Cynthia M. Fornelli

Cindy Fornelli is a United States business leader, former securities lawyer, and a graduate of Purdue University and The George Washington University Law School. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ). She has been named one of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People for 10 consecutive years and has been named a LinkedIn Influencer with an audience of over 200,000 followers.

As the CAQ’s first-ever Executive Director, Fornelli is responsible for carrying out the mission and vision of the CAQ’s Governing Board, which is composed of eight leaders from public company audit firms, the American Institute of CPAs, and three independent public members. She also serves as an ex-officio board member at the organization.

Prior to her current role at the CAQ, Fornelli held positions at Bank of America (Regulatory and Conflicts Management Executive) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Deputy Director of the Division of Investment Management).

Fornelli has been interviewed for news outlets including Fox Business News, National Public Radio, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, the Associated Press, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswires, The Hill, and Bloomberg News.

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