Mr. Figer lives in the Dripping Springs area, is a third generation Austinite and the owner of a local CPA firm, Figer & Company. After graduation from the Business Honors program at University of Texas at Austin, he began his professional career in 1977 at Deloitte and Touche (Houston). While in Houston he served on the business development board of a local Houston bank. After relocating back to Austin in 1986, Mr. Figer began his CPA firm specializing in accounting, tax, virtual CFO and financial services to small, entrepreneurial businesses. He has been active in local affairs including DSISD Education Foundation, Greater Dripping Springs Community Foundation, Austin Area Research Organization and various community programs. Mike and his wife, Cindy, also own a Dripping Springs- based gourmet food business, New Canaan Farms, producing upscale food products for the specialty food industry.