Michelle Galligan
Co-Founder / CEO, Keep Financials · Keep Financials
Outsourced Accounting · CFO Services · Financial ServicesForum: SparkBeyond Local14 yrs in EO
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Bio, fun facts, conversation starters, and the best ways to connect.
About
Michelle Galligan is the Co-Founder/CEO of Keep Financials, a Columbus-based outsourced accounting, bookkeeping, and CFO-services firm. Her EO record shows extensive EO leadership, including president, education, strategic alliance, area director, and regional chair roles. Public sources also show a long-running interest in helping entrepreneurs build financially healthier businesses.
Who You Should Meet
Your top suggested 1:1s, matched on complementary needs, shared ground, and proximity.
Greg Crabtree
- You can help Greg with: exploring AI tools for financial coaching and follow-up
- Greg can help with what you're looking for: collaborators on AI-enabled financial dashboards
- Both building in accounting
Tevia Hoalst
- Tevia can help with what you're looking for: collaborators on AI-enabled financial dashboards
- You can help Tevia with: benchmarking financial dashboards for service businesses
- Both building in accounting
Jeremy Staadeker
- You can help Jeremy with: warm intros to EO founders nearing an exit
- Both building in accounting
- Both building in finance investment
Gregory McDonough
- You can help Gregory with: platform to share financial resilience lessons with EO peers
- Gregory can help with what you're looking for: collaborators on AI-enabled financial dashboards
- Both building in finance investment
Tim Rettig
- You can help Tim with: deal flow — founders raising capital for Queen City Angels
- Tim is new to the chapter — be their welcome
On LinkedIn
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2.1Kfollowers
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Looking for a great B2B salesperson to join our team!
We're looking for a great Accounting Manager to join our team. Fully remote!
A local client in Columbus is looking for a CFO. Anyone interested? Must be a finance/accounting guru and have experience setting budgets, managing assets, building and leading finance, accounting, strategy and inventory…
We’re hiring! If you know a good small business accounting manager interested in a virtual part time position with a very fun company, please send them our way!
Fun Facts
- Her LinkedIn about section says she is focused on reducing the failure rate of entrepreneurial businesses
- She has held many EO leadership roles including President and Regional Chair
- Older public profiles connect her to community service and women-owned startup support in Columbus.
Conversation Starters
- Ask what patterns she sees when entrepreneurs avoid their financials until it becomes painful
- Ask what she learned from leading EO locally and regionally
- Ask how outsourced CFO support changes once a founder moves from survival mode to scalable growth.
EO Leadership
- Regional Chair - 2026/2027 - Global Leadership Position
- Regional Chair - 2025/2026 - Global Leadership Position
- Area Director - 2024/2025 - Global Leadership Position
- Learning Chair - 2024/2025 - Local Leadership Position
- Area Director - 2023/2024 - Global Leadership Position
- President - 2022/2023 - Local Leadership Position
- Education Chair - 2021/2022 - Local Leadership Position
- President-Elect - 2021/2022 - Local Leadership Position
- Strategic Alliance Chair - 2020/2021 - Local Leadership Position
- Strategic Alliance Chair - 2019/2020 - Local Leadership Position
- Education Chair - 2013/2014 - Local Leadership Position