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NEWS & INFORMATION
Keeping you in the black, not in the dark.

For immediate release
January 1, 2007

For Information, Contact:
Allyson Baumeister of Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, P.C., 817-877-5000
abaumeister@sbf-cpa.com,
Paige Hendricks, PHPR Inc., 817-924-2300


Sanford, Baumeister and Frazier announces
Susan Roberts as partner

         (FORT WORTH, TX) — Susan S. Roberts, CPA and senior tax manager, has been named partner at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier according to Richard T. Baumeister, president and managing shareholder of the Fort Worth-based accounting firm.

         “ Her work for the firm, and her experience and knowledge have been simply amazing,” Mr. Baumeister said. “She will help lead this company into the future,” he said.

         Ms. Roberts, a certified public accountant, has been with SB&F for over four years and has more than 13 years of public accounting experience with a concentration in corporate taxation, multi-state taxation, consolidated entities and high-net-worth individuals. Additionally, she is skilled in multiple areas of income taxation.

         A frequent speaker to lay and professional audiences on taxation matters, Ms. Roberts also teaches a nationwide professional continuing education seminar that focuses on tax law changes. Additionally, she has co-authored a number of tax guidance books. In 2006, Ms. Roberts was recognized in the “Top 40 under 40” CPA’s in the nation by The CPA Technology Advisor, as a professional who will help lead the industry into the future.

         Ms. Roberts earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Baylor University. She is an active member in the Fort Worth Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is also fluent in Spanish. Susan S. Roberts, her husband and their two children live in Arlington, Texas.

         Founded in 1949, SB&F is a full service accounting firm that performs audits, tax planning and compliance, litigation support, pension administration and consulting, and merger and acquisition consulting for entities in real estate, oil and gas, financial institutions, automotive dealerships, trusts and estates, technology, healthcare, and retail. Other partners are Richard T. Baumeister, Allyson B. Baumeister, James R. Rogers, Brian D. Jenke, and Kevin L. Grubbs. SB&F headquarters are in Fort Worth, Texas. Visit the SB&F web site at www.sbf-cpa.com.

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