Denise has more than 25 years of auditing and consulting experience for public sector clients with operating resources ranging from $100 million to over $180 billion. In addition, she has several years of experience in auditing, reviewing, and compiling financial statements, as well as preparing tax returns for privately owned companies and nonprofit organizations.
Denise has published numerous thought leadership articles as well as serving on several Association of Government Accountants (AGA) chapter and regional boards and national committees. Furthermore, she has decades of experience serving on several nonprofit organizations’ boards and has received many recognition awards and accolades for her services.
Her specialities include accounting and financial advisory services in government, healthcare, transportation, research and development, grants management, internal control design and implementation, program performance and compliance, business process improvement, and financial reporting.
Before founding HPBS, Denise spent more than 20 years at CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), most recently serving as Principal-in-Charge, Federal Government Services. In that role, she served as the advisory and assurance principal/partner for the firm’s largest accounts and was responsible for managing and growing the firm’s federal government services. Her experience also includes time at Urbach, Kahn & Werlin PC.