Jim Penn Named Outstanding CFO: Finance Team at D CEO’s Financial Executives Awards

Fort Worth, TX – (May 17, 2021) – Whitley Penn Co-Founder, Partner and CFO, Jim Penn, has been named as Outstanding Chief Financial Officer: Finance Team for the 2021 DCEO Financial Executives Awards. Through the collaborative efforts of the editors at D CEO, the Association for Corporate Growth, the Dallas CPA Society, and Financial Executives International, this awarded the top financial executives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

In addition to serving as the firm’s CFO, Penn is also a partner in the Forensic, Litigation & Valuation Services practice group and is a frequent public speaker on litigation and valuation topics. He is a certified public accountant (CPA) and Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV).   

Penn earned his BBA from the University of Houston and has been instrumental in the firm repeatedly achieving the “Cougar 100” recognition from his alma mater for being one of the fastest growing UH Cougar-owned and Cougar-led businesses.

Penn currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children and has been a supporter of the hospital for more than 40 years. Additionally, he has served on numerous civic organization boards throughout his career and is past Chairman of the Board of the Hurst-Euless-Bedford Chamber of Commerce.  Penn is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) including the Forensic & Valuation Services Division, Fort Worth Chapter of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TXCPA), Financial Consulting Group, LC, and the Dallas & Tarrant County Bar Association Family Law Sections.

“It is an honor to accept this award for Outstanding CFO: Finance Team on behalf of our Team.  I am completely humbled and couldn’t have done it without our hard-working finance and accounting team. It was truly a team effort,” stated Penn.

About Whitley Penn, LLP

Whitley Penn has consistently been recognized as “One of the Top 100 Firms in the U.S.” and “Best of the Best” by INSIDE Public Accounting and other industry publication. For more information on Whitley Penn, please visit www.whitleypenn.com.

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