Cydney Mayfield Executive Director | Marshall Saline Development Corporation Cydney Mayfield is a 2000 graduate of the University of Missouri and a 2003 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law. She recently became the Executive Director of the Marshall Saline Development Corporation where her passion is to grow small businesses.
Jayson Thornton, CFP ‘06 Financial Advisor | Thornton Advisor Group Jayson M. Thornton, CFP is a financial advisor, specializing in tax and financial planning. He is a certified financial planner licensed as a tax advisor and investment advisor. Jayson hosts a popular finance YouTube channel, “Pocket Watching with JT,” with over 50,000 subscribers. Jayson graduated with his bachelor ’s degree from Missouri Valley College in 2006 as a Cum Laude, Honors graduate. He received his graduate certificate in Financial Planning from Howard University School of Business, the premier HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities) in Washington DC. At Missouri Valley, Jayson became a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and met his wife Kendra (Caldwell) Thornton ’07. Jayson has been
recognized by the US Department of Treasury for his “Outstanding Contributions” in tax counseling, providing pro bono financial planning services to the elderly and low income, and volunteering with the National Association of Black Accountants. In 2020, Jayson was named to the Association of African American Financial Advisors 50 Under 50 list. This program recognizes and celebrates influential Black/African American financial advisors. Honorees are judged on their accomplishments, contribution to the industry, and leadership. In 2021 he was voted one of the Best Accountants in St. Louis by the readers of St. Louis Small Business Monthly.
Leslie Nashed, CPA CFO & Co-Owner | Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co.
Leslie Nashed is a Certified Public Accountant and the Chief Financial Officer and Co- Owner at Inter-State Studio & Publishing Co., North America’s largest family-owned school photography, planner, and yearbook publishing company headquartered in Sedalia, Missouri. Leslie started her career in public accounting, joining KPMG LLP in their audit practice after graduating with a Bachelor ’s degree in Accounting from Drury University in Springfield, Missouri in 2005. She spent over six years with KPMG, working in their Kansas City, Missouri office on several publicly traded clients before taking an international assignment with KPMG Grand Cayman to serve as an Audit Manager in their hedge fund division. She then took a role as Controller at an international law firm, Ogier, on Grand Cayman for two years before returning to Missouri to work for Inter-State Studio, a company started by her grandfather, Guy Snyder, in 1933.
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