Professional Advisory Committee
Meet the Members
Chris Davis
Senior Product Manager, Vialto Partners
Leads the West region’s digital transformation initiatives within PwC's Global Mobility Services (GMS) group; focuses on the implementation of process automation and adopting technology from a self-service and enterprise perspective; graduate of PwC's internal Digital Accelerator program.
Maria Garcia
Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Marissa has been with PwC since 2016 and is currently a senior associate working in the Products & Services Consulting practice.
She attended San Jose State University where she obtained an Undergraduate degree in Business Administration with a focus in Accounting.
She later continued her studies at San Jose State University to obtain a Masters of Science in Taxation. She is a big fan of Bay Area sports and loves participating in all types of sports teams.
Jill Ko
Manager - Finance & Administration, Numerical Algorithms Group, Inc.
Leads U.S. Division’s accounting, finance, human resources, and operations. NAG provides world-renowned NAG Library and industry-leading numerical software and technical services to banking and finance, energy, engineering, and market research, as well as academic and government institutions. NAG, nag.com, is headquartered in Oxford, UK, with offices in the US, UK, EU, and Asia.
David Lo
Senior Program Manager, California Society of CPAs
David currently serves as senior program manager at the California Society of CPAs (CalCPA) and is coming up on his 10th year of service to the society. His primary responsibilities include empowering all Californians through financial literacy, promoting the CPA profession among high school and college students and career outreach to underrepresented minority populations.
Vera Nieh
Senior Accounting Manager, Bright Live, Inc.
Vera has served in the college advisory board since 2021. She is the accounting lead at Bright where she implements process efficiencies and guides strategic initiatives. Prior to Bright, Vera has worked in various accounting departments at Invisionapp and Facebook.