Lois A. Huston, CPA - Partner




Lois is a graduate of Regis University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting, and is licensed as a CPA in Colorado. Professional affiliations include membership in the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Lois is partner in charge of tax compliance services.  She is also responsible for firm administration and client relations. Lois has substantial audit experience working with international clients with business operations in Canada, India, Mexico and Australia.

Lois, being the daughter of missionary parents, grew up near the California / Mexico border. Lois and her family have followed her parents' lead with continuing involvement in outreach programs. On the local level, Lois and her husband Mark are mentors to youth and involved in their church. On an international level they have traveled to Mexico, Europe, and Central America working with various mission teams.



Our Team

Michael L. (Mick) Schumacher - Founding Partner

CPA, CMA, MBA, PFS, ABV, CFF



Mick is the founding partner of Schumacher & Associates, Inc.  He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business with an emphasis in Accounting, and a graduate of the University of Colorado with a Masters Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting.  He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), an AICPA Accredited Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), AICPA Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV), and is AICPA Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF).  He is licensed as a CPA in multiple states. Professional affiliations include membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Management Accountants and has served on the Colorado Society of CPA’s Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee.

Mick's areas of focus include business valuation services, litigation support, personal financial planning and business consulting.


Mick served for five years as an officer and director of Coloradan’s for Nebraska, the Colorado chapter of the University of Nebraska Alumni Association and is a past president of the organization.  Mick is a member of the American Legion and AMVETS.  Mick also has been a long-time blood donor. In 2013 he was one of the honorees at the Bonfils Blood Center donor appreciation banquet in Denver, Colorado for lifetime blood donations of 10 gallons or more. Mick grew up in Nebraska and his fellow Nebraskan heroes are Warren Buffett, the Oracle of Omaha and the world’s greatest investor, and J. Sterling Morton, the first territorial governor of Nebraska and founder of Arbor Day. Mick has adopted nearly 1,000 orphaned trees and transplanted them to his formerly treeless Western Nebraska prairie property.