Sonia Luna, CPA, CIA, CRMA, CGAP in 2004 founded Aviva Spectrum, a boutique compliance consulting firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California with affiliate offices in a wide variety of international locations such as Hong Kong, China and India. The mission of creating Aviva Spectrum was to help public and private organizations improve their understanding and application of the tenets of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. In practice, this vision of leadership materialized into a unique compliance methodology supported by two titanic guiding frameworks: COSO and CobIT, which help organizations mitigate risk while maximizing overall shareholder value.

She has presented over 90 courses on topics related to COSO’s New 2013 Framework, audit, SOX and compliance related matters catering to an audience of Board Members, Chief Executive Officers, Chief Financial Officers and Chief Compliance Officers and their support staff. She has served as a subject matter expert on legal matters dealing with audit and internal audit standards since 2008. She has been quoted in both the LA Business Journal and the AICPA prestigious Journal of Accountancy.

Sonia’s initial public accounting experience began at Arthur Andersen, SingerLewak and later became an audit manager at Ernst & Young. Sonia earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from the California State University at Northridge, California. Sonia is an elected board member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors and is a member of ISACA, the American Institute of Certified Professional Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. In addition, Sonia served on nonprofit boards such as the Chief Financial Officer of AID FOR AIDS and the Orange County, California chapter of ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting).