Caleb Jenkins, EA, CQP – 2023 “40 Under 40” Honoree
Feb. 05, 2024
Caleb Jenkins, EA, CQP – 2023 “40 Under 40” Honoree
Leader of CAS: RLJ Financial Services, Inc.
Founder: Jenkins Consulting
Recent Career Highlights
- Expanded my consulting business called Jenkins Consulting working with app companies.
- Joined the Board of Trustees for a startup college in Boston, MA called Sattler College. Elected as Treasurer of the College.
- Joined an Advisory Board for a Poverty Awareness Center in development near Dayton, OH called Seedtime Acres.
- Traveled to Bangladesh to provide teaching on various business topics for the SALT program (see below).
- Received the Top 100 QuickBooks ProAdvisor award in 2023 (8th consecutive year).
Professional Memberships
- Intuit Trainer/Writer Network – Member
- ADP Accountant Advisory Board – Member
- Avalara Accounting Meta Influencers – Member
- Woodard Membership – Member
- Rightworks Academy – Member
- Intuit Tax Advisor – Member
- Intuit Tax Council – Past Member
What are you doing to make a difference in the profession, your community, the world?
In 2013, my world changed when I started volunteering for SALT a division of Christian Aid Ministries (CAM) – more about this here, here, and here. Working with SALT has impacted the way I think about working with others and the way that change is accomplished in my interactions with others. This opened up so many great opportunities to share what I had learned with other accounting professionals through Twitter & LinkedIn engagement, teaching at conferences, hosting webinars, writing articles for accounting news sites, and being a guest on many great podcasts. I currently serve on various councils and advisory boards and I’m consulting some pretty cool app companies who are making a difference for small businesses.
Current Professional Reading / Listening
Podcasts – I spend a lot of time listening to podcasts especially when I driving or walking each day…
- ALL-IN Podcast w/ Chamath, Jason, Sacks, & Friedberg: https://www.allinpodcast.co/
- At the Table w/ Patrick Lencioni: https://www.tablegroup.com/at-the-table/
- The Soul of Enterprise w/ Ron Baker & Ed Kless: https://www.thesoulofenterprise.com/
- The Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast w/ Hector Garcia & Alicia Katz Pollock: https://uqb.show/
- The Accounting Podcast w/ Blake Oliver & David Leary: https://accounting.show/
- Woodard Report Podcast w/ Heather Satterley: https://www.woodard.com/podcast
- Better Every Day Podcast w/ M. Darren Root & John Mitchell: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/better-everyday/id1438552976
- The Unique CPA Podcast w/ Randy Crabtree: https://tri-merit.com/podcasts/
- The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast w/ Randy Johnston & Brian Tankersley:
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/podcasts/ - AICPA Town Hall: https://www.aicpa-cima.com/campaigns/town-hall
- AICPA Tax Section Odyssey: https://taxodyssey.libsyn.com/
- Thriveal Thrivecast w/ Jason M Blumer: https://thriveal.com/thrivecast/
- ECONTalk w/ Russ Roberts: https://simplecast.econtalk.org/
- This Week In Startups w/ Jason Calacanis: https://thisweekinstartups.com/
- Sage Thought Leadership Podcast w/ Ed Kless: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG3VAatOz36ltscaHkpbQHPVZDm87CgR0
- Financial Advisor Success Podcast w/ Michael Kitces: https://www.kitces.com/blog/category/21-financial-advisor-success-podcast/
- Invest by Design (by Eventide Asset Management): https://www.eventideinvestments.com/invest-by-design/
- The Faith & Investing Podcast (by Eventide Center for Faith & Investing): https://www.faithandinvesting.com/podcast/
- Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast: https://andystanley.com/podcast/
- Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast: https://www.faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/podcast-inventory
- Faith Driven Investor Podcast: https://www.faithdriveninvestor.org/podcast
- Maxwell Leadership Executive Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/maxwell-leadership-executive-podcast/id1372187307
- Maxwell Leadership Podcast: https://johnmaxwellleadershippodcast.com/
- Craig Groeschel Leadership Podcast: https://www.life.church/leadershippodcast/
Books – I have a lot on my reading list (some of them are old ones that I haven’t read yet that have been on my list for a number of years), for this year, including:
- Time’s UP by Ron Baker
- The 6 Types of Working Genius by Patrick Lencioni
- Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars by Patrick Lencioni
- Winning the Battle for Relevance by Michael McQueen
- The Generosity Factor by Ken Blanchard
- Faith Driven Investing
- Faith Driven Entrepreneur
See all of the 2023 “40 Under 40” and “20 Under 40” honorees.