Strongest attributes are building relationships, attention to detail, and growing strong teams.

Her public accounting experience includes complex financial accounting matters under U.S. GAAP and IFRS accounting frameworks, SOX 404/financial controls and capital market transactions (IPO, U.S. GAAP/IFRS conversion, etc.). Wendy also has experience managing clients with multiple locations and was part of international projects focused on shared service center environments with complex legal structures, statutory requirements, and financial processes, requiring the coordination of international resources and on-site fieldwork in areas such as Mexico, Poland and Romania. Wendy’s experience includes providing professional audit and assurance services in accordance with IFRS, MEX GAAP and U.S. GAAP.

He is also responsible for working with community, state, federal stakeholders and managing a team of professionals to assist local businesses to start and/or grow their businesses. Prior to joining the University of La Verne SBDC, Mr. Gomez acquired an extensive background in high-end corporate retail providing strategic direction to assist in new store openings, sales, operations and retail management for companies such as: Brooks Brothers, Original Penguin, BCBG, Bloomindale’s and C-Wonder. Mr. Gomez is an active an active community volunteer in both Orange and Los Angeles Counties. He was a founding board member and past Vice-President for the Orange County Youth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Mr. Gomez serves as the advisor for the Latino Student Forum and a mentor to students from the First Generation Student Success Program at La Verne. He is a member of the 49th Class of the Riordan Leadership Institute from the Southern California Network and a David C. Lizárraga Fellow. Mr. Gomez grew up in México City and at an early age developed the desire to study and emerge himself in International Business. He holds a B.A. in International Business with a concentration in Spanish from Cal State University, Fullerton and an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing & International Business from the University of La Verne, College of Business & Public Management.

He has led multiple change management, organizational and leadership development projects across various industries in the private and public sectors, in the US, Latin America, and globally including at the United Nations. Leo holds an MS degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Chile, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Psychology from the College of Organizational Studies at Alliant International University in San Francisco, California.

Mr. Goshgarian has worked in the valuation business for over 13 years, in the US and Hong Kong. He is a senior accredited member of the American Society of Appraiser. Lastly, he graduated from University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Management Science.

Nick is currently pursuing his CPA licensure and has already passed all four of the exams.

Industry lines includes: Aircraft leasing, Financial Services, Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, CPA, Media & Communications. Milton has been involved with major projects that include: Finance Manager, worked as part of the Finance Transformation project team for a major pharma to centralize 5 business units. Governance and Risk Management for SOX review and testing for a major aircraft leasing organization. Strategic Finance, where he participated in the accelerated month end process from BD6 to BD4 with deliverables to multiple stakeholders; this project helped improve efficiency in the transfer pricing process for a life insurance organization. Milton holds an MBA with licenses and certification in MIS and Risk Management.

Jonathan has had several years of experience in the business field, working with companies as a brand ambassador or as an intern. Active in leadership positions, such as the Student Body CHASS Senator for UCR’s student government, Director of Finance for UCR’s School of Business Administration, and currently the Ambassador for the Association of Latino Professionals For America (ALPFA), Orange County Professional Chapter. He is currently on a contract with Snap, Inc. as an Operations Specialist.

Humana is relatively new to the California market; she started her journey with Humana in early 2015 as a Project Manager with Market Operations & Finance taking on projects that crossed all functional areas and levels of the California market. A busy Unidos NRG member and YP group ambassador. Jessica is the previous Communications Director for ALPFA Orange County.