Common Interest Realty Associations Conference (CIRA)

Gabriel Mendoza, Senior Director - Assurance Services, Sokol & Sokol, CPA

Gabe Mendoza joined our audit department in September 2016. He performs audits, reviews, and compilations for our condominium and homeowner association clients and manages our quality control process. He supervises field audit engagements, designs audit plans and supervises audit staff.  He manages preliminary testing and documentation, turnover audits and agreed-upon procedure engagements.  Further, he leads our external training program geared towards property management company accounting departments and property managers looking to increase their technical skills, financial literacy, and expand their ability to communicate financial results to users of the financial statements. Prior to joining Sokol & Sokol, he spent five years working as an auditor at Grant Thornton, LLP in their South Florida offices.
He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Florida and a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also serves on the Common Interest Realty Association (CIRA) Committee of the FICPA, which plans and presents the annual FICPA Common Interest Realty Association Conference and assists members in becoming more technically proficient in accounting, tax, consultation and certain operational matters related to Florida’s CIRA industry. He graduated from Florida International University with a BS degree in Accounting and a Master of Accounting degree in 2012.

Matthew Kuisle, Regional Executive Director, Reserve Advisors, Inc.

Matthew C. Kuisle is a Director and Shareholder of Reserve Advisors, Inc.   Mr. Kuisle is responsible for the overall management and administration of the firm’s Southeast regional office in Tampa, FL. He oversees sales, business development and engineering production staff serving Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas.  Mr. Kuisle has conducted hundreds of reserve study assignments throughout the country and frequently conducts reviews of studies conducted by the firm’s engineering staff.

Mr. Kuisle is a frequent author and speaker on topics such as: What to Look for In A Professional Reserve Study, Planning for Future Capital Projects, Reserve Funding Methodologies and common pitfalls for boards and managers.  He is a member of the national Business Partners Council for Community Associations Institute (CAI) as well as a council member for CAI’s Florida Legislative Alliance.  

Mr. Kuisle is a Professional Engineer, licensed in Florida since 2006 and holds both the Reserve Specialist (RS) and Professional Reserve Analyst (PRA) Designations. He is also a Florida-licensed Continuing Education Provider for Community Association Managers and is currently the Treasurer of his condominium association in Tampa. 

Paul Brown, Vice President, Professional and Technical Standards, Florida Institute of CPAs

Paul Brown joined the FICPA in November 1992 and is the VP of Professional and Technical Standards for the Florida Institute of CPAs (FICPA). One of Paul's main duties is to serve as the technical reviewer in Florida for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Peer Review Program.  The program administers approximately 350 reviews annually in Florida and oversees approximately 90 peer reviewers.  Paul also assists members in the areas of professional ethics and professional standards. As part of his role in the peer review program Paul has previously been an instructor and author of continuing education programs for the AICPA and FICPA, for which he had received several outstanding discussion leader and author awards.  Paul serves on the AICPA's Peer Review Standards Task Force, Technical Reviewers Advisory Task Force to the Peer Review Board and serves as staff liaison to two committees of the FICPA.

Shelly Weir, President & CEO, Florida Institute of CPAs