Meet Our Team

C-Suite Executive Experience

About Erica Vogt, President and CEO

Erica Vogt has been a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for twenty years. She began her career as a CPA with BKD, LLP.

She moved to China for three-and-a-half years as a member of the faculty of Guangxi Normal University, where she administered middle school scholarship programs and set up adult literacy programs.

She later returned to the United States and her career as a senior financial and operations executive. She has set strategy and authored strategic and operational plans and department and organization-level policies and procedures manuals. Additionally, Erica has managed financing needs from simple lines of credit to SEC-regulated, publicly-traded municipal securities.

Notable Accomplishments

Licensed CPA

Erica is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She holds a baccalaureate degree in accountancy, a baccalaureate degree in business administration, and a master’s degree in accountancy from the University of Missouri and she is a licensed CPA in four states (two active, two inactive).

Significant Cost Savings

Saved $3 million dollars by restructuring the financing of facilities.

Capital Expenditure Strategy

Implemented a $4.8 million, three-year capital expenditure planning model developed to avoid infrastructure failures/outages by addressing deferred maintenance items and an aging IT network.

Fiscal Health Advocacy

Contributed to the fiscal health of all US-based small businesses by actively influencing national policy decisions surrounding the accounting treatment of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Fiscal Responsibility

Strengthened fiscal responsibility by being among the first in a service-based industry to implement a cost accounting model to determine direct and indirect costs associated with program delivery.

Administrative Oversight

Advanced equity within an organization by authoring a new administrative position and salary guide to standardize job titles, responsibilities, and compensation for all administrative functions.

Infrastructure Efficacy

Increased infrastructure efficiency by implementing new software modules/automation in selected departments.

Areas of Expertise

Strengthening Infrastructure Experience

Driving financial, HR, and operational improvements to strengthen organizational infrastructures in both for-profit and nonprofit environments.

Financial, Compliance, & Operational Experience

Overseeing treasury management, financial planning, budgeting, corporate accounting, finance, investments, compliance, accounts payable, purchasing, internal controls, risk management, insurance programs, information technology, federal funds, organizational security, facilities management, records management, veterans services, accounts receivable, payroll, employee benefits, corporate contracts.

Capital Construction Experience

Working in capital construction with strengths in fiscal management, strategic planning, and administration, as well as board management, administration, and reporting.

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