Lance Smith is a partner in the San Francisco office of Novogradac & Company LLP. Mr. Smith specializes in managing audits, completing tax returns and providing other attestation and consulting services for partnerships in the affordable housing industry, including those subject to the auditing requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and for nonprofit organizations, including those subject to government auditing standards and U.S. Office Management and Budget Circular A-133, audits of states, local governments and nonprofit organizations. Mr. Smith earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from Brigham Young University. He is licensed in California as a certified public accountant.