Valaise Smith

Financial Literacy Expert/CEO/Speaker/EA

Valaise Smith is the CEO of Tried & True Financial Services, LLC.  Valaise is committed to building & maintaining long-term relationships with business owners who want to obtain better control over their finances. She is passionate about educating business owners on the ABCs of finance to simplify their Accounting, Budgeting and Credit processes. With over two decades of working in the financial services industry, she has helped individuals and small business owners…
* file accurate income tax returns and implement income tax strategies to ensure they are paying the least amount of taxes possible;
* develop SMART budgets and balance their business books to ensure they know their numbers and can make good financial decisions;
* building business credit to ensure they can get access to capital to grow their businesses.
Valaise earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Davenport University, she is a member of the National Association of Tax Professionals, a Certified Minority Business Enterprise, an Inaugural Scholar of the Goldman Sachs One Million Black Women - Black in Business program and recently received her Enrolled Agent designation which allows her to represent clients before the IRS. When she is not serving clients, Valaise enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and riding her motorcycle.