Ali Blais

Background

About Ali Blais

Ali Blais is an experienced operations manager, team leader, sustainability advocate, and self-starter. Ali has spent more than 20 years managing multiple types of businesses with a focus on restaurant operations and large-scale food and beverage management. She also started, built, and subsequently sold a residential and commercial cleaning company that specialized in sustainable and eco-sensitive cleaning products and techniques. Ali is the owner and operator of Seacoast Accounting and Consulting, LLC (SCA), which provides affordable virtual accounting services, which includes setting you up in QuickBooks, bookkeeping data entry, payroll, monthly profit reporting, compliance services, works closely with CPA’s for tax preparation, and even crisis management for small and medium-sized business owners. You manage your business. We’ll handle the numbers! In addition, Ali is the Operations and Finance Manager at Delta Blue Aquaculture (DBA). She works with DBA producers and customers managing the day to day logistics and finance of the business. From to 2011 Ali was involved in restaurant operations. She managed and trained front and back of the house operations and staff from small family restaurants, working her way up to one of the largest resorts on the East Coast. In these roles she was responsible for multiple on-mountain budgets, employee scheduling, vendor relationships, customer service, inventory and food/liquor cost, the day to day activities of kitchens, dining rooms and service counters, and large corporate events/weddings. Ali worked for 8 years with a non-profit organization; the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program an advocate of sustainable aquaculture practices, handling diverse roles such as office manager, accounting, HR, and for the latter 5 years as the BAP Operations Manager. In this role she was a key member of the corporate leadership team. She was responsible for the operations and strategic growth of the BAP program within the GAA – including managing a department budget of 10 million dollars. Ali attended Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, graduating with a BS in Social Work. This degree continues to prove a valuable balance of experience between people and profits in entrepreneurial setting. Furthermore, it is complementary to her passion for people – with commitment to and influence on health, self and community. She currently lives in Rye, New Hampshire with her son, Drake, partner, Jeff and dog, Bella.