Meet Our Fractional Executives

Our Team

At vcfo, our executive team is dedicated to making companies stronger by providing unparalleled expertise in finance, operations, and human resources. We pride ourselves on understanding the unique needs of businesses at every stage of development and growth.

Our leaders are committed to guiding your company toward operational excellence and strategic success.

Our Fractional Executives

Our Fractional Executives provide hands-on leadership in finance, operations, and human resources, helping businesses tackle complex challenges. With decades of experience across industries, our team delivers strategic insights and practical solutions to improve financial health, streamline operations, and strengthen people operations.

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Krupa Amlani

Consulting CFO

Krupa Amlani joins vcfo as a Consulting CFO, bringing with her more than 17 years of experience. Adept at managing investor relations and fostering strong employee teamwork across disciplines, she balances superb communication abilities with a deep understanding of business operations and revenue discipline.

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Gracie Baze

Senior Consulting Controller

Gracie Baze is an experienced and dedicated financial professional with more than 20 years of achievements in accounting, financial management, and auditing for companies both in the United States and abroad. As a Senior Consulting Controller for our Austin market, Gracie works with some of our most important clients to deliver sound financial strategy and foster growth.

Lisa Bebee

Marketing Director

Lisa Bebee is a seasoned marketing and communications professional with over 20 years of account management, program management, and creative leadership expertise. Since joining vcfo, Lisa has been instrumental in elevating the firm’s marketing strategy, driving brand awareness, and enhancing client engagement.

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Eric Baliruno

Consulting Controller

Eric Baliruno is a finance and accounting professional with 25 years of experience in the field. As a controller, his goal is to support corporate goals and objectives through the accurate and timely preparation and delivery of accounting and financial records.

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Ashford Chancelor

Practice Manager, Dallas, Consulting CFO

Ashford leads vcfo Dallas with a blend of financial acumen and modern software solutions. His forward-thinking approach connects with cutting-edge businesses, helping our clients develop robust financial strategies.

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Jennifer Darby

Consulting Controller

Jennifer Darby is a dedicated and experienced finance professional with demonstrated expertise across a wide range of skills, including cost accounting, fixed asset management, inventory management, audit preparation, policy development, budgeting, and accounts payable and receivable.

David Deslatte

Consulting Controller

David Deslatte is a highly skilled consulting controller with more than 30 years of experience spanning from public accounting to private and public entities in an array of industries. He has been deeply involved in ERP implementations, insurance negotiations, ERISA, government contracting, and M&A.

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Alan Docherty

Consulting CFO

Alan Docherty joins vcfo as a Consulting CFO, bringing with him more than 35 years of experience. He is a senior finance, IT, and operations executive with significant experience in strategic transformation, corporate finance, and value creation.

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Deborah Doherty

Consulting CFO

Deborah Doherty is a veteran Chief Financial Officer with highly specialized multi-dimensional industry experience. Deborah’s industry knowledge spans across oil and energy, professional services, construction, real estate, management consulting, utilities, and professional training and coaching bringing a versatile leadership skillset to each of her clients.

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Karine Duplessy

Assistant Controller

Karine Duplessy is a veteran financial professional with nearly 20 years of experience as an accountant in multi-national and growth companies and organizations. As a determined, passionate, and ambitious financial professional, Karine has been recognized as the premiere catalyst for implementing innovative accounting principles both for accounting staff and front-line employees.

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Carter Freeman

Vice President, Western Region

Carter is the Vice President for vcfo’s Western Region. An accomplished professional with more than 30 years of senior-level financial and accounting experience, Carter embraces new situations, establishes trust and develops workable game plans. To produce results, Carter leads his clients through their challenges by assessing a set of circumstances and “cutting to the chase.”

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Sharon Gill

Consulting CFO

Sharon (Foster) Gill is a veteran financial executive with substantial experience in the startup environment. Sharon has helped to lead a variety of startup enterprises through sound financial strategy development, technical savviness, and a steadfast dedication towards effective executive-level leadership.

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Brandon Green

Consulting CFO & Business Development Executive

Brandon Green joins vcfo as a Consulting CFO & Business Development Executive, bringing with him nearly 20 years of experience. Through a potent blend of strategic analysis and quantitative modeling, he excels at providing executives with a clear roadmap and comprehensive view into the far-reaching implications of their decisions.

