Cindy Fornelli

Cindy Fornelli is the Executive Director for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), which was founded in 2007 to serve investors, public company auditors and the markets. She has been honored by Directorship magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom, and in 2010, Accounting Today named her one of the 100 most influential people in accounting for the fourth consecutive year. Prior to becoming the Center’s Executive Director, Fornelli was the Regulatory and Conflicts Management Executive at Bank of America. Before joining Bank of America, Fornelli was Deputy Director of the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.