Denise

CPA
YWCA Greater Los Angeles

Denise is a CPA and comes with considerable experience from both for-profit and nonprofit sectors. After being an entrepreneur for 5 years, she returned to school to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles in 1983.

She began her professional career with a large, national CPA firm, Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (since renamed Deloitte) and went from there to Tenet Healthcare (formerly National Medical Enterprises) where she served in several positions including Internal Auditor, Hospital Controller, and CFO of a medical group. Denise served for five years as CFO with St. Joseph Center, a nonprofit social services organization in Los Angeles. She spent three years in public accounting where she worked on audits of primarily nonprofit clients. Following this Denise served several prominent non-profit organizations: Institute for Healthcare Advancement – CFO for 5 years, Goodwill Southern California – Controller for 3+ years, and Exceptional Children’s Foundation – CFO for 8+ years until joining YWCA in August 2021.