On June 9, 2016, Alan Ziter, Executive Director of NTC at Liberty Station (NTC) and NTC Board of Directors, welcomed to NTC Liberty Station - San Diego's flagship of civic, arts, and culture district, Tony Principi, Former Chairman of the Base Closure Committee and F ormer Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Charles (Chuck) E. Barrantes has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of General Finance Corporation since September 2006. He has forty years of business, accounting, and CFO experience.  He started in 1977, working for more than a decade with Arthur Andersen & Co. He's held financial executive positions for companies such as Superior Industries International, Whittaker Corporation, Thompson PBE, Earl Scheib, and Royce Medical Company.  Chuck is a graduate of Loyola University of Los Angeles (now Loyola Marymount University) and, among his varied outside interests, he enjoys playing golf and spending quality time with his four adult children and four grandchildren.

Swenson is honored to work with General Finance Corporation including Chuck, Eric Weber, Sean Brady and the rest of their accounting team.  Swenson provides global tax compliance, SEC tax reporting, merger and acquisition due diligence, and complex tax provision services to the Company.

Many of you know Carla, Firm Administrator at Swenson, but many might not know that she's a mother of two, wife, active volunteer at her children's school, volunteer preschool teacher at her church, tennis player, standup paddle-boarder, avid camper, beach goer and lover of everything vintage.

Earlier this year Carla celebrated her ten year anniversary at Swenson.  She's known as Steve's right-hand (wo)man and is the manpower behind the many events Swenson hosts.  Her creative talents in the area of marketing have helped set the Firm apart from competitors.