Alexis Ruane is a principal in the metro Philadelphia office of Novogradac. She specializes in providing audit, tax and attestation services to clients in the real estate world, with an emphasis in the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) community. She has experience working with various clients including affordable housing partnerships, upper-tier tax credit equity funds, and for-profit and nonprofit housing developers. Ruane has worked extensively on financial statement audits, tax return preparation, final cost certifications, compliance reporting and various LIHTC-specific engagements. Ruane has experience with the auditing requirements of HUD, CalHFA and HCD. She received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Drexel University. Ruane is licensed in California and Pennsylvania as a certified public accountant.