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Paul L. Schechter, CPA, MPH, MA is the Founder of Community Harvest®. Paul is a Certified Public Accountant and has practiced since 1980. He specializes in the business sustainability design of privately-held businesses and their owners. He leverages his business, financial knowledge to to help his clients achieve business sustainability. He has done risk and sustainability consulting domestically and internationally.

Paul graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1975 with a B.S. In Public Health and has also completed two masters degrees: one in Health Care Management from the University Of Illinois Medical Center and the other in Behavioral Arts (Conflict Management) from CSU-Dominguez Hills. He is Certified as a Mediator by the L.A. County Bar Association. He was previously a Sr. Manager with Ernst & Young where he was a national specialist in partnerships and real estate. He currently runs the Tax Answer Hotline for CPA's where he provides tax advice (second opinions, research, etc.) to several hundred CPA's. He began his career in the health care audit division of Arthur Andersen & Co. and also worked in their tax-exempt restructuring group. He has been a Quickbooks ProAdvisor. He has taught classes for BH Adult Education and the Calif. Society of CPAt.

He holds or has held the following board positions:

Board member, Century City Chamber Of Commerce

Advisory Board For U.C.L.A. Extension Sustainability Certificate Program

Advisory Board For U.C. Irvine Extension Sustainability Certificate Program

U.C. Berkeley Alumni Board

Board Member of the REC-Jewish Federation

Board Member Westside United Way