Jessica (Valdes) Shellard is the owner of her own consulting firm, Jessica V. Shellard, CPA which provides accounting services to nonprofit organizations in the Tampa Bay area. After spending seven years as an auditor in public accounting, Jessica left Lewis, Birch and Ricardo, LLC as an audit manager and became Chief Financial Officer of a nonprofit organization. In 2006, she left CASA, Inc. to begin her own consulting firm.

In addition to her consulting, she and her husband David welcomed the arrival of their son Andrew in 2008. Big sisters Emma (3 years old) and Alyssa (13 years old) are thrilled.

Jessica received her Bachelor of Science Degree and fifth year requirements from the University of South Florida in December 1995 and is a licensed CPA in the State of Florida. She chaired the USF Accounting Circle during 2008/2009 and is a member of the FICPA.