Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Valerie Covey, County Commissioner for Williamson County, joined us for this week’s episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast A Chance Conversation Covey shares how a conversation with a high school teacher helped to shape her decision to enter the field of accounting. She went to Schreiner College and enjoyed basketball immensely before transferring and graduating from the University of Texas in Austin. After graduating from the University of Texas and obtaining her CPA, Valerie’s first post-college job was in auditing with Ernst & Whinney (which later became Ernst & Young). Early Career and Life Path During the next six years, Valerie worked her way into a management position. Valerie and her husband Mark then started a family. Valerie stayed home to raise the kids, but kept her CPA license active during this period. The Covey family moved to Georgetown, and in 2003, Valerie took a part-time position with a CPA firm (which quickly turned into a full-time position) working for Tom and L