Sally is a senior managing consultant in Nonprofit Advisory Services and brings more than 20 years of nonprofit experience to the Forvis Mazars team. She has collaborated with boards, finance committees, and C-suite executives to help improve financial reporting, which provides insights for management to make informed, strategic decisions. Sally has also provided CFO advisory services, financial operational assessments, and implementation of best practices.

She most recently was finance consultant for the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, providing guidance and support for CEOs and CFOs of the 110 councils across the country and overseas. Prior experience includes CFO of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, interim CFO of Klyde Warren Park, and VP of finance for the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas.

Sally is a graduate of The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, with a B.S. degree in economics, and a graduate of McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin, with an M.B.A. degree in finance.

A member of FORVIS National Nonprofit Advisory Services Practice and Center of Excellence. Neely has more than 20 years of audit and advisory experience in public accounting. Her expertise includes financial statement audits, Single Audits, grants management, assessments and compliance, outsourced accounting functions, standards implementation, internal audit procedures, strategic planning, and tax-exempt matters for a wide range of nonprofit entities. Neely also performs forensic work related to various cases for technical matters for nonprofits.

In addition to handling the accounting, consulting, and audit needs of her clients, she advises clients on operational efficiencies, internal controls, and governance issues and routinely shares best practices with clients gained from working with a variety of organizations. She is a highly sought national speaker on technical matters in the accounting community. Neely also served in the United States Navy for four years. 

Neely is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, where she serves as a board member, TXCPA -Dallas, where she serves as a board member and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Inc. She holds the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation.

She has been involved with many other professional associations, including Dallas Social Venture Partners, Finance Chair, Arthritis Foundation, Dallas Heroes Project, and Great Girls Network. 

Neely is a 2000 magna cum laude graduate of Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, with a bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Michelle is a senior managing consultant as a member of the Dallas Nonprofit Practice. She is responsible for providing and coordinating advisory services to nonprofit organizations.

She has nine years of experience auditing nonprofit organizations, including experience at an international accounting firm. Her clients have included higher education, associations, religious organizations, and a variety of other nonprofits. She also has experience in Single Audits and grant compliance.

In addition, Michelle has more than twenty years of experience as a financial controller in the legal services industry. These experiences include financial statement preparation, accounting system implementation, internal controls, efficiency implementation, and forensic accounting.

She is a member of the American institute of CPAs, Indiana CPA society, and TXCPA.

Michelle is a graduate of Calvin University, Grand Rapids Michigan, with a B.A. degree in business administration. She attended Indiana University's Kelly School Of Business, with a concentration in accounting.