Women in Business | Finance & Tax Planning
Finance & Tax Planning
Join us for an informative seminar covering key finance and tax topics for anyone whose work involves money, particularly small business professionals and budget managers. Learn practical strategies to keep your business compliant while maximizing efficiency. We'll discuss important filing considerations for 2025 within the current economic landscape. We’ll also share expert tips for organizing your books, questions to ask your accountant, and how to set your business up for long-term success.
Meet our Speaker:
Julie Thompson
Julie Thompson, CPA, is the founder of Back Office Service Solutions LLC (B.O.S.S), where she leverages her extensive experience in audits, due diligence, and tax engagements at both regional and national CPA firms to help entrepreneurs, small business owners, and nonprofits streamline their essential administrative and operational tasks. Holding a Master’s in Accounting and certified as a Fraud Examiner, Julie also serves as an adjunct professor at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She is deeply committed to community service as a member and Director of the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park Foundation, and proudly brings the discipline and perspective gained from her civilian service with the United States Army in Korea. Outside of her professional pursuits, Julie enjoys cooking for friends and family, tending her garden, walking her well-known dog Elvis, and championing nonprofit causes through creative fundraising initiatives.
Meet our 2025 WIB group co-chairs:
Marcy Miller / Founder & Facilitator, Collective Works Consulting
Judy Seals / CEO & Nurse Practitioner, Synergy Integrative Health & Wellness
Jocelyn Calles / Co-Owner, Las Flores Laundromat
Where is it?
The Sheridan of River Forest is graciously hosting us!
The Sheridan is a premiere active senior and memory care community.
Complimentary parking is available when you enter on Chicago Avenue.
What To Expect...
Please come as you are. Coffee, tea and light refreshments will be served.
9-9:15 am - network, socialize, gather refreshments, and find your seat.
9:15-10:30 - program
If you need to arrive a few minutes late or leave a few minutes early, please still join us! We get it, we all have things to do.
Want more information on Women In Business?
Contact Melissa Mallinson at mmallinson@oprfchamber.org
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Date and Time
Friday Oct 10, 2025
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CDT
Location
The Sheridan at River Forest
800 N. Harlem, River Forest
Parking is available in the rear.
Fees/Admission
Free for members
$20 for non-members
Contact Information
Melissa Mallinson
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