About
About Clint
Clint is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with over eleven years of law enforcement experience and over a dozen years in the accounting field. His time in law enforcement helped him to understand how important a few minutes of listening can be to someone in any walk of life. Clint has translated that into building an accounting and consulting firm that focuses on the idea of helping clients reach their “next peak.”
Through his experience in law enforcement, Clint learned to trace money that people didn’t want found. He also got extremely comfortable testifying in court, often being called upon to testify as an expert both in State and Federal court. Clint has translated his law enforcement and accounting experience into investigating cases that have included embezzlement, fraud, construction disputes, partnership disputes, trust litigation, and clarifying actual income from businesses.
An avid outdoorsman, health nut, and family guy, Clint stays active year-round… yes even during tax season!
Accounting
- By working under a phenomenally gifted and vastly experienced CPA, Clint learned the intricacies of small business accounting and how to think long-term when it comes to tax strategy. He has extensive experience preparing tax returns for partnerships, S Corps, complex individuals, and non-profits.
- Clint learned about Dave Ramsey and his approach to finances in 2011. He has since read several Ramsey books, attended live events, and along with his wife, taught several Financial Peace University classes.
- He has served on three non-profit boards, the 10-33 Foundation, Orangevale Food Bank, and Northern California Fraud Investigators Association. He has helped create internal control structures for non-profits, churches, and for-profit businesses. Clint’s passion is to see people succeed, personally and professionally.
Law Enforcement
- Clint always loved solving problems and wanted to put his desire to serve into action by pursuing a career in law enforcement. He was a police officer with the Roseville Police Department for seven years, with assignments in Patrol, Detectives, Field Training, Recruiting, and SWAT. Clint also worked for the California Department of Insurance for four years in the roles of Fraud Investigator and Sergeant.
- Through his experience in law enforcement, Clint learned to trace money that people didn’t want found. He also got extremely comfortable testifying in court, often being called upon to testify as an expert both in State and Federal court.
- Clint has translated his law enforcement and accounting experience into investigating cases that have included embezzlement, fraud, construction disputes, partnership disputes, trust litigation, and clarifying actual income from businesses.
Our Team
Clint Herndon, CPA, CFE
President
Megan Killion
Office Manager
Claire McGhehey
Accountant
Clarie’s Bio:
Claire has been an amazing addition to our team allowing us to offer our clients expert bookkeeping services with her 10+ years of experience. When Claire is not crunching numbers with our business clients, she is a rockstar on her kickball team and a soccer coach for her two kids. Her family is constantly moving and staying active whether they are traveling about or camping in the hills. If Claire ever needs a break away, she jumps back into the numbers role as the Treasurer for Lake Forrest PTC. It is never a dull moment in the McGhehey household..
Megan’s Bio:
Megan has been apart of the Next Peak team since 2019. In her spare time she is an active part of the Citrus Heights and Placerville communities and their Kiwanis service groups participating in outreach programs to better the lives of anyone she can. When her husband is not off fighting fires, the two of them are either surfing in Monterrey or skiing in Tahoe.