35 years as a CPA, working for an international firm (7 years) and independently providing audit and tax services to medium sized companies. 5 years teaching accounting courses at California State University, Monterey Bay. Nonprofit experience includes CFO at Hospice of the Central Coast (7 years), accounting and taxation for various small nonprofit organizations. Rental manager for short-term rentals (7 years).

Experience in:  Start up small business, marketing, growing and managing business in multiple locations in US, budgeting, strategic planning, hiring and managing staff off site, commercial real estate, reviewing leases, building and designing office spaces, analyzing financial statements from multiple locations, managing non profit organization.   Extremely knowledgeably in business strategy and planning.

Served as a mentor in Austin, Texas as well as thru SCORE cyber mentoring. Before retiring as Executive Vice President of Operations and Center Development for BusinesSuites, Celia was responsible for center-level operations and the transitions of newly developed or acquired centers. Over fourteen years of experience in the development, integration and management of business centers.  She successfully grew the business from 40 offices in one center in 1989 to 416 offices in five centers in 1997, including the integration of five acquired centers. Previous to her association with BusinesSuites, she was an officer at Bank One, Texas in Austin. She was also  the executive director of two not for profit organizations in Chicago, Ill. She is a retired businesswoman and one time user of SCORE.