Kirsten S. Aunapu has over 17 years of experience in public accounting and is currently a partner in the National Office Accounting Consultation Group at Deloitte & Touche LLP in San Francisco, California. Kirsten's technical accounting expertise is primarily focused in the areas of business combinations, consolidations, and lease and real estate accounting; as a National Office partner, Kirsten is consulted by Deloitte's partners and professionals to address complex accounting issues.

Prior to joining the National Office Accounting Consultation Group, Kirsten was a partner in the Special Acquisition Services Group in San Francisco, where she served one of the firm's largest private equity clients. In addition to providing structuring, accounting and financial due diligence and other transaction related services, Kirsten provided technical accounting support to the client service partners and professionals serving her client's portfolio companies.

Kirsten began her career performing audit services in the Costa Mesa, California office of Deloitte & Touche LLP. Kirsten received a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Business Administration with concentrations in Finance and International Business from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo, California. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California, a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the California Society of CPAs, and a member of the Finance and Accounting Committee for "LEAP…imagination in learning," a not-for-profit organization in San Francisco with a mission to stimulate imagination and creativity in Bay Area children by bringing visual and performing artists and architects into the classroom for extended residencies.