Shannon Ayala is a CPA with 19 years of audit experience. She regularly performs financial statement audits of cities, special districts and nonprofits; grant specific audits of funds awarded by Federal, state, and county governments; Single Audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance, compliance audits, and Agreed-Upon Procedures.  Shannon’s professional affiliations include the AICPA, California Society of CPAs, and CSMFO.  She is an alumnus of San Diego State University where she earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.

sayala@davisfarr.com

760.298.5872

Jeff Ball is a CPA with over 15 years of auditing experience. He has extensive experience performing financial statement audits for Local Governments, Special Districts, Higher Education, Agreed-Upon-Procedures, as well as financial audits of Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plans. His professional affiliations include the AICPA and the California Society of CPAs. He also serves on the Audit Committee for the City of Tacoma Washington. He is an alumnus of the University of California, Santa Barbara where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, with an Emphasis in Accounting.

jball@davisfarr.com

714.369.5333

Jonathan Foster is a CPA with over 10 years experience auditing and consulting for local government agencies, special districts, and commercial entities. He regularly performs grant-specific audits of funds awarded by Federal, state, and county governments, Single Audits in accordance with Uniform Guidance, and Agreed-Upon Procedures. Jonathan’s professional affiliations include the AICPA, California Society of CPAs, and is a CAFR reviewer for the CSMFO award program. Jonathan has participated in various speaking engagements for the IIA. He is an alumnus of University of San Diego where he earned a Bachelor of Accountancy and Finance.

jfoster@davisfarr.com

949.783.1744

Tritia Foster is a CPA with over 14 years of public accounting and auditing experience. She has extensive experience with Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan and PACE audits, Medicare Managed Care Organization audits, SOC examinations, financial and compliance audits, cost incurred audits, and Agreed-Upon Procedures. Her industry focus is Healthcare as well as government contractors.  She is a member of the AICPA and the California Society of CPAs. She is an alumnus of Chapman University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.

tfoster@davisfarr.com

949.783.1764

Gordon Ho is a CPA with over 23 years of experience in government auditing and accounting. He has extensive experience in financial statement audits, cost incurred audits, financial and compliance audits, SSAE audits, performance audits, and Agreed-Upon Procedures. He is a member of the AICPA, California Society of CPAs and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. In addition to a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public and Social Administration, Gordon also earned his Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles.

gho@davisfarr.com

949.783.1737

Diego F. Vanegas is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA) and a Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP). Diego has over 20 years of public accounting and auditing experience in the government sector. He has specific professional experience in System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1 and 2 examinations, financial and compliance audits, cost incurred audits, and Agreed-Upon Procedures. Diego has professional affiliations with the AICPA and ISACA. Diego is an alumnus of California State University, Los Angeles, where he received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business Administration with emphasis in Accounting, and a B.S. in Computer Information Systems with an emphasis in Business Systems.

dvanegas@davisfarr.com

949.783.1732