Are you thinking about starting a franchise business in the US or Canada? Franchising provides a proven turn key system for success. My goal is to guide clients, looking to become entrepreneurs, through the process of learning about Liberty Tax Service and the benefits a seasonal business has to offer.

Bonnie was the Co-Founder and VP of Barefoot Cellars for twenty years and is the coauthor of The New York Times Bestselling book, The Barefoot Spirit; How Hardship, Hustle, and Heart Built America's #1 Wine Brand. She is the winner of the Fast Track Growth Brand, Trend Setter, and Hot Brand, all without the use of traditional paid advertising. Barefoot is now the #1 wine brand in the world.As VP, Bonnie focused on overview and direction of the business, setting company goals, and Board of Director matters. She was also responsible for legal relations and compliance. She edited all written materials including press releases, job descriptions, contracts, manuals, policies, procedures, checklists and sign off sheets. Bonnie is the recipient of the 2014 Distinguished Entrepreneur Speaker Award from the Turner School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Bradley University. She was a keynote speaker at the World Conference on Entrepreneurship in Dublin. Bonnie loves being an inspirational speaker and business consultant for start-ups, corporations and organizations alike. She consults with entrepreneurs on business philosophy, the intricacies of building and growing a business, advertising and marketing, and building team spirit. Bonnie is a sought after speaker by companies, conferences, and classrooms. She regularly appears on radio & TV as an entrepreneurship thought leader. She and Michael Houlihan share their secrets to success in an online series at BarefootSpiritGPS.comIn the early days of Barefoot Cellars, she was responsible for label design, bottling and supply oversight, all financial aspects of the business, including accounting and budgeting, and maintaining and increasing credit from vendors and financial institutions. The famous footprint on the label is Bonnie's footprint.Specialties: small business consulting, mission statement creation, goal-setting, bringing logos to life, non-profit consulting, public speaking, asset identification.

Strategic, innovative, and results oriented HR Executive with a record for transforming HR operations. Change agent who is committed to serving customers, employees and communities. Proven track record of success in creating collaborative relationships that lead to both positive business and people results.Specialties: Strategic planning, change management, conflict resolution, leadership development, talent management, succession planning, recruitment, employee relations, labor relations, training & organizational development, operational excellence and human capital.

Carol Campbell is the director of the IRS Return Preparer Office since August 2012. As director, she is responsible for the IRS’s oversight program of the tax professional industry. Her office handles the preparer tax identification number (PTIN) program and registration of almost 700,000 tax return preparers and other tax professionals with the IRS, as well as oversight of the Annual Filing Season program and all enrollment programs (enrolled agent, enrolled retirement plan agent, and enrolled actuary). Carol is a graduate of the University of Virginia and subsequently earned a law degree from the College of William and Mary. After law school, Carol worked for the U.S. Department of Labor, and then joined the IRS in 1991. Before becoming RPO Director, Carol was a senior docket attorney in Chief Counsel, Counsel to the National Taxpayer Advocate, Division Counsel for Wage and Investment, and Deputy Chief of Staff for the IRS Commissioner.

Marketing, advertising, and sales leader experienced in omni-channel marketing, team building/training, business development, and designing/executing scalable solutions. Well versed in all aspects of marketing with deep subject matter expertise in digital. Consulted with 2300+ clients ranging from SMB to Fortune 1000. Sold, strategized, and managed multi-million dollar advertising budgets and campaigns. Known for passionate leadership, aggressive business development, and efficient & effective execution. Always interested in a good challenge for a worthwhile cause.

Gordon D’Angelo is co-founder of NEXT Financial Group, Inc., the eight-time Broker/Dealer of the Year Award winner.Gordon was an original founder and director of Jackson Hewitt Tax Service. He has consulted for two of the top fifteen franchises in the world, and has founded numerous successful companies. He currently sits on the Board of Directors at Liberty Tax Service.He appeared for 10 years on Virginia radio show, Ask the Expert, and has been a guest on every major network affiliate, including ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC. Gordon has spoken to many financial, private, and charitable organizations nationally. His easy to grasp Strategic Visionary Planning has been instrumental to companies and individuals seeking stronger creative energy and output.He makes himself available to those organizations that seek top line performance. Recipients of his engagements have not only sensed, but caught his entrepreneurial spirit making life changing differences. Gordon’s passion is to take Vision: Your Pathway to Victory and its meaning worldwide, invigorating all participants.

With over 20 years of Information Technology, business, consulting, and leadership experience, Henry has served in many roles including Technologist, Architect, trusted advisor, for both Information Technology and Business and regarded as a technology leader and mentor. Serving in a variety of industries including automotive, video conferencing, real estate and financialEnterprise Architecture • Information Assurance / Information Security / Privacy • Solution Architecture • Data Architecture • Application Architecture • Integration Architecture • Vendor Relations • Quality Assurance • DevOps • SOA • SDLC • Agile / CMMI • C# / .Net / ASP.Net • Java / JEE / JBOSS • Customer / Client Interfacing • Honesty

I entered the accounting profession as an Internal Auditor at Liberty Tax Service in January 2013 and have since been promoted to Senior Compliance Auditor. My primary responsibilities include Compliance Audits designed to detect deficient controls, fraud or non-compliance with laws, regulations and corporate policies; examining tax returns to identify unusual, incorrect or suspicious practices, analyze statistics in relation to tax returns and invoices. I am also responsible for managing the staff auditor, contract auditors and interns.

Take new marketing initiatives and implementing them.

Previously founded Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax Services. His 50-years of tax experienceand remarkable business acumen are the foundation of the Loyalty Brands companies and what our success plan is built on.

