Tina Matzen is a principal in the St. Louis office of Novogradac, where she specializes in affordable housing and community development, including the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC), new markets tax credit (NMTC) and historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC) programs. She provides accounting, auditing, and cost certification services to clients who own or operate properties within these industries. She also works with upper-tier tax credit equity funds and tax credit syndicators. Ms. Matzen has participated as a panelist at Novogradac’s NMTC conference workshops and is also an active member of the company’s quality control team. Before joining Novogradac in 2012, she worked in public accounting for more than 10 years, serving closely held companies in a broad range of industries including real estate, construction and service. She received a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in accounting from Truman State University and is licensed as a CPA in Missouri.