130. Wanted: A more diverse profession | with George Willie

George Willie is a managing partner with Bert Smith & Company, a CPA and management consulting firm with offices in D.C., Baltimore, and the Virgin Islands. He has served as chair of the AICPA’s Private Companies Practice Section and the Montgomery County Employee Retirement System Board of Investment Trustees, and is also an immigrant originally from Jamaica. He has some great stories to tell, and some great insights into the CPA profession’s efforts around diversity and inclusion, the importance of mentorship, the work that groups like the Maryland Association of CPAs are doing to drive the profession forward in this area.To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit blionline.org/blog.Resources:bertsmithco.comCompanies with more women in management have outperformed their more male-led peers, according to Goldman Sachs4 ways diversity & inclusion is good for businessFuture-Proof is a production of Crate Media