Firm Profile

SEEBA & ASSOCIATES, INC. CPAs......WHERE INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.........

We believe in the value of relationships. We believe that our success is a result of helping you achieve your success.

We are committed to providing close, personal attention to our clients. We take pride in giving you the assurance that the personal assistance you receive comes from years of advanced training, technical experience and financial acumen. Our continual investment of time and resources in professional continuing education, state-of-the-art computer technology and extensive business relationships is indicative of our commitment to excellence.

OUR BACKGROUND AND FOCUS:

Located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, Seeba & Associates has become well known to entrepreneurial small businesses, to estate planning professionals, and to the Bay Area Christian community. Its original founders brought backgrounds in tax, auditing, and the management of nonprofit organizations to the Firm. Dave Seeba now runs the Firm with the help of talented associates.

The Firm has conducted numerous audits and reviews of Christian charitable organizations, and is well equipped to address a myriad of issues facing Christian nonprofits. Small businesses and individuals looking for help with tax planning and tax-advantaged giving will also find a unique and valuable resource at Seeba & Associates.

OUR STAFF PROFILES:

DAVID A. SEEBA is a Certified Public Accountant having significant experience with individuals, small businesses, and charitable organizations. A native Californian, Dave was an Accounting major at San Jose State University where he graduated with distinction in 1974. He worked from 1973 to 1980 with the local CPA firm of Brooks, Stednitz & Rhodes. He received his CPA certificate in 1975 and continued his education through Golden Gate University. Dave has been a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the California Society of CPAs since 1976. He has taught tax seminars as well as seminars on personal and family financial issues since 1982. In 1980, Dave and a partner began the Firm. Over the years, the Firm has prospered. (Check out the following Profiles to meet the various quality people who now make up Seeba & Associates). From 1988 to 1990, Dave was involved in assisting the set up a financial accountability organization for the rapidly expanding charitable organizations in Argentina. Dave was also a founder of the Planned Giving Foundation which provided estate planning and deferred giving consultation to donors of Bay Area charities from 1991 through 1997. From 2004 to early 2011, Dave chaired the Sentinel Group board (an international nonprofit in Seattle, Washington). In recent years, Dave has been assisting clients with the establishment of their own charitable foundations. He currently serves on the board of a number nonprofit foundations as well as helping his clients with their tax and accounting needs.

ANNA M. PHILIP, CPA, joined Seeba & Associates as an auditor in 2002. She received her CPA certification in 2005. Anna has a degree in Commerce and has worked as an accountant for a school, tax associate, and auditor prior to joining the Firm. Anna currently focuses on tax returns for individuals, non-profits, S corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts. Anna also manages a group providing private office services to key client families. She also continues to provide compilations for her clients, in addition to consulting with various nonprofits.

GRANT DOW, CPA, MST, joined Seeba and Associates in 2016 as both an experienced auditor and tax preparer. He has over twenty years of experience working in accounting and finance, including nine years working in industry for private and publicly-traded technology companies before transitioning over to public accounting in 2004. Grant spent his first eight years in public accounting primarily focused on providing audit & review services to various for-profit and nonprofit clients in the Bay Area. Since 2011, he has primarily focused on assisting businesses and individuals with their various tax-related issues as well as consulting with them on other financial matters. Grant received his BA in Economics from University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, his CPA certification in 2007, and his MS in Taxation from San Jose State University in 2013.

KITTY N. MAK, CPA, MBA, graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1999 with a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting. She received her CPA certification in 2006 and got her MBA at Golden Gate University in 2012. Kitty started her career in the real estate group with Ernst & Young, LLP. There she prepared and reviewed real estate partnership returns as well as returns of high net-worth individuals. She then worked for a pharmaceutical venture capital firm in San Francisco while pursuing her MBA degree. At the venture capital firm, she continued to use her partnership expertise to be their in-house tax consultant and helped manage $2 billion of assets. Prior to joining Seeba & Associates in 2022, she was a senior manager at Holthouse, Carlin, and Van Trigg, LLP where she served commercial and residential real estate owners and developers. She also oversaw the tax returns for these real estate professionals, their families, and trusts.

SANDI DEVRIES, CPA, is a staff accountant with Seeba & Associates. She graduated cum laude from Santa Clara University with a degree in accounting in 1988. Upon graduation, she worked a few years in the audit department of one of the large international CPA firms. She then spent three years on the staff of Seeba & Associates and then four years working as the finance office manager for two large churches in the Bay Area. In 1998, she returned to Seeba & Associates. Through these various opportunities, Sandi has gained experience in auditing and taxes, as well as bookkeeping for businesses and nonprofit organizations.

KAREN RADER, CPA, joined Seeba & Associates as an auditor and tax preparer in 2000. Karen has a degree in Business Administration with experience as a church financial secretary, bookkeeper, and small business owner. She received her CPA certification in March 2007. Karen has gained experience in not-for-profit audits, reviews and compilations, as well as tax preparation with a focus on ministers' tax returns.

HOSANNA LOH, CPA, joined Seeba & Associates as a staff accountant in 2015. Hosanna began her career as a tax accountant spending 5 years working for large international and local CPA firms in the Bay Area. In Southern California, Hosanna managed the accounting department and oversaw the finances for a multi-site church and private Christian school ministry for 21 years. At S&A, Hosanna is a member of the Nonprofit Engagement Team specializing in accounting, auditing, tax and consulting for churches, private schools, missions agencies and other nonprofits. Hosanna’s knowledge of accounting software for nonprofits has enabled her to provide consulting for software selection and implementation. A graduate of Cal State Eastbay, she obtained her CPA certification in 1992. She has completed the AICPA Not-for-profit Certificate II program. Hosanna is licensed in California and Nevada.

CHERYL BALES has been employed with Seeba & Associates since May of 1991. She has many years of experience providing accounting services. Prior to her employment at Seeba & Associates, she spent 13 years as the accountant for a large Silicon Valley church and four years at a computer training product company. Her primary focus at Seeba & Associates is assisting clients to maintain accurate accounting records, preparing compilation reports, and compiling other required reports.

RINKI JOSEPH, CA is a staff accountant with Seeba & Associates. She began her career in public accounting after qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2012. She has a diploma in Information System Audit. She has been preparing tax returns for individuals, partnerships and small corporations which led her to become a Fellow Chartered Accountant in 2017. She assisted clients by reviewing their financial records for accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations of tax agencies and the ROC. She has worked with a variety of clients ranging from sole proprietors to small corporations and has been a part of their statutory and tax audits. Prior to joining Seeba & Associates, she worked in a non-profit as a business manager and helped analyze and prepare internal financial reports for Management, managed receivables, handled business operations, and has accomplished major software transitions for business efficiency.