AGA NLT 2026

Katie Sylvis
Contributing Author of the COSO Framework



Kate is one of the principal authors of the 2017 COSO Framework - Enterprise Risk Management-Integrating with Strategy and Performance. She has more than 20 years of experience advising organizations on enterprise risk management, complex governance, risk, compliance, internal control and operations challenges coupled with high transparency and regulatory scrutiny. The organizations she has worked with span a range of industries including: Federal and State Government Orgnaizations, Financial Services Firms, Technology Companies, Healthcare organizations and Energy and Consumer products companies. Her expertise and experience cover a range of internal control, risk and compliance related competencies such as enterprise risk management (ERM) program design; risk and internal control assessments and practices; risk, compliance and control testing and monitoring programs; governance model design; operating model design and implementation (i.e., compliance, and risk functions); business process design and process improvement; compliance risk frameworks, programs and monitoring activities; and integrating robust risk management and internal control into business operations. Kate is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia and holds the RIMS-CRMP and RIMS-CRMP-FED credentials. She has a BSBA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Richmond.

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