Diane Burch

Diane K. Burch is a Certified Public Accountant who has practiced since 1981. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Long Beach, and is a member of the American Institute (Society) of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA).

She is the owner/president of Hood & Burch, Inc., CPAs in Cypress, California — a small accounting firm offering tax preparation, small-business accounting, payroll, business formation, tax planning, IRS representation, and QuickBooks services. Her stated professional specialties include small-business issues, stock options and closely held stock, and the tax consequences of divorce and legal settlements. Directory listings (Yelp, as of mid-2026) indicate the Hood & Burch office is now marked "CLOSED," and the firm's web domain (hbaccountants.com) redirects to Heller Tax, Inc. (hellercpas.com), also of Cypress, CA — consistent with a succession or wind-down of the practice.

Burch has also been listed as Treasurer of Asset Planning, Inc., a Los Angeles/Orange County wealth-management and financial-planning firm, where her CPA background supports the firm's tax and financial-planning work. Outside her professional roles she has been active in the community as a member of the Women's Council of Long Beach and as a past Treasurer of the Orange County chapter of the Executive Women's Golf Association.

• No public investment thesis, stated check size, or startup-investing strategy could be found for Diane Burch.
• Her documented focus is accounting and tax advisory for small businesses and individuals — not venture or angel investing.
• Any characterization of her as a seed-stage angel investor should be independently confirmed before acting on it.