Trent Foster Joins Weaver as Partner in Dallas Office To Lead Higher Education Practice
DALLAS (May 20, 2014) – Trent Foster, CPA recently joined Weaver, the largest independent accounting firm in the Southwest, as a partner in assurance services. He will focus on building Weaver's practice in higher education concentrating on serving colleges and universities and will be based out of the firm's Dallas office.
"Trent's extensive experience specializing in higher education will provide a platform for Weaver to rapidly expand our public sector practice throughout Texas and the United States," said Shawn Parker, partner-in-charge of Dallas assurance services.
Foster brings more than 15 years of experience in assurance services for a vast range of clients including medium-to-large-sized companies across the nation. He specializes in higher education and nonprofit organizations.
Most recently, Foster worked as a managing director of audit services at Grant Thornton LLP in Los Angeles, Calif., responsible for financial statement audits and helping clients with treasury and control, budgeting, investments, insurance, human resources, employee benefits, security and facilities matters. He served on the Grant Thornton national leadership team. Previously he was a manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
"Trent's depth of knowledge and his experience in this area make him a good fit for Weaver," said, Tommy Lawler, Weaver's managing partner and CEO. "We know that he will be able to open doors to more opportunities within our public sector industry practice. We welcome him to our firm."
Foster's professional memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants.
Foster earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in economics with a minor in accounting from the University of California, Los Angeles.
About Weaver
Originally founded in 1950, Weaver currently has approximately 500 employees and Texas offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Midland, Odessa and San Antonio. The firm also has locations in Denver, Colo., and Stamford, Conn. Weaver is ranked the largest independent accounting firm in the Southwest by Accounting Today magazine. The firm is also ranked the 37th largest firm in the United States by INSIDE Public Accounting and the 41st largest firm by Accounting Today.
Weaver serves a broad range of clients including public and private national and international companies, and nonprofit organizations and governmental entities. In addition to traditional assurance and tax services, Weaver also provides numerous advisory services, including energy compliance and consulting; risk advisory; transaction advisory; IT advisory; forensic and litigation support; international tax; property tax; state and local tax; and wealth strategies services. Learn more at www.weaver.com.