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Stephanie Hererra

Consulting Controller

Stephanie Herrera is an accounting controller successful at managing multiple
projects and consistently meeting deadlines under pressure. She has extensive
knowledge of general ledger accounting and financial reporting and has particular
expertise in the nonprofit sector.

Patrick Herrington

Senior Corporate Recruiter

Patrick Herrington is a results-driven talent acquisition leader with a decade of full-cycle recruiting and client development expertise across corporate and agency landscapes. At vcfo, he has played a pivotal role in transforming the firm’s talent strategy—driving change management initiatives, optimizing hiring processes, and elevating the candidate experience. Patrick’s passion for building high-performing teams and aligning talent with business objectives makes him a strategic force in executive recruitment.

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Pamela Hooper

Senior People Operations / HR Consultant

Pamela Hooper is a solutions-oriented senior people operations executive with more than 25 years of experience in human resources. She is a true HR leader with an extensive background in business strategy, talent acquisition and management, total rewards, coaching, and organizational development.

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Chris Hysinger

Consulting CFO

Christopher Hysinger is a highly experienced C-level executive with nearly 23 years of experience leading energy organizations and corporations throughout the state of Texas. Chris has been instrumental to the success of every organization that he has served. His leadership, guidance, and strategy has solidified his reputation as a sound executive with the results-driven mindset required to achieve success.

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Elbert Johnson

Practice Manager, Consulting CFO

Elbert Johnson is a senior finance professional with nearly three decades of experience in financial reporting and analysis, banking and credit relationships, treasury-cash management, profit improvement, budgeting and forecasting, and e-commerce across multiple industries.

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Jennifer Lennarz

Consulting CFO

Jennifer Lennarz is a versatile, high-energy executive with more than 25 years of accounting and finance experience in leading companies through start-up, turnaround, and continuous profitable growth situations. A hands-on problem solver with an extensive background in accounting, auditing, financial modeling, M&A, systems implementations and related.

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Bill Osterhout

Consulting CFO

Bill Osterhout joins vcfo as a Consulting CFO, with more than 30 years of experience as a CEO and CFO. As a guide in building companies from concept to exit, Bill feels his core mission is helping leaders quickly pull away from the competition.

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Kimberley Owens

Consulting Controller

Kimberley Owens is a dedicated and seasoned finance professional with years of demonstrated success and proven expertise in financial strategy across several industries. Kimberley is one of our longest tenured consultants and often assists in the training and development of new and existing team members to ensure that best practices are always followed and implemented.

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Jess Pass

Senior People Operations/HR Consultant

Jess Pass is an accomplished senior HR business partner with 14+ years of
experience in global HR, talent management, and policy creation. She has extensive
experience in mergers and acquisitions, leading midsize and large organizations
through the due diligence process and post-merger HR infrastructure. She is highly
skilled in employee relations, people analytics, compensation, and benefits.

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Jennifer Perry

Assistant Controller

Jennifer Perry is a dedicated financial professional with more than ten years of experience helping business streamline their financial processes, improve efficiency and accounting practices. With a proven track record in GAAP accounting and monthly closing procedures Jennifer helps her clients streamline their processes, become more agile and flexible and ensure they remain competitive through sound financial practice.

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Lee Ann Perry-James

Consulting CFO

Lee Ann Perry-James is an accomplished consulting CFO with more than 20 years of experience. She is highly effective at executing finance function strategically, establishing financial and risk controls, and overseeing capital structure. Lee Ann’s depth and breadth of expertise includes board reporting, audit preparation, business plan development, market research and analysis, risk management, and capital requirements.

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Courtney Plunkett

Consulting Controller

Courtney Plunkett is a finance and accounting professional with nearly 20 years of experience in a wide variety of industries. She is extremely skilled in cash flow management, project coordination, financial statements, risk management, and accounting systems and processes.

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Awilda Porrello

Consulting Controller

Awilda Porrello is a finance and accounting professional with nearly 20 years of experience in corporate environments. She is particularly passionate about leveraging financial data to support strategic decision-making and driving business growth.

Christine Roach

HR Consulting Team Lead

Christine is a human resource professional dedicated to connecting with her clients. Christine’s ability to foster a communicative and collaborative relationship with her clients is something that has helped drive success throughout her career.

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Lori Sanford

Consulting Controller

Lori Sanford is one of our most experienced and dedicated consultants with a wealth of knowledge, skills, and expertise that allows her to provide exceptional support and guidance to her clients.

