Orumé Hays is the Founder and Managing Director of HAYS CPA LLC, a boutique client advisory and accounting services firm with an emphasis on out-sourced CFO services. Hays is the current President of New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) Manhattan/Bronx Chapter. She is an NYSSCPA statewide Director at Large, a member of the Executive Committee, and the immediate past chair of NYSSCPA's Small Firms Practice Management Committee. Hays is also a member of AICPA's Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS) Executive Committee. An adjunct lecturer at the Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business, College of Staten Island (CSI) of the City University of New York (CUNY), she often mentors' students, and she encourages accounting students to pursue the CPA certification. In addition to advocating for the accountancy profession, and for diversity and equity in the profession, Hays is a freelance writer, and she is a speaker on topics including Accounting, Business, Diversity, Entrepreneurship, Mentorship, and Taxes. Orumé holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and Finance from the College of Staten Island, New York (inducted to Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society and an AICPA Accounting Scholar's Leadership Workshop member), a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology & Anthropology from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Nigeria, and a Master of Science in Taxation from the D'Amore Mckim School of Business, Northeastern University, Massachusetts. A licensed CPA in the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Virginia, Hays has served in various capacities and held numerous leadership roles over the past fifteen years. Orumé is an avid volunteer, and in her spare time, she jogs 3-5 miles weekly.