Melissa Chung is a partner in the San Francisco office of Novogradac. She provides audit, tax and consulting services for affordable housing developments, real estate partnerships, and for-profit and nonprofit housing developers in the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) industry, and other nonprofit organizations. Chung also has experience with the auditing requirements of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Uniform Guidance, CalHFA, California Department of Housing and Community Development and San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development. In addition, Chung assists her LIHTC clients with preparation of financial forecasts used in deal structuring and with LIHTC and bond applications. She serves on the Housing Colorado NOW! Conference and publications committees and is a frequent speaker at various housing conferences and workshops. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics, with a concentration in accounting and a minor in Chinese studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She is licensed in California as a certified public accountant.