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. In 2009, she was honored by Directorship magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom for the second consecutive year and Accounting Today named her to the list of the most influential people in accounting for the third year in a row. 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.