Kristie Ondracek, CPA, CGMA, CAE serves as chief financial officer/chief operating officer at TXCPA Houston, a membership association for Houston and surrounding area certified public accountants. She is a native Nebraskan and moved to Houston, Texas, in 2010. She received a bachelor's of science in business administration from Midland Lutheran College (now Midland University) in 1998 and a master's in business administration from University of Nebraska-Omaha. In 2013, she became a certified public accountant and active in the CPA community. Kristie has over twenty years of financial reporting experience, including nearly six years at TXCPA Houston. Prior to TXCPA Houston, Kristie served in various financial accounting roles. She has a very supportive partner who encourages all her dreams, and she is a caregiver to her sister, a special needs adult. Along with her love of numbers, in her limited free time, Kristie enjoys scrapbooking, designing, and creating custom greeting cards, and being a dog mom to two rescue dogs. Recently, she contributed a chapter to "The LeadHERship Awakening" Amazon best seller and enjoys telling her leadership story.