Denise Wu CGFM, CPA
Founding Partner, HPBS LLC
Ms. Wu has over 30 years of auditing and consulting experience for public sector clients with operating resources ranging from $100 million to over $180 billion. Her specialties include accounting and financial advisory services in government, healthcare, transportation, research and development, grants management, internal control design and implementation, program performance and compliance, business process improvement, and financial reporting.
Before founding HPBS, Ms. Wu spent over 20 years at CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA), most recently serving as Principal-in-Charge of Federal Government Services.
Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has served as the audit partner for federal government agencies’ financial statement audits in compliance with the Yellow Book standards, and the consulting service partner for federal government, education and not-for-profit entities. Her clients include several large government entities - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA), U.S. HHS, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Amtrak, AmeriCorps, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), etc.