Alesa graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. She is currently working towards earning her master’s degree from Southern Utah University and is projected to graduate in May 2026. Alesa earned her CPA license in 2024 and was a Top 10 CPA exam scorer in Arizona. Prior to joining Smith Leonard, she was with the Tempe, Arizona firm Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt. She recently relocated to Asheville, NC and is joining Smith Leonard’s Hickory office. She enjoys spending her free time hiking, travelling, reading, watching movies, and thrift shopping.
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Who we are
We are a team of experienced accounting professionals who are empowered to be problem solvers. This means we are committed to proactive, exceptional customer service and to providing value-add solutions that help make life easier, bring dollars back to the bottom line, and propel the business forward. We truly live our tagline - face to face - both with our clients and each other.
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Industries served
Does your accountant understand the industry trends and drivers that affect your business? Can they go beyond the numbers to anticipate trends and advise you on various matters beyond the balance sheet or tax return? In order to serve our clients well, we pride ourselves on providing a depth of knowledge in several key industries. This means that you receive top quality service and can take advantage of best practices in your industry.
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Services we offer
Each business has its own unique strengths and challenges, which often change throughout different phases. We are equipped with the knowledge and ability to deliver a broad cross-section of services to meet your changing needs, from the hands-on approach with payroll, bookkeeping, and in-house controller services to planning for succession with family wealth planning, investment management, and mergers and acquisition guidance.
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Join our team
If you are interested in working with a firm that focuses on serving unique clients with a proactive and solution-oriented attitude, we invite you to consider Smith Leonard. Our firm is a place where we all enjoy working together and where our people are absolutely our biggest asset. We like to say that we have the best of both worlds – the resources of a national firm with the approachability of a local firm. We are Smith Leonard. Are you?