Our Team
B.S. — Hospitality Management, Mt. San Antonio College
B.S. — Hospitality Management, Cal Polytechnic University Pomona
Steven Valdes
Steven Valdes is a Professor of Accounting at Mt. San Antonio College. Steven has extensive accounting
experience including taxation, construction accounting, board of director's leadership
development, consulting and developing educational academic curriculum and programs.
Steven graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Management and a Bachelor's in Accounting
from California State University, Los Angeles. He also earned his designations of
Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Personal Financial Specialist
and Chartered Global Management Accountant. Most recently he earned his Master's in
Business Taxation from the University of Southern California, prestigious Marshall
School of Business, Leventhal School of Accounting. Steven was a past board member
of and Vice President of the California Society of CPA's Los Angeles Chapter and a
graduate of the CalCPA Leadership Institute.
B.S. — Hospitality Management, Cal Polytechnic University Pomona
Erika Bowers
Erika Bowers is an Accounting Professor with Senior Management experience in managing multiple
clients from the implementation stage to the steady-state environment. Ability to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment to meet the demands of both internal and external contacts.
Areas of Expertise:
Strategic Analysis, negotiations, customer relations, contract compliance, SLA compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, SWOT analysis, IT/Telecom, benchmarking, database management, staffing functions, A/P & A/R, financial reporting and analysis, profit/loss analysis, forecasting, budgeting, procurement/sourcing
clients from the implementation stage to the steady-state environment. Ability to work in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment to meet the demands of both internal and external contacts.
Areas of Expertise:
Strategic Analysis, negotiations, customer relations, contract compliance, SLA compliance, Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance, SWOT analysis, IT/Telecom, benchmarking, database management, staffing functions, A/P & A/R, financial reporting and analysis, profit/loss analysis, forecasting, budgeting, procurement/sourcing
