City of Palm Springs
Janella Andrews, CPA, serves as the Accounting Manager for the City of Palm Springs since August 2021, following a role as an accountant. Recently completed participation in the Forté MBALaunch Cohort 2023 with the Forte Foundation. Janella's prior experience includes a decade-long tenure at Lund & Guttry LLP as Tax Manager, where responsibilities encompassed individual and organizational tax return preparation, auditing, and financial statement preparation for nonprofits and small businesses. Early career roles include Tax Supervisor and Senior Staff Accountant positions, along with bookkeeping and accounting support in various businesses. Janella holds a B.A. in Business Economics with an Accounting Emphasis and Global Studies from UC Santa Barbara, with additional education from University College Maastricht.
City of Palm Springs
Nestled at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, the City of Palm Springs is known for its crystal-blue skies, year-round sunshine, stunning landscape, and starry nights. Palm Springs’ rich history and gorgeous weather make it an ideal place to live and a preferred destination of travelers from all over the world. The City maintains the charm of a small town while offering the amenities of an urban center. Palm Springs lies on the western edge of the Coachella Valley approximately 107 miles east of Los Angeles within the ecological area known as the Colorado Desert. The permanent population is approximately 50,000 and the City has over 5 million visitors annually. The City is known for valuing the diversity of its people and neighborhoods, celebrating a population that includes active senior and LGBT communities. Residents of Palm Springs have access to shopping, galleries, restaurants, parks, recreational facilities, hiking trails, bike routes, a water park, and horseback riding as well as the scenic Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up Mt. San Jacinto. As the City enjoys 350 days of sunshine per year, Palm Springs’ community has year-round enjoyment of the outdoors. Palm Springs is host to many parades, festivals, and the famed Palm Springs International Film Festival. Residents of Palm Springs find that the City is an ideal community to call home.