Richard W. Rodriguez
Christy Bessert’s fast-rising career status as a leader in her firm began with registering for an accounting class as a sophomore in high school. The material, she says, “seemed to click.”
“Before long I was tutoring the seniors,” she says.
Bessert has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public accounting from University of Wyoming.
Bessert, with extensive experience in oil and gas taxation, is today a firmwide resource to assist others with complex tax matters related to energy and natural resources, says Rob Optiz, managing partner of the firm, who added that Bessert also represents and promotes the firm at national conferences.
As a member of the board of directors of the TXCPA Fort Worth Chapter, Bessert successfully lobbied Texas Legislators to reduce the number of hours required to sit for the CPA exam, allowing students to start sitting for their license up to a year earlier.
Favorite quote: “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” — Charlie “Tremendous” Jones