(Fort Worth, Texas) – Richard T. (Rick) Baumeister, managing partner of Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier, PLLC, has announced that Kate Robinson, CPA, CPP, was recently named principal for the firm.
As a principal, Ms. Robinson takes an active role with the firm’s leadership team, working to help guide the firm towards achieving client service and business development goals.

    “Ms. Robinson is the firm’s first principal and will set a standard at the very highest level,” Mr. Baumeister said.

With more than 20 years of experience in the accounting industry, Ms. Robinson manages and reviews tax and accounting engagements, trains staff, and heads SB&F’s Business Solutions Services Group, which provides consulting services to small businesses.     Before joining SB&F two years ago as a Tax Manager, Ms. Robinson was with Crescent Real Estate Equities in downtown Fort Worth. Previously she spent two years with The Walton Group, LLC and five years at Hartman, Walton, Leito & Bolt, LLP (currently Hartman, Leito & Bolt, LLP). At both Fort Worth public accounting firms Ms. Robinson worked in the tax and audit departments, and she also worked in the areas of outsourcing and payroll. She was also accounting manager for The Leather Factory, Inc. in Fort Worth. Ms. Robinson is a certified Payroll Professional.     A graduate of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, Ms. Robinson received her BBA in accounting.     She has been an active volunteer for Trinity Habitat for Humanity, Women’s Haven of Tarrant County, Big Brothers Big Sisters of North Texas and her church in Weatherford.

    Founded in 1949, SB&F is a full service accounting firm that performs audits, tax planning and compliance, internal auditing services, pension administration and consulting, and merger and acquisition consulting for entities in real estate, oil and gas, manufacturing, financial institutions, dealerships, trusts and estates, technology, healthcare and retail. SB&F headquarters are in the historic Sinclair Building in downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Web site is www.sbf-cpa.com.

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