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Staff Biography

Amaya Urzaa, CBA

Experience

Amaya Urzaa is a Certified Business Appraiser accredited by the Institute of Business Appraisers.  She has been providing business valuation services since 2006.  Prior to pursuing formal appraiser accreditation, Amaya was Vice President and Commercial Lending Officer at a local community bank.  She has thirteen years’ experience in banking.  She was a lending officer evaluating businesses and granting business loans for five of those years, and has experience with commercial and industrial, SBA, commercial real estate, and developer and investor lending.  Amaya has been featured as a guest speaker on business planning and financing at Clackamas Community College and Washington State University Vancouver Campus.

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts in International Studies – Portland State University (2003).  Thematic focus on economics.  Regional focus on Latin America.

 

Appraisal Education

  • Industry Standards Update.  Instructors: Mark Hanson, Mark Kucik.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • The Market Approach in Times of Trouble.  Instructor: Robert Schlegel.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • Distressed Company Restructuring and Valuation.  Instructor: Ray Clark.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • 10 Ways Attorneys Kill Their Own Experts and 10 Ways Experts Can Protect Themselves.  Instructors: Michael Kaplan, Miles Mason.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  1 hour CPE.
  • Case Law Update.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  1 hour CPE.
  • Use of the Market Method in Marital Dissolution Valuations.  Instructors: Derald Lyons, Ron Seigneur.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • The Income Approach: It’s Not All About the Cost of Capital.  Instructor: Linda Trugman.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  1 hour CPE.
  • Marketability Discounts and Business Valuation Standards.  Instructor: Z. Christopher Mercer.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  1 hour CPE.
  • You Can’t Predict a Hero: Leading in a Time of Crisis.  Instructor: Joseph J. Grano, Jr.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • Will the Real Cost of Capital Please Stand Up?  Instructor: James Hitchner.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  3 hours CPE.
  • Reviewing Valuation Reports: Credibility, Reliability, and Relevance.  Instructor: Aaron Caya.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • The CBA, ABAR and AIBA Peer Review Process: Common Errors and a Chance to Question Mentors.  Instructors: Michael Eggers, Francisco Rosillo.  NACVA/IBA Conference, 2010.  2 hours CPE.
  • Companies in Distress: Valuing the Impaired and Currently Unprofitable.  Instructors: Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA; Jim Ewart, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA; and Robert Shortle, MBA, CPA.  Business Valuation Resources, 2009.  2 hours CPE.
  • SBA Lender Training Call.  Topic: Business Valuation.  Instructor: Steve Mize, ASA, GCF Valuation.  SBA Region X, 2009.
  • Valuing Dental Practices.  Business Valuation Resources, 2009.  2 hours CPE.
  • Introduction to Fair Value for Financial Reporting.  Instructor: Warren D. Miller.  National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, 2009.  1 hour CPE.
  • Preparing for the Certified Business Appraiser Written Exam.  Instructor:  Chris Treharne, ASA, MCBA.  Institute of Business Appraisers, 2009.  16 hours CPE.
  • How to Write Business Appraisal Reports.  Instructor:  Chris Treharne, ASA, MCBA.  Institute of Business Appraisers, 2009.  16 hours CPE.
  • Essentials of Business Appraisal, Part B.  Instructor: Paul R. Hyde, EA, MCBA, ASA, MAI, BVAL.  Institute of Business Appraisers, 2009.  32 hours CPE.
  • Essentials of Business Appraisal, Part A.  Instructor: K.C. Conrad, CBA, MCBC, CMEA.  Institute of Business Appraisers, 2009.  32 hours CPE.

 

Member – Professional Organizations

  • The Institute of Business Appraisers