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Deryk Howard
Deryk Howard currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Beach City Foundation as the Chief Financial Officer. He also serves on various other Boards, LLC’s and Organizations in a financial capacity. He is an independent Financial Consultant with over 20 years in the accounting industry. Based in Los Angeles California he began his career in Accounting in 1983 for a computer software manufacturer. After several years he decided to further himself by serving his country in the United States Navy. For next two years he attended the USN Aviation Academy earning his degree as well as a Secret clearance. He then went on to serve in the Navy as a Petty Officer specializing in Aviation Electronic Weapons Systems. After receiving an Honorable Discharge from the United States Navy he returned to Los Angeles to set down his roots and raise his family.
He soon after took a position with the University of Southern California (USC) as the Personnel Coordinator for Human Resources & Compensation, Marshall School of Business, where his duties included but where not limited to staffing and ensuring the accuracy and compliance of payroll/personnel policies and procedures in accordance with governmental and agency requirements. In 2000 he secured a challenging position as an Accountant for an Asset Management Company based in Redondo Beach California. There he verified trial balances and was responsible for the accuracy of journal entries and data used to prepare financial statements such as Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss statements and various accounting reports, he performed bank reconciliation's, audited and approved RFP’s. He also supervised A/P & A/R clerks in the performance of daily activities relating to the processing of well over 15,000 items per month and overseeing a budget totaling over 9 million dollars annually.
In 2004 Deryk Howard started his own Financial Consulting Firm in which he offers a full array of financial services such as Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation, Real Estate Mortgage Loans, Loan Modification Services, Credit Enhancement as well as Property Management. Throughout his career Deryk Howard has been placed in a position to have under his care and control access to not only critical private information, financial documents and data, he has also has been responsible for the accounting functions associated with over 100 million dollars of revenue and expenses. His reputation and skill set in regards to the financial industry speaks for its self and are beyond reproach and he has demonstrated his ability to perform these types of accounting functions with efficiency as well as accuracy.
Shannon Buhrmaster
Shannon began her career in the community arena during college with the YMCA as a camp counselor. After college Shannon worked for the Salvation Army as a coordinator, then with the CLARE foundation as a substance abuse counselor. During this time she decided to pursue experience in the Public Affairs field working with the reputable firm Rose & Kindel in downtown Los Angeles. After years with Rose & Kindel Shannon became the Public Affairs Officer to The Midnight Mission. While at The Midnight Mission Shannon helped to form outreach committees, community celebration fundraiser's and volunteer drives for the Skid Row Area. In addition to her Public Affairs background Shannon has worked on government campaigns such as the LACYD Kerry for President Campaign, Councilman Jose Huizar’s re-election campaign and a few others. Among these great officials, Shannon herself has served as the Vice President of Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council as well as the DLANC Chairwoman of the Homeless and outreach committees.
After years of work with homelessness, local government lobbying, and community service Shannon went on to become the Events and Programs Manager for the City of Playa Vista, planning all community events, programs and forums. During this time she helped her former foster mom start a non-profit organization helping former foster youth with vocational training and residential living. Deciding that her heart was with the troubled children, she formed her own business Community Lifestyle Services, aiding in continuing her career with helping other non-profit organizations with fundraising and development planning.
Her own experience with homelessness, and being a former troubled foster youth, has given all of the organizations Shannon helps a unique touch. Her life accomplishments have been surrounded with helping the poor, drug addicted, troubled youth and homeless communities. |
