MEET OUR TEAM
JASON HOPE - CPA, CFA, Founder of Hope Financial Consulting
Jason has over 18 years of experience working in accounting and finance at various private and non-profit organizations. He has had an active CPA license from the state of California since 2007 and has held the designation of CFA charter holder since 2010.
Jason started his career in the San Diego office of KPMG. His focus was in the audit and advisory functions for large public and private (including non-profit) organizations located in San Diego and the Southwest. Subsequently, Jason spent his time first as an equity research analyst, then in private equity as Director of Operations and Fund Controller, and finally in industry as a CFO. In industry, he oversaw all accounting and finance operations in the U.S. and Mexico for a privately-owned multi-national organization.
Jason graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. degree in 2005 in Accountancy and a Master’s Degree in Accountancy in 2006.
CHLOE REYNOLDS - Accounting Manager
Chloe graduated from Weber State University with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a master’s degree in taxation. Upon graduation she began her career as an accountant before being promoted to assistant controller, then controller, and then to CFO. She has worked in a variety of industries ranging from construction and commercial real estate to client relationship management. Most recently, she was CFO for a lease-to-own financing company.
At Hope Financial Consulting, Chloe helps manage the team, onboards new clients, and assists with month-end closing procedures and financial reporting to clients.
Chloe is the mother of two children, a boy and a girl, and when she’s not working, you can find her running, reading or coaching her daughter’s soccer team. She and her family love to travel and her husband is currently a resident physician for family medicine.
MELANIE BARKER - Bookkeeper
Melanie graduated from Brigham Young University with a B.S. degree and a Master’s degree in Accountancy in 2000. She began her career working for Deloitte as a tax staff in Charlotte, North Carolina. Over the next 11 ½ years, she performed tax preparation for corporations and partnerships with domestic and international activity, helped develop and roll out standard processes and work papers for electronic return filing, and managed relationships with national tax software vendors. When she left Deloitte in 2012, she had been promoted to the position of Senior Manager. After her time at Deloitte, she joined CCH Wolters Kluwer as a Technical Product Manager over the company’s suite of corporate tax products.
In 2014, her family moved to Virginia and she stepped out of the workforce to raise her two children; her family then moved to northern Colorado in the summer of 2018.
DEBBI YOUNG - Bookkeeper
Debbi graduated from Idaho State University with a BBA, majoring in Accounting. She earned her CPA license and worked for Eide Bailly in Idaho and Utah, first as a staff accountant and then as a tax manager.
After 12 years in public accounting, she decided to put her career on hold to raise her two children.
JEANETTE REINECKE - Bookkeeper
Jeanette graduated from the University of Redlands with a B.S. in Business in 2016.
She became a Quality Assurance Manager and specialized in quality management systems for West Pak Avocado, a produce company located in Southern California. During her 9-year tenure there, her functions also grew to include Purchasing, Inventory Reconciliation and Accounts Payable. Her HR duties included onboarding and interpreter activities.
She enjoys baking, going on nature walks, and spending time with her husband and two children.
SARAH HOPKINS - Bookkeeper
Sarah has over 20 years of experience in finance and bookkeeping for markets ranging from technology consulting to commercial real estate, manufacturing and more. She has worked as a finance manager as well as in broader roles that all featured bookkeeping functions. She spent many years working as an independent contractor, allowing for extensive experience managing the books for a variety of industries. Most recently she worked as an Office Manager for H2 Global Solutions, a water treatment company.
Sarah and her husband live in beautiful Colorado Springs, CO where they enjoy hiking, cycling, and skiing. She also loves doing CrossFit and is a trainer at her local gym.
MELISSA M. - Bookkeeper
Melissa attended Metropolitan State College of Denver and graduated with a B.S. in Finance in 2004. She began her career as a Credit Analyst, and upon starting a family, transitioned out of that full-time position and into part-time one as a bookkeeper for Meridian International in Colorado.
Over the course of her 12 years at Meridian, she learned and trained along the way, and grew into her last role within that company as an Accounting Manager.
Melissa transitioned to Hope Financial Consulting in 2022 to continue her love of bookkeeping while maintaining her family life. She is passionate about family, balanced books and chocolate, so much so, that she makes her own chocolate confections, sold them for a short period of time, and is currently teaching her youngest son to be a chocolatier as well!
JULIE MENDOZA - Bookkeeper
An Illinois native, Julie graduated from Sauk Community College with an accounting degree and worked for Walmart Logistics for 11 years (she was with the company for 13 ½ years) in Quality Assurance as an Inventory Control Specialist and Quality Auditor. Her tasks were highly detailed-oriented, requiring her to resolve discrepancies as needed.
She then spent a year working for the Scott County YMCA, working closely with their CFO as Accounts Payable doing A/P, bank reconciliation, processing invoices for about 10-12 accounts, reconciling all accounts and resolving discrepancies.
In 2017 she put her career on hold to raise her boys after her third (Samuel) was born.
With those three sons, a husband, and a male puppy (Nando), Julie is the only lady in their busy household, and enjoys the outdoors, whether it be the beach, mountains or even the desert. She loves to travel and enjoys taking adventures off the beaten path with her sons, in addition to running, gardening, and reading (when there’s time, which isn’t often).
AUDRA STINGER - Bookkeeper
A San Diego native, Audra graduated from San Diego State with an accounting degree. Upon graduation she worked for SeaSpace Corporation for seven years, moving up through the ranks to Accounting Manager. She then transitioned from satellites to the pharmaceutical industry when she joined Diversa Corp / Novartis (formerly the Torrey Pines Research Institute). There, she implemented their new database and supervised and managed a small staff.
After four years, she started her family and opened her own successful accounting business.
As her children grew, she joined the Poway Unified School District where she served as the Accounting Technician for Black Mountain Middle School and was the PUSD middle school representative for audit and procedural reviews.
She has now joined Hope Financial Consulting. She plays the flute and piccolo for the Kearny Mesa Concert Band and loves camping. Her family has four horses, five chickens, one dog and three cats.
SARA MALLERY - Bookkeeper
Sara Mallery brings a varied background to Hope Financial Consulting.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Food Marketing & Agribusiness Management from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 2010, and worked in the fresh fruit and vegetable processing industry as a Product Development Coordinator for Field Fresh Foods in Gardenia, CA.
She then spent 5 years in charge of the bookkeeping for real estate and lending broker, Realty Concepts in Fresno, CA and recently completed another 5 years as an accountant for solar construction company CalCom Energy, also in Fresno, CA.
An expert downhill skier, she and her husband are also bicycle enthusiasts (they build their own) and pack up their camper as often as time allows to sleep under the stars. She recently completed her first “Century”, a 100-mile bicycle ride through Ventura and Santa Barbara. Whether it’s a street bike, off-road bike, gravel bike or mountain bike, if it’s got two wheels, chances are Sara has mastered it.
BRANDI WILEY - Bookkeeper
Brandi is currently completing her Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Utah. She has over 7 years of accounting experience in various roles and responsibilities including monthly balance sheet reconciliations, analysis, and GL review.
Brandi has been married 4 years and has two dogs and a black and white cat. She and her husband spend their spare time renovating their antique 1906 home, gardening, and traveling. One of her favorite trips was to Scotland, where she got engaged.