After graduating from the University of Texas at Arlington Lei began her career with Deloitte, and after several years in public accounting, moved into the healthcare field. After a period with Cook Children’s Health Care System she began a swift ascent through the ranks of finance operations to executive management at US Oncology and McKesson.
Upon leaving McKesson, Lei obtained her licenses to provide investment advice and sell securities and began a new practice focus as a financial advisor with Averett Financial, LLC. In May of 2018, she joined CliftonLarsonAllen as a Principal in the Health Care Sector where she led their outsourced accounting department. She returned to Averett Financial, LLC in December, 2020 where she leads their Accounting Services Division and serves as their Managing Partner.
Lei is a past president of the Fort Worth Chapter TXCPA, has previously served on the TXCPA Executive Board and as the Chairman of the Board in 2019-20, and is a current member of the AICPA Council. Lei also serves on the board of The Women’s Center of Tarrant County where she is Chair and has served on the University of Texas at Arlington’s Advisory Board for the Accounting Department, as well as the Board of the Tarrant County College Foundation, where she served on the Executive Board. She is a group leader in Bible Study Fellowship and she and her husband Frank attend Christ Chapel Bible Church, in Fort Worth, their home community.