A divergent thinker passionate about learning and service; constantly exploring innovative and creative ways for organizations and individuals to be more productive and effective.• Extensive experience in leadership development, training, and coaching in aspiring learning organization contexts• Comprehensive knowledge of adult learning and development• Committed team member with excellent communication and facilitation skills• Strong systems thinking and problem solving skills • Skilled coach with ability to deliver feedback sensitively and effectively• Passionate about personal and organizational learning • 15 years teaching/training experience • 8 years experience in leading education and training team • Over 15 years of executive team experience with nonprofit organizationsSpecialties: Individual, group, and organizational learningOrganizational changeTeam building and coachingFacilitation skillsSystems thinking and problem solving

Along with Assistant Duties, I work on Artwork Approvals for Franchisees, and Local Events for the Hampton Roads area. As well as accounting and Purchase Order items for the Marketing Department. Active in Relay For Life. I Love coming to work everyday, you never know what is going to happen. It is never a dull moment.

Content Marketing Specialist

Training Manager at Liberty Tax Service

Experienced Support Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the support industry. Skilled in Windows 7, Microsoft Excel, Technical Support, Team Building, and Servers. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor's Degree focused in Business Administration (IT) from Bryant and Stratton College. 

Over thirty years of marketing success in both public and private companies. Her strong experience in business strategy, traditional media and digital marketing provide an uncommon resource for Loyalty Brands expansion and growth.

Michael Houlihan is a highly sought-after business strategist, keynote speaker, consultant, and corporate trainer. Presentations are often with Bonnie Harvey, his Co-founder of Barefoot (now the #1 wine brand in the world), providing decades of real-world, practical business experience. Using out-of-the-box thinking, pay-for-performance, positive culture, channel distribution management, and "Worthy Cause Marketing,"​ they help start-ups, entrepreneurs and Fortune 500 corporations increase their sales, profitability and brand equity. For the first time, their secrets to success is available in an exclusive online series at BarefootSpiritGPS.comHe, along with Bonnie, bootstrapped Barefoot (a novelty wine brand) into a national mega-brand, selling 600,000 cases per year in 50 states and 28 countries. They've keynoted at many prestigious conferences, symposiums, universities and forums. Clients benefit from Michael’s expertise:- EJ Gallo: Preserved brand’s positive company culture, innovative thinking, & growth without expensive commercial advertising. Started with Barefoot sales of 600K grew to over 13M+ cases. - VinoPRO: took sales from under $500K to over $10M in 3 years. Repositioned company from brokerage to the leading U.S. outsourced outbound wine telemarketing firm. They are ranked #238 on INC 500's private company list for fastest revenue growth in 2013, and made the list again in 2014.- Atmani Tours: Structured premier tour company and achieved financing for high-end European & clients in Asia. Located in Sonoma County, CA, #1 wine tour destination. He and Bonnie's articles on business philosophy have been reprinted in TIME, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Entrepreneurs' Organization and numerous other business magazines and trade journals. Michael lives in the wine country with Bonnie and they are avid supporters of conservation and humanitarian causes and regularly donate their professional time to local NPOs.

Senior Marketing Copywriter

Multi-Unit Franchise Owner at Liberty Tax

In the past I have demonstrated an outstanding ability to close the sale and ensure subscribers are content with their Cox services. As learned in the Army I have maintained a two up perspective of being able to fulfill the job requirement of those two levels higher than me. I often volunteer to do tasks outside of my job description to excel my independent development plan.In the past I have spoken to both college and high school students regarding leadership and civic duty. 

Core Responsibilities:- Own the Area Development in Oakland/San Jose, California- Develop the region by recruiting and training highly committed, passionate, and entrepreneurial business partners (franchisees)- Increase Liberty Tax Service brand awareness by securing A+ office locations (site selection), strategic partnerships with retail partnerships and relationships throughout the region

Liberty Tax Service has named Richard Ernst as Compliance Counsel to consult with the Company's compliance team in enhancing the robust compliance program. Mr. Ernst also aids in expanding training and education opportunities for the nationwide network of more than 1,800 franchisees and their 22,000 seasonal tax preparers.Ernst came to Liberty Tax Service from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, where he served for five years, most recently as Deputy Commissioner for Professional Responsibility. In that role, he was responsible for the registration, training and discipline of tax preparers in the state. Before joining the department, he spent 23 years with the Office of the New York State Attorney General, where his job titles included Deputy Section Chief for Financial Crimes, Senior Investigative Counsel and Deputy Bureau Chief in the Criminal Prosecutions Bureau. Ernst earned his J.D. from Albany Law School.

Seasoned leader with broad experience in operations & infrastructure, development, and portfolio management.Highly effective in fostering collaborative service delivery environments. Particular strengths in leveraging emerging technology to enable high ROI, process improvement and strategic alignment. 

"There are three certainties in life.. death, taxes, and change." -John T. Hewitt, CEO and Founder || Liberty Tax Service and Siempre Tax+. As the Manager of Affordable Care with Liberty Tax Service I manage the implementation of the Affordable Care Act into the Liberty Tax Service system and offices across the United States. 

VP IT Planning

Corporate Direct Marketer with 25+ years of creative, sales and production experience. Now on the client side, I see a lot of presentations and performances. The proof is always in the pudding.Marketing the fastest growing international tax preparation company ... ever, every day is an adventure.Specialties: Response, ROI, targeting, purchasing of production, headlines, budgeting, contemporary art, project scheduling.

Tax Office Acquisitions Analyst