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Michael Gregory is a mediation and negotiations specialist. He has the knowledge, experience, and relationships to help you with IRS and other disputes. Prior to founding Michael Gregory Consulting, LLC, Mike had 28 years of experience with the IRS in a variety of capacities from specialist to executive level. During his last 11 years with the IRS, Mike was an IRS territory manager with responsibilities for up to twenty-three states with an emphasis in business valuation and specialist issues nationally.

Mike has been working with neuroscientists for over ten years and he has written 12 books focusing on IRS issues business valuation, conflict resolution, servant leadership, and his most recent book The Collaboration Effect. Mike has a BS from Valparaiso University, a MS from the University of Wisconsin -- Madison and an MBA from DePaul University.

Jeremy is the Owner of HRD Initiatives, which specializes in leadership development, organizational development and talent management solutions. In this capacity, he works with client partners' executive teams in determining talent management strategies, building leadership talent, implementing solutions and coaching individual leaders.

Jeremy started his career, and spend a significant amount of his time, at TD Ameritrade where he was the Director of Organizational Effectiveness. There, he was responsible for enterprise-wide talent management initiatives where he partnered with senior executives across the organization to determine business unit and department-level talent management strategies and solutions that drove their performance goals. He was also responsible for building their leadership development programs. He has extensive knowledge of organizational psychology and has had great success in developing strategies and programs that build better individuals and organizations using a strengths-based approach.

Jeremy has also focused his expertise within the accounting profession since 2004. He is a frequent speaker at various Regional, National and International conferences on the topics of Ethical Decision Making, Leadership Development and Talent Management. As a consultant to the profession his clients include a range of small firms to the top ten largest in the United States, many of whom are found on the Accounting Today’s Best Firms to Work for list.

Jeremy attended the University of Nebraska where he earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Organizational Development as well as a Masters in Business Administration. He holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Human Resources. Jeremy is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, and the Academy of Management. He is also active in his local community as the former President of the Young Alumni Board for the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska, where he was also an adjunct professor from 1999 to 2016.

Kerry E. Roberts, CPA is a frequent public speaker and presenter. In addition to presenting for Surgent, Kerry chairs the Tennessee Senate Committee for Government Operations, which oversees 260 governmental agencies in the state of Tennessee.

Prior to working with the Tennessee General Assembly, Kerry was a business owner and CEO for 25 years. His background includes being president and chairman of a national business association, partner in a CPA firm, audit staff for a "Big 8" accounting firm, and adjunct accounting faculty for Lipscomb University.

Kerry was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2014 representing Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, a portion of Montgomery and Robertson counties.

Kerry is a 1983 graduate of Lipscomb University (accounting major). Married since 1987, Kerry and his wife are the parents of three kids and live in Springfield, Tennessee. His hobbies include cycling, a vintage motorcycle, two antique Triumph convertibles, and tending to a 155-year-old home.

Karl Egnatoff is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) currently living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He has worked as an information technology services provider, a trainer and a programmer related to financial and business technology projects since 1995. Prior to this, Karl worked in public accounting as well as in private sector accounting for a period of approximately six years. He has been teaching group live and web-based continuing education since 2006. In addition to being a CPA, he is also a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP).

Karl is a member of the West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Information Technology Section of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has also achieved a number of technology certifications including Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Certified Software Engineer (CSE) and Certified Integration Developer (CID). During the course of his career, Mr. Egnatoff has owned and operated a number of successful businesses.

Karl graduated from Marshall University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. During his time in college he participated in division I Cross County competing on the varsity squad. He was also on Marshall's Track team. Karl and his wife Lana live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and have been married since 1990. They have two grown sons, Jordan and Steven.

Tangela Johnson is a Corporate Culture and Leadership Development Expert, Seasoned Consultant, Executive Coach, Dynamic Speaker and Author. She is the Founder and President of North Georgia Corporate Consulting, a professional development boutique that's helped multimillion dollar companies across multiple industries for more than two decades. Today, Tangela is known as a powerful thought leader and gifted change agent -- affectionately referred to as "The Fixer" by her clients.

In each engagement, Tangela works closely with leaders to create high performing, inclusive, cultures where creativity, accountability, teamwork, and excellence can flourish. She's known for her innovative coaching style -- and even served as an interim "Chief People Officer" inside a major healthcare company. Tangela is also known for helping companies identify the root cause of leadership challenges and developing long term solutions for significant culture change. Tangela uses her signature Leaders First, Culture Second model to help companies develop healthy, sustainable, inclusive cultures.

Tangela recently released her new book, Relaxed Power: How to Live a Purposed (Not Perfect) Life. It's rooted in her steady faith, business journey, and belief in the individual pursuit of greatness. Tangela's mission is to help people unearth, organize, and activate their brilliance individually and corporately. Tangela's new master class, "The Road to Relaxed Power" puts people on the path to discovering their unique brilliance. Tangela served as 2021 Board Chair of Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute. She was previously appointed by former Governor Nathan Deal to serve on the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Board. Other former community roles include Rotarian (Board Member), Paul Harris Fellow and alumnus of the prestigious Leadership Georgia Program. She served on Siskin Hospital's Board and Christian Heritage's School Board. Tangela has been a guest on Sirius XM and featured in City Scope Magazine, Trend Magazine as well as other publications.

As a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, you can count on Tangela to deliver actionable steps on relationship re-engineering and interventions that help business owners identify and resolve issues, so they can achieve greater outcomes.

Tangela has an undergraduate degree in Broadcast News from The University of Georgia. She holds a master's degree in English from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She is a first-generation college graduate. She lives in Whitfield County, Georgia with her husband, John, of 29 years and is the proud mom of her young adult daughter, Caylor.

Simeon Wallis is the Chief Investment Officer with Aprio Wealth Management. He provides investing and strategic business advisory services to high-net-worth individuals and families, serial entrepreneurs and business owners. As Chief Investment Officer he wears many hats. He develops the investment strategy for Aprio investment clients' global asset allocation, including providing coordination and due diligence of private deal investments. In addition, he delivers economic and capital market perspectives for clients and Aprio partners to guide strategic planning and lead the development and growth of Aprio Family Office.

Dr. Freeman is an Assistant Professor and Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Accountancy with East Tennessee State University as well as a CPA. Her professional background is as a CPA, working as an intern with Ernst & Young and as an accountant with Burkhart & Company in Knoxville, Tennessee. She has over twenty years of experience teaching accounting courses. Dr. Freeman has presented on and authored several articles regarding auditing standards, taxation and accounting education.