About Us

Peters Professional Education provides high quality continuing education courses to financial professionals across several industries, including insurance, and accounting. We work with both CPA societies and financial firms to provide timely content that empowers financial professionals to better serve the evolving needs of their clients.

Meet Your Instructor

CPA, CPCU, MST, MBA

David Peters

David Peters is the Founder and Owner of Peters Tax Preparation & Consulting in Richmond, VA. He has over fourteen years of experience in financial services, including 3 years in the hedge fund industry and six years in the insurance industry. David was the first-ever Chief Financial Officer at Compare.com - a position he held for over three years. He is a national CPE Instructor/Discussion Leader for the AICPA, Surgent, and Kaplan. He regularly teaches courses in accounting, finance, insurance, and ethics throughout the United States. He holds four Masters degrees. He contributes regularly to various CPA publications, including NCACPA’s Interim Report, SCACPA’s CPA Report, and VSCPA’s Disclosures. He was also a co-author of the 2018 Virginia CPA Ethics course – a required course for all CPA’s licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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David has been interviewed, published and quoted in a number of different media platforms and publications, including:

2019 Surgent Outstanding Discussion Leader

Outstanding Discussion Leader Award is awarded to show appreciation for Surgent instructors who demonstrate exceptional knowledge of the course subjects and the ability to present that information. The criteria used to determine these awards comes directly from classroom participants. To be eligible, an instructor must: Teach at least 15 seminar days per year, demonstrate an overall average for Knowledge and Presentation skills of 4.5 or higher on a 5.0 scale. Listing in this publication and/or award is not a guarantee of future investment success. This recognition should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor by any client.

Securities offered through Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Advisory services offered through Carroll Financial Associates, Inc., a Registered Investment Adviser. Carroll Financial and Cetera are not affiliated. Carroll Financial and Cetera are under separate ownership from any other named entity.

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David Peters Financial

Mail to: 8005-C, #129, Creighton Pkwy #129, Mechanicsville, VA 23111

1657 West Broad Street, #5, Richmond, VA 23220

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David has extensive experience speaking for a number of organizations, including: