Ms. Gianfala is a Vice President of the Valuation Advisory group with over 14 years of experience in accounting, corporate finance, and business valuations. She joined Chaffe & Associates, Inc. as a Financial Analyst Intern in June 2007, and upon completion of the internship, joined the company. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV), and Certified in Entity and Intangible Valuations (CEIV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuations with a specialty in Intangible Assets (ASA-BV/IA) by the American Society of Appraisers. Ms. Gianfala performs intellectual property and intangible asset valuations for purchase price allocations, impairment testing, internal intangible asset management, portfolio valuation, and litigation support. She provides business valuation services to public and private companies for estate, gift, and income tax planning, financial reporting, corporate planning, employee stock ownership plans, and litigation. Ms. Gianfala is very active in her community and in professional organizations. She serves on the Board of the Louisiana SPCA, is Past Treasurer Junior League of New Orleans, President of the Tulane Association of Business Alumni, and an Adjunct Faculty Member of the University of Holy Cross. Professionally, she is a member of AICPA, ASA, Women’s Energy Network (serving as past chair of the Foundation Board of Directors), serves as Auditing and Accounting Committee Chair of LCPA, and is the Sponsorship Director of the Turnaround Management Association, Louisiana Chapter.