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About Wise
Experienced people. Personal relationships.
Wise is a small team of consultants specializing in the systems, financials, compliance, and processes behind public and affordable housing.
Christie Wise, Founder
The Wise behind Wise Consulting.
Wise Consulting started with Christie and a simple belief: great consulting should feel personal. With years of experience in housing authority finance, Yardi, accounting, compliance, and implementations, she knew how much of a difference it made to have the right people in your corner.
As Wise grew, Christie brought together a small team of experienced consultants who share that same philosophy. People who understand the technology, but more importantly, understand the people and organizations relying on it.
Today, Christie remains closely involved as a subject-matter expert and trusted resource for the team. Her vision is simple: clients should feel known, supported, and confident that the people helping them genuinely care about getting things right.
Small, senior team
Deep housing focus
Clients aren't numbers
Christie's background: former housing authority Finance/Grants Manager, former Yardi PHA Financial Specialist, and 20+ years across public and affordable housing finance, HUD reporting, implementation, training, and consulting.
How We Work
Small by design.
The goal isn't to be the biggest consulting company. It's to know the organizations we work with well enough to be genuinely useful.
Senior Expertise
Experienced consultants stay close to the actual problem instead of disappearing behind layers of account management.
No Subcontractors
Your work stays with the Wise team and the people who know your organization.
Meet the Team
The people behind the expertise.
Different specialties. Shared depth in Yardi and public / affordable housing.
Christie Wise
Founder & Chief ConsultantPHA finance • compliance • Yardi • implementation
Christie brings more than 20 years of experience in public and
affordable housing finance, HUD reporting, and Yardi
consulting. A former Yardi PHA Financial Specialist and
housing authority Finance/Grants Manager, she combines deep
accounting expertise with hands-on experience in system
implementations, financial cleanup, compliance, and staff
training. Her background includes public housing, HCV, LIHTC,
Rural Development, and affordable housing programs, helping
agencies solve complex challenges with practical, informed
guidance.
Victor Montes
Project Manager / Senior ConsultantImplementation • workflows • project management • training
Victor brings more than 10 years of Yardi implementation,
technical support, and project management experience. A former
Yardi Project Manager and Technical Account Manager, he has
led complex Voyager implementations for housing authorities
managing thousands of units. He specializes in business
process improvement, system configuration, workflow
correction, issue resolution, and tailored training.
Lisa Howe
Senior ConsultantHousing operations • compliance • process improvement • training
Lisa brings more than 13 years of public housing authority
experience, combining executive-level Yardi implementation
leadership with hands-on expertise in compliance, operations,
and staff training. As former Senior Director of Yardi
Implementation at Raleigh Housing Authority, she helped guide
an enterprise-wide system transformation across departments.
Previously, at DuPage Housing Authority, she led compliance
and quality control initiatives, supported a seven-database
conversion to Yardi Voyager, and improved reporting and
operational workflows. Her experience with Voyager, Rent Café,
system optimization, and organizational change helps agencies
turn complex technology into practical, sustainable solutions.
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Tommy Donovan
Senior Specialist, Data & TrainingData • training • support • implementation
Tommy brings more than 15 years of Yardi experience spanning
implementation, technical support, client success, and team
leadership. A former Yardi manager overseeing implementation
and client success teams, he specializes in resolving complex
system issues, improving workflows, and helping housing
authorities make better use of their software. His experience
includes Voyager implementations, public and affordable
housing modules, system upgrades, and developing effective
training and support practices.
Lynnette Goolsby
Senior Financial Systems ConsultantFinancial systems • implementation • reporting • compliance
Lynnette brings more than 25 years of experience in financial
systems, ERP implementations, and Yardi consulting. She
specializes in financial implementations and conversions,
Procure-to-Pay, Fixed Assets, Budgeting, intercompany
accounting, and reporting. As Wise's Affordable Housing
Practice Lead, she also brings expertise in LIHTC, HOME, Rural
Development, and affordable housing compliance. Her experience
spans complex implementations, business process optimization,
and training for both operational teams and executive
leadership.
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Joel Montes
Senior Technical AnalystReporting • data • ETL • technical
Joel brings more than eight years of Yardi technical
experience, including a background as a Yardi Technical
Analyst. With deep knowledge of Yardi database structures, he
specializes in custom reporting, advanced scripting, and ETL
(Extract, Transform, Load) processes. His work focuses on data
imports, reporting solutions, and maintaining data integrity
to help housing authorities operate more efficiently.
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