Samantha is currently the Head of Internal Audit at the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) located in Washington, DC. She is responsible for the oversight and execution of the MSRB’s Internal Audit department, reporting to the organization’s Audit and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors. She develops and executes the organization’s annual risk-based internal audit plan, which includes the performance of a comprehensive information technology audit associated with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission’s Regulation Systems Compliance and Integrity (“Reg SCI”).

With 11+ years of experience spanning the commercial and government sectors, internal controls development and compliance for both on-prem and cloud environments is a skill set she has spent the predominant amount of her career honing and refining. Samantha is well versed in current and upcoming guidance requirements from the AICPA, ISACA, and IIA, as well as seasoned in applying various compliance frameworks (NIST, COBIT, ISO, SOC 2, GDPR, Reg SCI, etc.) to build and/or refine an organization’s control environment.

Samantha received a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and Information Systems and a Master’s Degree in Accounting and Information Systems from Virginia Tech. She is CPA and CISA certified as well as Cybersecurity Certified through ISACA.