Panelist

Ms. Kelly Harris

Kelly has over 25 years of corporate and consulting business experience. She is an entrepreneurial executive, financial expert and strategist.  She is an expert in finding ways to save millions through tax planning and accounting analysis.

As a founding partner in Harris & Dickey, a women owned financial professional services firm, Kelly partners with C-level executives of Fortune 1000 companies to help enhance shareholder value and achieve corporate objectives.  In addition to founding Harris & Dickey, Kelly was a founder and market leader in a successful Deloitte spin-off, Resources Global Professionals that went public in 2000. Kelly joined Deloitte to open the Dallas office of Resources and helped build  a multinational  professional services firm with over 3,000 professionals around the world from 80 practice offices.

Ten years prior to founding Harris & Dickey she spent consulting with Titus, Resources Global Professionals (a Deloitte spin-off) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. She was responsible for overseeing delivery of services, operations, growth, business development, resource management and provided strategic direction and leadership. At Titus and Resources, Kelly was the Dallas Managing. The beginning of her career was spent in tax departments at ClubCorp and Donrey Media Group.

She is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor in Business Administration majoring in accounting. She has been a Certified Public Accountant for over 30 years with expertise in corporate governance, accounting, tax, business development, talent development and management.  She is a member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG), Institute of Internal Auditors, and the Association for Corporate Growth. She is on the Advisory Board for FENG and IECG and also has served on non-profit boards. She has been an Angel Investor, and has experience with Trinity Private Equity Group, Texas Women Ventures Fund and Concert Golf.