ABOUT US
PSPA, founded in Tampa, Florida in November 2015 by Monica Sanchez, aims to fulfill the need for a qualified woman-owned and small business enterprise in Florida. With expertise gained from an 18-year career at CliftonLarsonAllen, where Monica led consulting teams, PSPA focuses on specialized advisory services for state and local governments. The company boasts a team of highly qualified professionals with diverse backgrounds in disciplines like Accounting, Education, and Industrial Engineering. They hold certifications from respected organizations such as the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Association of Inspectors General. PSPA combines public sector experience with technical skills to provide excellent service at competitive rates.
Monipatry (Monica) Sanchez
ME, CGAP
Monica is the Managing Partner and owner of Public Sector Performance Associates LLC. With 18 years of experience, she specializes in performance and management consulting for public sector organizations.
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Monica's expertise includes business process control assessments, compliance reviews, and evaluations of efficiency and effectiveness. She applies her experience across various organizational functions and levels.
Monica holds an Industrial Engineering degree from UNET, Venezuela, and a Master of Science in Engineering Management.
Throughout her career, she has focused on optimizing processes and systems to eliminate waste.
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Monica is also actively involved in the Institute of Internal Auditors, serving as the Education Vice-President and immediate Past-President of the West Coast Chapter.
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Stuart Grifel
CIA, CFE, CGAP, CIGA
Stuart is an experienced Consulting Director at PSPA who specializes in operational and organizational reviews, compliance audits, and productivity improvement projects for government agencies.
With over two decades of experience, he has worked with various state and local governments, assisting in policy development, fraud investigations, and Sarbanes-Oxley 404 controls engagements.
Stuart holds multiple certifications, including Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Auditing Professional, and Certified Inspector General Auditor.
He is recognized nationwide for his expertise in government performance measurement and has co-authored a guide on exemplary practices in this field.
Stuart has also served as the Past President of the Institute of Internal Auditors chapters in Palm Beach County, Florida, and Austin, Texas, demonstrating his dedication to the profession.
Norma Berrios
CPA
With 14 years of public accounting and auditing experience, Norma has a solid background in audits of government financial statement segments and federal/state grants compliance. She is also a seasoned financial analyst and consultant in the healthcare industry.
Norma performs technical quality control and review of the financial statements and all related reports. Her areas of focus have been revenue recognition, internal controls, project management, and financial analysis. Responsible for the overall success of audits, accounting, operational and financial consulting engagements.
Marggie Nichols
CPA
With 20 years of field experience, Marggie leads audits and accounting consulting projects of both public and private entities. Her consulting projects include the evaluation of existing operational and financial management procedures, in-depth internal control evaluations of specific functions with a focus on risk and waste, and offering recommendations for improvement and financial health.
Marggie is responsible for performing accounting engagements for clients in a wide range of industries, including government and nonprofits. She has significant experience in audits of government financial statement segments and federal/state grants compliance.
Sergio Sais
CGAP, CFE, CLEA
Mr. Sergio Sais has a unique combination of more than 20 years of law enforcement experience and more than 11 years of law enforcement auditing experience.
He has conducted several law enforcement audits for the Los Angeles Police Department when he Department was under a federal consent decree and leading a team of auditors who performed highly complex engagements. He has overseen law enforcement audits of use of force, officer-involved shootings, arrest reports, search warrants, complaint investigations, confidential informants, and confidential financial disclosures, among many others.
Mr. Sais is also the lead instructor for the Basic Law Enforcement Performance Auditor Course that has trained hundreds of civilians and sworn personnel across the nation.
Jose Ceja
CFE, CLEA
Mr. Jose Ceja worked for the Los Angeles Police Department for 27 years.
The last 12 years of his career he was assigned as a Law Enforcement Auditor and Law Enforcement Audit Supervisor.
His duties included developing audit work plans, supervising Law Enforcement Auditors, managing workloads, evaluating the LAPD’s compliance with state and federal law and federal mandated consent decrees.
Mr. Ceja is also a Police Officer Standards and Training certified instructor and has taught Law Enforcement Auditing using Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) to civilian and sworn personnel from across the country.
Eduardo Luna
MPA, CIA, CGFM
Eduardo is a nationally recognized local government audit leader with 31 years of professional audit experience.
He has extensive experience in interacting with government board members, local elected officials, municipal employees and members of the public. As City Auditor, Eduardo established the City of San Diego’s and City of Beverly Hills’ first independent audit offices, including overseeing the fraud hotlines.
Has overseen numerous performance audits over all facets of municipal operations.
Greta MacDonald
Greta has over 21 years of experience leading, designing, and conducting audit and consulting engagements of state and local government entities, nonprofit and public companies.
In addition to providing internal auditing services and conducting independent performance and compliance audits for government clients, she has worked in a quality assurance capacity ensuring adherence to Yellow Book standards.
She has managed over 50 consulting and audit engagements in water districts, transportation, healthcare, public utilities, and general-purpose government units
Paul Jerome
CIA, CISA
Paul Jerome is an experienced internal auditor that specializes in the provision of SOC Type I & II Audits to ensure operating effectiveness of control activities for service providers.
He has extensive knowledge with the creation of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) process maps, walkthroughs, supervision and testing for a wide variety of organizations.
Paul has significant experience with the performance of Information Technology General Controls (ITGC), and IT application testing for compliance.
Paul has also completed projects for both ISO 27001 & ISO 9000 certification.