Jessie has 18 years of experiences in accounting and finance. She spent the last couple of years in a consulting role supporting all stages of life sciences and biotechnology companies bringing values to all stakeholders. She provided accounting, finance, financial compliance and reporting, strategic planning and project management services to these companies. She was part of her clients’ internal team acting as their VP of Finance. In addition, Jessie also had 13 years of experiences from Ernest & Young (EY), serving both public and private companies in many industries including: Telecommunication, Technology, Life Sciences, Specialty Construction industries. She has extensive SEC, transactional and multi-national experience assisting clients with initial public offerings, debt offerings, acquisitions, collaborations, divestitures, private equity offerings, as well as implementing Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 requirements. Jessie also did a rotation in EY’s Americas Professional Practice team, she helped develop tools and guidance to enable EY teams to execute high-quality audits.

Jessie is also an active leader in organizations promoting women and minorities. She also serves as a non-profit board member at both Rede Academy and Renaissance West Community Initiative where she extends her passion in advocating diversity, equity and inclusion in education and in a collaborative community.

Jessie is a certified public accountant (CPA) in both North Carolina and Virginia. She holds a Master in Accounting from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Elon University.