Aurora Wells

Bio: 

Aurora Wells is a seasoned accounting and tax professional based in Naples, Florida and Jackson County, Tennessee. She founded and operated an accounting, consulting, and tax preparation firm she established in 1997 to serve nonprofit and for‑profit clients in Southwest Florida for almost three decades. Wells holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Miami. Her focus in college was accounting and music. Although music became her hobby over the years, she still stays involved through her service at the Gainesboro First United Methodist Church. In 2012, she earned her designation as an Enrolled Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, a credential that authorized her to represent U.S. taxpayers from around the world in IRS tax court. Her experience in tax preparation and tax planning over the years has served countless organizations and individuals through sometimes tough analysis, growth, and positive change. Throughout her career, Aurora has served in financial oversight roles for various nonprofit organizations including the Naples Zoo, Inc., St. Vincent de Paul of Collier County, Naples Therapeutic Riding Center, and the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Southwest Florida among many others. In more recent years, she has taken on executive nonprofit finance roles such as Chief Financial Officer for The Housing Alliance, Inc. and affiliated organizations in Florida. Aurora moved back to Gainesboro, TN after having grown up here as a child. She travels back and forth from Florida to attend to her work there while becoming more and more involved in the community she now calls home in Tennessee. Aurora is particularly passionate about leveraging her financial expertise to support nonprofits, local political organizations, and initiatives addressing affordable housing, senior citizen well‑being, human services for communities in need, and other services for underserved rural communities in Tennessee such as access to technology and online resources to engage everyone’s voice in community.