Maria Benel Corazon G. Se-Liban is the Managing Partner of JBC Group, LLC. Her past experience includes being a Partner of Vasquez and Company, LLP, a Southern California based Certified Public Accounting firm operating for over 40 years. She has over 20 years of public accounting experience in audit. Prior to joining Vasquez and Company, LLP, she was a former senior auditor of SGV & Co. (Ernst & Young, Philippines) and former tax accountant of Miller & Co. and Cayley Associates. She is Licensed Certified Public Accountant in the States of California, Michigan, Florida, and the Philippines. She is the Audit Chair of St. John Well Child and Family Center. Her affiliations include membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA). Benel received her Bachelor of Science, Major in Accounting from De La Salle University and high school diploma from St. Agnes Academy. Her recognition includes as 2011 award recipient of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women given by the Filipina Women’s Network; 2012 Women Making A Difference Nominee given by Los Angeles Business Journal; and 100 Outstanding Agnesians Awardee given by St. Agnes Academy during its 2012 Centennial Celebration.