Lori Raineri is a registered Municipal Advisor and founded Government Financial Strategies, Inc. (1988-present), an independent public finance advisor firm. Based in California, she is also CEO of the Government Financial Services Joint Powers Authority. As a certified fraud examiner, she provides training and performs fraud examinations related to public finance. She received her B.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley (1983) and her M.S. in financial analysis from the University of San Francisco (2012) and started her career as an investment banker. She has authored more than two dozen articles and publications and is in high demand as a public speaker.