitors of the School of Accounting in the College of Business of the University of Oklahoma.

Bill Reeb, CPA , has been consulting for three decades to all sizes of businesses, primarily in the areas of organization, automation, and revenue generation.  As an entrepreneur, Bill has founded eight small businesses including his recently launched consulting firm - Succession Institute, LLC. Bill is an active volunteer having served in many leadership roles in the AICPA such as being a current commissioner of the National Accreditation Commission (NAC).  He has been a member of AICPA Council several times, a member of Strategic Planning and Chair of the Consulting Services Committees.  Accounting Today has recognized his efforts by listing him as one of the Top 100 Most Influential CPAs.

James E. Woy, CPA , is an audit partner with Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co., P.C. and has over 29 years of public accounting experience. His expertise areas include nonprofit tax and auditing, pension plan audits and construction. He is Past President of the Montana Society of CPAs and has served as a member of the AICPA’s Technical Issues Committee. James is an adjunct instructor at Montana Tech of the University of Montana. He also performs several Peer Reviews annually and is a technical reviewer for the Montana Society Peer Review Committee.