Chapter Leadership

2022 - 2023 Birmingham Chapter Leadership Team

Elaine_Photo.jpg President
Elaine Arnold, CPA, CISA, CIA
Vulcan Materials

Elaine is currently Manager of IS Compliance and Security at Vulcan Materials Company and previously held positions in internal and external audit. She is a CPA, CISA and CIA and is serving her sixth year on the Board of Directors.
Angela_Photo.jpg Vice President
Angela Akerman, CISA, CDPSE
Warren Averett

Angela is a Principal in Warren Averett’s Security, Risk and Controls Division specializing in System and Organization Controls (SOC) engagements, vendor management, IT Reviews and other consulting engagements. She is a CISA and CDPSE and holds the AICPA’s Advanced SOC for Service Organizations Certificate.

Secretary
Curtis Graves
Regions Bank

Curtis is an IT Auditor with Regions Bank. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama and has served 6 years in the Alabama Army National Guard. He has 4 years of IT experience as well as two years of auditing experience. Curtis has past experiences in Network Engineering from his time at Fidelity Information Services (FIS). This will be his first year serving on the Board of Directors.

Justin_Phoot.jpg Treasurer
Justin Headley, CISA, CISSP, CDPSE, CRISC
Warren Averett

Justin is an IT Security and Risk Senior Manager in Warren Averett’s Security, Risk and Controls Division providing Cybersecurity reviews, IT risk assessments and SOC engagements. His past experience also includes Governmental and Financial Services IT Auditing.
Immediate Past President
Alicja Foksinska, CISA, CFE
Protective Life

Alicja is a Lead IT Auditor at Protective Life Insurance Company, specializing in Data Analytics, Visualization, and Data Storytelling. She has served on the ISACA Board of Directors since 2016. Alicja is also an instructor at The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Collat School of Business. Outside of work, Alicja is a co-author of a Wiley first edition title: Accounting Information Systems: Connecting Careers, Systems, and Analytics (2022). Lastly, Alicja is an ISACA Global volunteer, contributor to ISACA Now blog, and conference speaker.

Lynique_Photo.jpg Communications Director
Lynique Gee, CISA, CIA
Regions Bank

Lynique is a Senior IT Audit Project Manager at Regions Bank.  Her past experiences include software development.
Ni_Photo.jpg Certification and Membership Director
Olaniyi “Ni” Akinsanya, CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CDPSE
Guidewire


Ni is currently a Senior Information Security Risk and Compliance Analyst with Guidewire Software Inc.



Luciano_Photo.jpg Academic Relations/Research Committee Director
Luciano Pitts
Regions Bank

Luciano is an IT Auditor at Regions bank and is serving on his second year with the Board of Directors.
Meetings Director
Scott McIntosh, CISA, CCSFP, CDPSE
Fortified Health Security

Scott is a Security Compliance Advisor and Service Line Lead in Fortified Health Security’s Risk Assessment division conducting IT risk assessments for healthcare organizations utilizing various frameworks.
Program Director
Regina Rozsa
Protective Life

Regina is currently a Senior IT Auditor at Protective Life. 

Generic.jpg Director at Large (Vice President aide)
Angella Carlisle


Rollin_Clark_Photo.jpg Director at Large (Meetings Director aide) and Webmaster
Rollin Clark, CPA, CISA
Southern Company

Rollin is currently a Senior Internal Controls Analyst at Southern Company.

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