The firm's president, Van Gerard Dichoso, C.P.A., is a graduate of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). He has nearly ten (10) years experience in the accounting industry and has received training with some of the highest quality CPA firms.

Van Gerard's involvement with the community has earned him the distinction as one of the most prominent CPAs of Filipino-American descent that he was awarded the "Twenty Most Outstanding Filipinos in the United States and Canada" by the prestigious Fil-Am Magazine in Washington, D.C. in 2001. In September 1999, he was also awarded "Who's Who Among Filipino-Americans in California and Nevada" presented by Governor Benjamin Cayetano of Hawaii. In May 2000, he received the "Community Leadership Award" at the Philippine-American Convention and Exposition, the largest and most recognized Filipino-American trade show in the West Coast. He has also received numerous awards as former officer and board member of the Philippine-American Society of CPAs (PASCPA), including the "Presidential Award", the highest award of recognition given to a PASCPA member.

Van Gerard has written various articles in professional publications, had been a speaker in various community events, and had been responsible for the first Tagalog translation of the official IRS Publication 1 "Your Rights as a Taxpayer". Filipino immigrants can now read and understand their U.S. tax rights in dealing with the Internal Revenue Service in their own language.

Currently, he is a member with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the accounting profession's rule-setting body; a member of the California Society of CPAs (CSCPA), the state's largest CPA society; a former officer and board member (1996 - 1999) of the Society of California Accountants - Los Angeles Chapter (SCA), an influential society which acts as advocate on behalf of practitioners before the California Board of Accountancy and other legislative bodies; the former President (1999-2000) of the Philippine-American Society of CPAs (PASCPA) with nearly 300 members; and a member of the Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce.