Lea Petri

Lea Petri, CPA, has extensive experience in internal auditing and risk management, having served in various roles across multiple organizations. At Weaver, Lea held an IT Advisory Intern position focused on control testing for SOC reports and IT SOX compliance. As a Senior Internal Auditor at AT&T, responsibilities included internal audit functions within finance, while prior roles at BKD CPAs & Advisors involved SOX compliance and business process improvement projects. At Celanese, Lea operated as a SOX Senior Analyst. An early career internship at Baker Newman Noyes involved risk and business advisory work, particularly in healthcare audits. Education includes a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Information Systems from The University of Texas at Arlington, and ongoing advanced studies at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT Dallas, towards a Master of Science and a Certificate in Applied Machine Learning.