Our Team

LaMichelle Hecht is a powerhouse in the world of accounting and financial strategy. She’s a seasoned business leader and Certified Public Accountant with licenses in Virginia, Illinois, and New Jersey, and over a decade of experience helping government agencies, nonprofits, and businesses get their financial houses in order.

In 2021, she launched Overhead Solutions Group, a SWaM-certified accounting firm that’s all about simplifying complex financials, ensuring compliance, and helping organizations operate with clarity and confidence. Her team supports clients across sectors with everything from audits and tax returns to setting up sustainable systems for long-term growth.

A dynamic speaker and bilingual professional (English/Spanish), LaMichelle’s passion lies in empowering mission-driven leaders to make smarter financial decisions, and she brings a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic insight, and a genuine commitment to service. Whether she’s mentoring young professionals or guiding clients through tough compliance challenges, she’s all about making numbers make sense.

Nora Darvirris is a community builder who loves bringing people together, creating meaningful connections, and helping others find opportunities to succeed. She is especially passionate about advancing women in technology, herself working in the Chicago Fintech space, and building spaces where women can learn from one another, expand their networks, and feel supported throughout their careers.

As Director of Marketing & Events for Chicago Financial Women, Nora develops engaging programs that foster meaningful professional connections. She is also an active community volunteer and brings the same curiosity, energy, and commitment to service to everything she does.

Skylar Shagovac is a Chicago-based finance and accounting recruiter whose work is rooted in real relationships and market insight. She partners with CFOs and hiring leaders to build high-performing teams, giving her a direct view into how professionals are evaluated, filtered, and ultimately selected.

With a front-row seat to hiring decisions, Skylar understands the gap between being qualified and being positioned. She helps professionals clarify their value, strengthen their narrative, and build a personal brand that attracts opportunity rather than waiting for it.

She is passionate about empowering individuals to take ownership of how they are perceived and to align their visibility with where they want their careers to go.

Takina Kindle is a marketing leader with a passion for empowering women and fostering community connections. With experience in advertising and strategic communications, she enjoys blending creativity and strategy to make a positive impact. As an ambassador for Chicago Financial Women, she looks forward to supporting the organization’s mission of building connections and elevating women in finance while continuing to grow alongside other inspiring professionals.

Seeks sponsors and individual donations to increase our endowment for charitable giving. Actively shares sponsorship package, meets with donors, and provides insights on what we should incorporate in our benefits to increase appeal.

Works with the Director of Events in event planning. Event planning includes establishing dates and topics, arranging for speakers, reserving the event site, and coordinating food, drink or catering (when in person), creating zoom event link for remote events and hosting. Event planning includes budgeting, coordinating name tags, set-up, check-in, establishing dates, reserving the event site, develop a theme or motif for the event, arranging for speakers, coordinating location support and catering/ wine etc. Communicating the details with the board for approval on the event fee and actively marketing the event to assure good attendance. Uses NFP form to purchase food and beverages as not taxed.

Updates and monitors event logistics (Eventbrite, MailChimp, Zoom, etc.) to assure event items are covered and assigned. Works with Director of Event and fellow event committee members to assure tasks are executed against or ask for assistance as needed.

Works Directly with the Director of Marketing. Markets our organization and upcoming events. Content creation for our social media platforms. Connect with other companies, media, and other organizations to include our web link and information with its employees to widen our exposure, sends our list of
events and pdfs out to market us. Obtains other venue spaces at corporations that can sponsor our event and allow us to use.

Reviews the CFW website monthly to assure correct and current information is displayed and is working properly. Provides website updates with information to post events, oversees the posting, takes pictures to post. Connecting and establishing relationships with other related organizations to co- chair events.