Stan is a partner in the firm of Halliday, Schwartz & Co. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1975. In 1979, he received a Masters in Accounting from the University of South Carolina.
He worked four years for a national firm in Spartanburg, SC, and was in private practice for two years before joining the Firm in May 1985. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, as well as the SC Association of Certified Public Accountants. He is a past Director and Treasurer of Mobile Meals of Spartanburg, is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, and is Past-President of the Spartanburg Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and South Carolina Waterfowl Association. Stan is a past President and Treasurer of the Country Club of Spartanburg and is a past member of the board of Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce and is currently serving on the Board of Governors. He currently serves as Treasurer of the Walker Foundation and sits on the Fish and Wildlife Advisory Committee of the State Department of Natural Resources.