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Shelley Sedillo

Senior People Operation / HR Consultant

Shelley Sedillo, SHRM-SCP, is a human resources professional with more than twenty years of experience in employee relations, HR compliance and best practices, and policy and procedure development. Areas of particular expertise include building and maintaining strong relationships, cultivating company culture and employee engagement, and strategies for recruitment and retention.

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Joanna Stater

Consulting Assistant Controller

Joanna Stater is an accomplished assistant consulting controller, highly skilled in operations, finance, and HR leadership, who can efficiently manage day-to-day company needs and create processes and programs to successfully scale, as well as prepare startups for mergers and acquisitions. She is a proven problem-solver with extensive knowledge and the experience to identify pain points and establish effective and streamlined processes.

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Debbie Stout

Senior Consulting Controller

Debbie Stout is a highly skilled consulting controller with demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced growth-oriented operations. Strengths include managing close processes and audits, streamlining full-cycle processes, and oversight of systems implementations.

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Tonya Sykes-Boyd

Consulting Controller

Tonya Sykes-Boyd is a financial professional who has spent her 20-year career developing her skills and accounting best practices across a wide range of industries. She has consistently demonstrated her ability to lead teams of accountants and financial professionals and provide sound financial leadership for her clients.

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Darrell Tesmer

Chief Compliance Officer & Executive Vice President

Since joining vcfo in 1997, Darrell has been a cornerstone of our corporate governance. As Chief Compliance Officer and Executive Vice President, he oversees corporate HR and IT, ensuring seamless operations. His extensive experience as a former Consulting CFO adds immense value to our clients.

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Rose Turner

Consulting CFO

Rose Turner is a Consulting CFO based in our Dallas office, where she provides strategic leadership and senior-level support to vcfo clients. With more than 30 years of diversified accounting and finance experience, Rose has served in senior financial executive capacities for public and private entities ranging in revenue size from $12 million to $250 million, and in a consulting CFO capacity for companies up to $3 billion that are backed by private equity groups. Rose is a CPA in the state of Texas.

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Adam Wall

Consulting Controller

Adam Wall is a finance and accounting professional with nearly two decades of experience in the field. His mission as a controller is to provide accurate, timely, and reliable financial information and guidance to support strategic decision-making and operational excellence.

Regina Walters

Consulting CFO

Regina Walters is a proven financial leader and analyst with demonstrated success in optimizing financial and operational capacities of various entities within the healthcare industry for 21 years. Her extensive expertise in the healthcare industry and understanding of higher education, medical practice, non-profits, and both residential and commercial real estate allows her to offer sound financial strategy to her clients with diverse and well-informed financial solutions.

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Merle Waterman

Consulting CFO

Merle Waterman is a Consulting CFO with more than 30 years of leadership inecommerce, software, manufacturing, and professional services. Expert at guiding fastgrowing start-ups, Merle specializes in helping companies improve their “peopleoperating system” to build profitability.

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Mike Wilfley

Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President

With over 25 years of executive experience, Mike excels at building robust teams and executing complex strategies. As our Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, he ensures vcfo’s operations are optimized for strategic efficiency and effectiveness across various industries.

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Dustin Williamson

Managing Director, Houston

Dustin Williamson is a results-focused financial and management professional with over 25 years of experience. As the Managing Director of vcfo’s Houston market, he mentors and empowers our team of financial and human resources consultants, spearheads our quality program, and drives strategic growth in the area.

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Cheryl Wilson

Consulting Controller

Cheryl Wilson is a seasoned and dedicated financial and accounting professional with years of experience across a wide range of industries, services, and areas of specialization. As someone who never shies away from an opportunity to lend her knowledge, skills, and expertise, Cheryl has proven time and time again that she is capable of going beyond the general conventions of an accountant and consistently pushes the bar higher.

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Ellen wood

Chief Executive Officer

Ellen is the driving force behind vcfo, celebrating 25 years leading the firm to new heights. With her visionary leadership, vcfo has supported over 6,000 clients, delivering exceptional financial and operational expertise. Ellen’s dedication to client success is the foundation of our firm.

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Donna Zinsmeyer

Vice President, Operations

Donna brings more than three decades of extensive experience in finance, accounting, and operational leadership to the role of Vice President of Operations. Since joining the team in 2014, Donna has been instrumental in driving organizational efficiency and aligning staff development with market trends and best practices.

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