Age: 39

Member, Legare Bailey & Hinske LLC

• As an accountant, works closely with clients to analyze their business situations and help them come up with creative solutions to their problems.
• Prepares and reviews income tax returns, develops staff and focuses on ways to market and grow the firm.

Community involvement

• Board of directors, Charleston Estate Planning Council.
• Tax committee member, S.C. Association of Certified Public Accountants.
• Adjunct accounting professor, Charleston Southern.
• Past treasurer and current adviser, United Methodist Relief Center.
• Public speaker, Charleston Association of Grant Professionals, Sullivan’s Island Exchange Club and Mount Pleasant Business and Professional Association.

What is your personal mission statement? Family first.

What is the best career advice you’ve ever been given: It’s not just what you do from 9 a.m-5 p.m. that makes you successful; it is also what you do from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. You should always be learning, reading, volunteering and networking.

Books on your nightstand: Team of Rivals, the Snowball, the Warren Buffett biography and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, my son’s favorite book.

Favorite restaurant: Charleston Cafe for breakfast; Chick-fil-A for fast food; Daniel Island Grill for a drink and sports TV; and EVO Pizza in North Charleston or Kelly’s BBQ in Summerville for dinner.