Gail Perry, CPA

Editor-in-chief, CPA Practice Advisor

Gail Perry is a CPA and the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor website and magazine. Gail has been advising the profession for more than 20 years as an accounting journalist, a well-known public speaker, trainer, and the author of more than 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies; and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Money). Gail facilitates two think tanks for the accounting profession – the Accounting Thought Leader Symposium and the Young Leaders Accounting Think Tank. She is also the creator of Ensuring Success, a unique annual conference that brings leaders of the profession together to offer national conference-level continuing professional education to thousands of accountants from the comfort of their own offices or homes.

Gail has been advising the profession for more than 20 years as an accounting journalist, a well-known public speaker, trainer, and the author of more than 30 books.

Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee and the creator of a workshop for the AICPA designed to help tax accountants advance their practices to include personal financial planning services. Gail also maintains a small tax practice where she serves real estate agents and performing artists, and she has taught an online financial planning course for more than 10 years.