Loreana joined Ad Astra on July 2021 and she created the Grants Management practice. She is a Certified Public Accountant with 16 years of experience in financial auditing and audit readiness for the federal government, as well as subject matter experience in grants management and disaster recovery funds. She worked state-side for the Big-4s and Accenture for 10 years, Ms. González-Lazzarini was able to gain valuable experience in leadership roles where she developed and improved audit processes while managing a wide range of clients and team members.
She led the six CDBG-DR economic development programs for PRDOH Grant Managers and has provided crucial support to the government at PREPA, COR3 and NGOs on various matters within the field of disaster recovery fund management.
Additionally, she has provided change management guidance, process improvement implementations, and post-grant compliance technical assistance for DDEC, PRTC, BDE, PRDF, PRDOE, DRNA, DTOP, and PROMB. She is also President of the Board of Directors of the Metro Women Business Center from Friends of Puerto Rico and she is a Entreprenuers Organization (EO) Puerto Rico member.
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (HUD) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT DISASTER RECOVERY (CDBG-DR)
• Economic Development, Workforce Training Program
• Economic Development, Small Business Incubators and accelerators program
• Economic Development, Small Business Financing Program
• Economic Development, Re-Grow Puerto Rico Urban Rural Agriculture Program
• Economic Development, Investment Portfolio for Growth Program
• Economic Development, Tourism and Business Marketing Program
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 (ARPA), CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND ("CSFRF")
• Adoption and Family Service Centers, Puerto Rico Department of the Family ("DF")
• Elderly Assistant Centers, Puerto Rico Department of the Family ("DF")
• Cultural Rescue, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico (ICP)
• Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) FAAst, Department of Education Cultural Rescue, Instituto de Cultura de Puerto Rico (ICP)
• Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER Fund) FAAst, Department of Education
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (FEMA)
• Public Assistance (PA)
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (SSA)
• Disability Determination Services Program (DDS)
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES (ACF)
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL (INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT)
• Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
• Citizens of Mastery, LLC, Founder 2017-2021
• Accenture, Level C, 2012-2017
• Grant Thornton, Manager, 2010-2012
• University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Accounting
CERTIFICATION:
• Public Accountant (CPA)
