Lori Kaczynski CPA, CIA, CGMA, CRMA

Lori Kaczynski is SVP, Chief Audit, Risk, and Compliance Officer for Graphic Packaging International. Ms. Kaczynski is responsible for leading the Company's global Internal Audit department, internal financial reporting control structure and team, Compliance Office, and Enterprise Risk Management functions enabling achievement of Graphic Packaging's strategic objectives, performance of internal controls, and driving optimal performance. She helps the company identify and manage risks, leads financially relevant investigations, and then guides, supports, and ensures internal controls are designed, implemented, and executed effectively.

Lori has many years of experience in a variety of industries and roles in the areas of external auditing, internal auditing, leadership, controlling, transaction and technical accounting, financial reporting, analysis, compliance and ethics, enterprise risk management, investigations, and cash management. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting from Kennesaw State University (KSU) and currently serves as Chair of the KSU Accounting Department Academic Advisory Council, as a member of the Internal Audit Center Advisory Board, and on the Board of the KSU Athletics Association Board.

Lori was inducted into the Coles Business School Hall of Fame at Kennesaw State University in 2023 as an accomplished business leader who contributes, promotes, and embodies personal integrity, community leadership, and an entrepreneurial spirit with demonstrated inspirational leader commitment to innovation, community service, and global engagement. She was honored by Atlanta Business Chronicle's "Women Who Mean Business" award for influential businesswomen with notable professional achievements and community involvement and authored or was interviewed for articles in the Atlanta Business Chronicle. Lori serves her professional community as a speaker and panelist at numerous events including the following examples: Keynote Speeches, global and local conferences, AICPA, Chief Audit Executive and Compliance Officer Roundtables, Audit TV, and KSU classrooms.

She serves on the Finance Committee and Board of Sheltering Arms, Georgia's largest nonprofit early education and child-care organization focused on high‐quality early education, childcare, and comprehensive family support services to more than 3,600 children and their families annually at 16 metropolitan Atlanta locations. She is Treasurer and board member for the Smith-Gilbert Gardens Foundation funding the Garden's mission of conservation and education. She also sits on the Advisory Board for Rausch Advisory Services, a professional services firm. She was the CFO/Treasurer and former Vice President of Membership for the Institute of Internal Auditors Atlanta Chapter.