Valaise Smith is the CEO of Tried & True Financial Services, LLC. Valaise is committed to building & maintaining long-term relationships with business owners who want to obtain better control over their finances. She is passionate about educating business owners on the ABCs of finance to simplify their Accounting, Budgeting and Credit processes. With over two decades of working in the financial services industry, she has helped individuals and small business owners…
- file accurate income tax returns and implement income tax strategies to ensure they are paying the least amount of taxes possible;
- develop SMART budgets and balance their business books to ensure they know their numbers, make good financial decisions and;
- build business credit to ensure they can get access to capital to grow their businesses.
Valaise earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Davenport University. She is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents and holds the Enrolled Agent designation, allowing her to represent clients before the IRS throughout the 50 United States. She is also a Certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) owner as well as an Inaugural Scholar of the Goldman Sachs – One Million Black Woman, Black in Business Program, Cohort 1.
When she is not serving clients, Valaise enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and riding her motorcycle.
