S2E11 - The Challenges and Benefits You Face as a Working Woman/Mother, with Kamilyn Ball

Women in Business Impact Lab (WBIL) Podcast

In this WBIL Podcast episode, Jonathan H. Westover and Angela Schill talk with Kamilyn Ball about both the challenges and benefits you face as a working woman/mother. Kamilyn Ball grew up in the small town of Afton, Wyoming. She attended Utah State University where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. She then attended the University of Washington in Seattle to earn her Master of Professional Accounting, specializing in taxation. After graduation, she began her professional career with EY's tax practice in Seattle. She has spent the last 22 years working in various roles in the field of accounting. Twelve of those years were spent with EY in their global compliance and reporting tax group starting as a Staff and leaving as a Senior Manager; 2 years as a Tax Director at DaVita Healthcare, a public Fortune 500 company, 5 years at UVU as an Accountant, Adjunct instructor, Professional in Residence, and Dean's Executive in Resident in the Accounting Department teaching intro accounting classes, undergraduate and graduate tax classes, and overseeing the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. After teaching at UVU, she went to work as a partner at an outsourced accounting start up and then moved on to her current role as a Controller at Advice Media, LLC, a digital marketing company located in Lehi. Kami is married and has 3 boys, 2 dogs, and a cat. She likes to travel, read, relax at the beach, and watch movies in her free time. Learn more about the WBIL at www.uvu.edu/woodbury/wbil/.