Alicia Rodriguez, BS, is a graduate from California Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona) with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting minored in Spanish and took several courses in Gerontology. She worked in several entities in California such Cal Poly Pomona Foundation, Multivision Cable, California State University/ Los Angeles & Fullerton. Some duties included managerial as well as monitor and provide accounting services, to the Principal Investigators and department staff. The services provided were accounts payables, billings, accounts receivables, training to department staff, reconciliation of accounts to prepare audit schedules on an annual basis and grants and contracts reconciliations for annual tax returns. She worked with Grants and Contracts department (pre awards and provided assistance in policies and procedures such as capital expenditures versus operating expenditures, deadline for spending the funds, and other related issues regarding their awards. We are very fortunate to have Alicia on board.