Kelly Bender

Kelly Bender is a tax strategist, motivational speaker, and small business superfan with over a decade of hands-on experience helping entrepreneurs build financially sound, sustainable businesses. As the President of TBS, Kelly has worked with countless business owners to untangle their numbers and implement smarter systems.

She is an Enrolled Agent, granted rights to represent taxpayers before the IRS, and handles many levels of tax complexities and strategies despite an ever changing set of tax laws. As a small business owner herself, she has made it her life’s mission to surround and support the same type of clients she so passionately loves.

Kelly is the author of Just Start Here: The 10 Steps to Starting Your Entrepreneur Journey and the host of the Tax Pros Unplugged podcast, where she breaks the mold of traditional accounting conversations by making money topics approachable, relatable, and practical. Her work has been featured across multiple podcasts and entrepreneurial platforms, where she’s known for meeting people exactly where they are—without judgment or jargon.

On stage, Kelly delivers honest, high-energy conversations rooted in real-world experience. She equips entrepreneurs—especially women business owners—with tools they can use immediately, while inspiring them to lead with confidence, clarity, and purpose. Her talks leave audiences feeling seen, supported, and empowered to build businesses that align with both their goals and their values.

Kelly’s life is defined by her four F’s: Faith, Family, Food, and Finances. She is the proud mother and step mother of six powerful, confident children, and lives on a multi-generational homestead with the love of her life, Don.