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Leslie D. Michael, CPA/PFS, CFP®  Leslie is a Certified Public Accountant and also holds the AICPA’s Personal Financial Specialist designation and is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. She graduated from Indiana University with both a BS in Accounting and a BA with Distinction in Spanish.    Leslie has her own firm, Michael Associates, LLC which provides fee only tax, financial, estate and investment planning to individuals, their families, trusts and family businesses. Leslie began her career in tax and financial planning at Ernst & Young where she worked in Personal Financial Planning for sixteen years. Leslie also worked

in private industry in finance with a large regional multi family residential construction and management firm as well as with a national manufacturing firm.   Leslie is also active in both charitable and professional organizations within the community. She currently serves on the Executive Committee of the AICPA Personal Financial Planning Section and as Chair of the Indiana CPA Society Financial Planning Section. She has also provided radio and media interviews, chat forums with USA Today, and served as a panelist with the Department of Labor Women’s Bureau teleconference series.