Our Team

Hello from CORE Group

Our Passion is Enhancing the Lives of Our Clients. To do this, we aim to adhere to our Core Values daily for both your business and the personal lives of each and every one of our Troopers.

At CORE Group, we take pride in our exceptional team of professionals dedicated to providing top-notch financial services tailored to creative entrepreneurs. Our experienced team specializes in outsourced bookkeeping services and outsourced tax preparation services and acts as trusted financial advisors and tax accountants for small businesses. With a wealth of knowledge in tax and accounting services, we are passionate about supporting the unique needs of creative individuals and businesses.

Whether it's accounting, bookkeeping, or providing wealth management services for business owners, our team is committed to ensuring your financial success. We understand the challenges you face, and we're excited to bring our expertise and experience to help you navigate the complexities of entrepreneurship and find the financial peace of mind you desire!

CORE Troopers

CORE Troopers

  • Jeremy Doorn

    Relationship Manager, EA

  • Christian Brim

    Chief Executive Officer, CPA | Author Profit First for Creatives

  • DaRenda Hanson

    Relationship Manager, EA

  • Dalaina Ealy

    Marketing Director

  • Michele Walker

    Account Executive

  • Alicia Brooksher

    Payroll

  • Gloria Dattolo

    Bookkeeper

  • Shelley Nowlin

    Payroll

  • Shelli Dixon

    HR | Welcome Committee | PR Install

  • Sabrina Holloway

    Bookkeeper

  • Lynda Ramming, CPA

    Tax Manager

  • Dawn Seay

    Bookkeeper

  • Chelsea Powers, CPA

    Head of Customer Wow!

  • Brittney Jackson

    Welcome Committee Coordinator

  • Anita Heyd

    Administrative Assistant

  • Corey Core

    Mascot Extraordinaire

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Our Team

Our CORE Values

Life is so much more than work. We want to enhance the lives of our clients and team. Our team cannot enhance the lives of our clients, if we are not supporting them. Everyone has good and bad days, and this is not an admonishment to fake it. But we want to work with others that understand that work is not the be all, end all. We want to encourage and support our team to pursue their passions, to lead fulfilled lives.

We offer our clients real, impactful relationships. We want to enhance their lives. Foundational to every relationship is communication, and communication is founded on listening. Listening to understand, not just to respond or solve a problem. Some techniques for better listening include:

 Active Listening (repeating back what your understanding of what was said)

 In person conversations. Much of our communication is non-verbal.

 Staying on your side of the net. Do not ascribe intent to someone’s actions.

Communication is key to our working relationships as well. Only when we listen to our colleagues can we truly be of service to them, to enhance their lives.

At the core of our values is the ability to change. Our industry is not usually associated with progressive thinking, and to be adaptable for our industry is not sufficient. We cannot be just Progressive Accountants; rather we need to be Progressive Business Leaders. We are at the beginning of a truly revolutionary time, comparable to the Renaissance. With the invention of the printing press, information could be easily and cheaply disseminated. Ideas flourished, and the whole world changed.

Think about internet technology as the printing press on steroids. The changes that are coming to our world will be no less revolutionary, and we must adapt to those changes. We cannot even understand what it is that we will have to change, but we must thrive on Chaos, be comfortable being uncomfortable. This is the new reality in which we and other business owners live.

We find reasons to make things happen, not make excuses about why things cannot happen. This is not “grind the gears”; work a whole lot of hours to get things done. Many times, we will need to question how things are done to see if there is a better way to do it (see Adapt). Nevertheless, at the end of the day, we will deliver without excuses.

Our Vision

Our Vision is to be the go-go financial service provider for Creatives.

Our Why is to enhance the lives of our clients. Everything we do comes from that.

Join the Troop

We’re on a Journey to become the Go To Financial Services Provider for Creatives.

Average jobs are for average people, and what we do is far from average.

Do you wish that you had a job that really mattered? Do you want to be an active part of a team where everyone contributes? Do you want to make a difference for your customers? If you want your career to be more than just having a job, then you’re somebody we’d like to meet.

Our Process

We’re always looking for a good fit, and this means finding people with the same values and drive that we have. The best way to do that is by taking a minute to speak with you so we can get to know each other. If it looks like there are good options for both of us, we’ll move on to an interview. If not, we’ll definitely hold on to your information so we can contact you if circumstances change.

In our lives, just like in business, change is the only constant. If we don’t have a good fit for you at Core Group today, it doesn’t mean that tomorrow will be the same. You’re going to change and we’re going to change, so let’s stay in touch and see if that change doesn’t reconnect us in the future.

Our Values

  • Do What It Takes

  • Adapt

  • Listen

  • Friendly and Fulfilled

The greatest compliment you can give is a referral.

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