Erica Giessler is a partner in the Walnut Creek, Calif., office of Novogradac, where she provides various services within the real estate industry, including audit, tax, cost certifications, agreed-upon procedures and consulting for clients who own, operate or invest in market-rate properties, as well as properties that use low-income housing tax credits.  Her expertise include audit and attest standards and she leads the firm’s quality control group.  Ms. Giessler earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and her master’s degree in accounting from San Francisco State University. Ms. Giessler is licensed in California as a certified public accountant.