Lucas Matesa
Office Managing Partner – Baltimore – CohnReznick Advisory LLC
CPA, Partner – CohnReznick LLP
Lucas Matesa has more than 25 years of experience providing audit, accounting, and advisory services to a broad range of clients in the real estate industry including real estate developers and investors, mortgage finance companies, private real estate investment trusts, real estate funds, and lessors of commercial, office, and retail properties.
Experience and credentials
Certified Public Accountant
Experience representing clients specializing in the investment in real estate assets through various investment vehicles including direct asset acquisition and acquisition of equity interests in real estate joint ventures
Extensive knowledge in affordable housing and tax credit programs used in financing real estate including HUD subsidized multifamily housing; state financed and insured housing programs; low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC); historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC); and the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)
Broad experience serving as lead assurance partner for financial statement audits and other attest engagements for investors and developers with large portfolios of multifamily real estate assets; real estate funds and real estate investment trusts; Community Development Entities (CDEs); and clients specializing in the origination and servicing of residential mortgage loans and the acquisition of mortgage-related assets
Experience serving government and conventional mortgage lenders, GNMA issuers, and HUD-approved Title II Non-supervised Mortgagees
Additional experience managing, developing, and executing audit plans, operational reviews, and special projects including compliance with the requirements under the HUD Consolidated Audit Guide, MAP Lenders Guide, and examination procedures under the Uniform Single Attestation Program for Mortgage Bankers (USAP)
Services include financial statement audits in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS), the Consolidated Audit Guide for Audits of HUD Programs, and OMB Circular A-133
Provides the review and evaluation of internal controls, supervision of engagement teams, communications to management regarding internal controls and operational improvements, and communication with clients regarding current required financial reporting standards
Recognized by the Baltimore Business Journal as a member of its 2026 class of PowerShift leaders
Education
B.S., Accounting – Mount Saint Mary's University
Professional affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
Urban Land Institute
Mortgage Bankers Association Nareit
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