Melody Ferguson

NABA Position: Director of Membership Services

Employer: MLZ Consulting

Job Title: Principal/Owner

Education: BS-Accounting, Wilberforce University

Professional Summary:

Melody Ferguson is the principal/owner of MLZ Consulting a minority-owned, full service accounting/tax/financial consulting firm located in Chicago, Illinois. Melody has extensive experience in small business structuring, income tax consulting and preparation including research and compliance and tax reviews/audit defense. She is a cleverly resourceful, results-oriented accounting professional with 20+ years of solid experience in successively responsible positions with proven achievements.

Her firm specializes in financial solutions for retirement planning, annuities & insurance, mutual funds, Education (529 Plans) Savings options, small business 401(k), tax structuring for new business set-ups as well as income tax planning, preparation, payroll processing and business consulting.

A graduate of Wilberforce University, Magna Cum Laude, with a B.S. in Accounting; attended Tax School in St. Charles IL. Holds NASD Series 6 & 63 Licenses and IL, IN, GA, MD, OH & TX Life & Health licenses; is an associate appointed representative of the SagePoint Financial Broker-Dealer. Member of the American Payroll Association, National Association of Black Accountants, National Association of Tax Professionals, National Society of Professional Tax Accountants and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.