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Our Focus Is On Our Clients And Our Community
High-Quality Loyal Advisors
Loyal & Active In The Community
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Our Team Is Dedicated to
providing accounting and tax solutions to our clients. We take the time to research your situation and provide options
for you and your business.
We’re proud that so many of our clients have repeatedly turned to us for support and advice. We are determined to work hard to earn client loyalty each and every day. We are here to help you. We pride ourselves in maintaining that small-town feel customer service by treating each individual and business with care and consideration.
While our strength is in numbers, we don’t treat our clients like a number. We’ve hand-picked a high-quality team of professionals qualified to successfully resolve any matter. If you have a financial tax, or an accounting problem, we will find a solution.
Valerie Kemp
Certified Public Accountant
Valerie has a passion for helping people, businesses and the community one at a time. With twenty-five years experience in the industry, Valerie ensures that businesses and individuals have a trusted CPA that provides valuable solutions when they need it the most. Valerie graduated from Lipscomb University with a degree in Certified Public Accountancy.
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Joined The Firm: 2009
Hobbies: Party planning and entertaining
Personal Motto: “Your success is not dependent on someone else’s failure.”
Favorite place: My back porch swing
What I love most about my job: Having a front row seat to see our clients’ wealth grow and financial stability increase.
Melinda Ruffin
Senior Client Account Manager
Melinda heads up our accounting service department which serves our businesses and nonprofit clients. A graduate of Lipscomb University, Melinda has over 20+ years experience in accounting and tax preparation. Melinda has been married to her husband Scott for 20 years and they have three handsome sons, Dylan, Jackson and Greyson plus a beautiful daughter-in-law, Dylan’s wife, Maysun.
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Joined The Firm: 2020
Favorite Places To Visit: I love going to national parks, especially those out west.
Favorite Sports Teams: The Nashville Teams! Titans, Predators & Vandy baseball
Coffee Order: Hot Vanilla Latte
Christy Figlio
Client Account Manager
Christy works with our small business clients supporting their bookkeeping, payroll and financial needs. She is considered a trusted advisor by her clients because she goes above and beyond to meet their expectations. A graduate of the University of Alabama with almost a decade of accounting experience, Christy lives in Ashland City with her husband Tommy and 3 dogs.
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Joined the Firm: 2019
Favorite/Most Life Changing Book: When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi
Life Quote: “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis
Hobbies: Cooking, Hiking, my dogs
First Lottery Purchase: Wolf refuge in the mountains
Rhonda Heath
Payroll Specialist
Rhonda manages our firm’s live payroll processing department ensuring that our clients’ employees receive their pay correctly while making sure our clients in compliance with all taxing agencies. Her role is to handle all aspects of the payment process, from tracking employees’ time through issuing paychecks and supporting our clients with payroll-related issues. She lives in Goodlettsville, Tennessee where she dotes on her wiener dog Doug and does freelance hair and makeup services in her spare time.
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Joined the Firm: 2023
Education: School of the art institute of Chicago (SAIC).
Favorite Place: Rome, Italy
Hobbies: Collecting art, traveling and hiking.
Rachel Connelly
Client Account Manager
Rachel assists our business clients by helping them manage the day-to-day accounting and tax needs of their organization. After graduating Austin Peay State University, she married her husband Scott and started a family. Life for Rachel is never dull as mother to her three young sons.
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee
Joined the Firm: 2023
Favorite Hobbies: Getting lost in a good fiction book and all things crafty. Making something that other people love and use everyday is such an honor.
Favorite Food: Pasta of any kind!
What I love most about my job: I love being able to help our clients with their financial needs so that they are able to concentrate on the things they love to do in order to grow their business.
Hannah Willilams
Administrative Assistant
Hannah sees to it that our firm runs smoothly by assisting our clients and staff in any way possible. She can almost always be found with a welcoming smile and a kind word. She lives on a farm with her husband Kellen and young daughter Evie enjoying the beauty and simplistic living of rural Tennessee.
Birthplace: Memphis, Tennessee
Joined The Firm: 2016
Place I’d like to visit: Ireland and Germany
What I love about my job: I love being able to help people and do things for others.
Favorite Place: Anywhere around my family
Surprise about me: I love football and watching the Draft!
What inspires me: Good deeds and kind people.
How Can We Help?
Office
106 Spring Street Suite 101 Ashland City, TN 37015
Contact
Office (615) 792-1766
Fax (615) 792-1767
info@vkdcpa.com
Open Hours
Monday-Friday 8 am - 4:30 pm