Our guest for the March 7th edition of PlayMakers Talk Show: Patrick Tam, CEO & Managing Director, Bright Balance

Patrick Tam is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He has held roles in accounting and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) over the past 20 years.

Bright Balance was founded in 2018 with the idea that an accounting department staffing model does not have to adopt the traditional approach of using 100% in-house W-2 employees.

Bright Balance delivers cost-efficient, quality transaction processing, accounting, financial reporting, and financial analysis services to the middle market using an integrated onshore and offshore team.

Patrick has worked with high-growth startups to a $7 Billion multi-national company with operations in 45 countries. He has extensive experience in technical industries such as Insurance, Commodities, Software/tech, and SaaS, as well as banking and commercial real estate.

BrightBal.com

Phone: (214) 305-6094

Guest Patrick Tam, Host Steve A Klein

Our guest for the February 21st edition of Playmakers Talk Show: Sarah Kahn, President/CEO of Housing Forward

Sarah Kahn is the President and CEO of Housing Forward, the lead agency of the homeless response system in Dallas and Collin counties.

Sarah served as Housing Forward’s Chief Program Officer from September 2021 to December 2023, where she played a critical role in building a robust and collaborative system transformed by greater funding alignment, enhanced public-private partnerships, and a focus on racial equity.

For over 20 years, Sarah has pioneered solution-focused interventions, informing public policy and mobilizing systems to solve homelessness. She has worked alongside communities to improve homeless response systems in the U.S. and internationally with HUD Contractor, the Cloudburst Group; KPMG’s Government Advisory Services in Sydney, Australia, and Singapore; the Council to Homeless Persons in Melbourne, Australia; and the National Alliance to End Homelessness in Washington D.C.

HousingForwardNTX.org

Phone: (972) 638-5600

Guest Sarah Kahn, Host Steve A Klein