PRE-MEETING 3 – 5 PM

Career Pathways: Navigating Your Professional Journey
Navigating your career path can be both exciting and challenging. Debbie Lew shares her leadership journey and the four key ingredients to her success: Personal Branding, Networking, Mentors, and Sponsorship. You’ll learn how to leverage these elements to build a fulfilling career. Debbie will also highlight the role of volunteering in developing new skills and expanding your network. Whether you’re an emerging talent, a career changer, or re-entering the workforce, this session will empower you to achieve your career goals. Join us for an exciting Speed Networking event to practice your skills and exchange valuable career tips.

Following the “Career Pathways: Navigating Your Professional Journey” discussion, we invite you to join us for an exciting Speed Networking event. This event is designed to provide you with the opportunity to practice your networking skills, build a professional network, and exchange valuable career tips with professionals.

PRE-MEETING SPEAKER BIO

Debbie A. Lew
Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive, Internal Audit Services , Kaiser Permanente

Debbie Lew currently serves as Senior Vice President & Chief Audit Executive. She provides leadership to the department to execute the right work in partnership with customers and other risk management units to add value to the organization. Prior to Kaiser Permanente, she was a Managing Director at Ernst & Young (EY). During her 14 years at EY, she served in assurance, advisory and the national healthcare practice where she was the people leader.

Debbie enjoys and has held several volunteer leadership roles within the audit professional association community. This includes ISACA Global Board Director; Audit Committee; CRISC credentialing task force; COBIT Steering Committee (first female member); and President, ISACA Los Angeles chapter. She has also chaired the popular LA ISACA Spring Conference since 1998. She was a member of the IIA Technology Guidance Committee and currently serves on the 2025 IIA GAM Conference Program Committee. She was inducted into the 2024 ISACA Hall of Fame for outstanding achievements in Information Governance and Assurance and received the Eugene Franks Founders award which is voted upon annually among the class of ISACA Hall of Fame Inductees, this award is the highest recognition bestowed upon a dedicated ISACA member. She serves on the advisory board of California State University, Northridge (CSUN) for Accounting and CalPoly Pomona’s Information Systems and Cyber Collaborative Industry Advisory Council. She was awarded the Kaiser Permanente Finance Leadership Institute and Office of Talent Development Standing Ovation in 2020 and 2023 for her support of enterprise-wide talent.

DECK THE HALLS WITH RESILIENCE
HOLIDAY DINNER 6-8:30 PM

In our rapidly changing world, successful organizations must be agile, adaptable and responsive to thrive in the face of disruptions, economic shifts, and technological changes. Our discussion will explore key components including leadership, agility, risk management, innovation, diversity, and collaboration. Additionally, we’ll look ahead to emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), and how to balance innovation with effective risk management.

Our experts will provide insights on creating robust strategies that mitigate risks while enhancing organizational agility and adaptability. Additionally, they will discuss how leaders can empower individuals and organizations to capitalize on opportunities during times of change.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Scott Madenburg
Founder, ARCHybrid Corporation
CIA, CISA, CRMA

Scott is a leading market advisor and subject matter expert in audit, risk, and compliance with over 20 years of experience transforming programs through top-tier processes and technology. Beginning at Arthur Andersen, Scott has held roles at Fox Entertainment, Rovi Corporation, and Mobilitie, where he was their Chief Audit Executive and spearheaded the establishment of a dynamic and robust internal audit function, focusing on control readiness, risk management, and cybersecurity compliance. These experiences provided him with invaluable insights into operational and IT audits, SOX compliance, business process optimization, and involvement in complex system implementations and M&A activities.

Prior to founding ARCHybrid, Scott was a senior market advisor at AuditBoard, where he worked with organizations of varying sizes and industries on leveraging AuditBoard’s leading connected risk platform. Scott’s dedication to innovation and knowledge inspired him to establish ARCHybrid, which promotes collaboration among audit, risk, and compliance professionals through a space where professionals can exchange experiences, ideas, and expertise, empowering each other and driving collective growth within the industry.

HOLIDAY DINNER SPEAKER BIOS

Richard Kessler
Director – AI Governance and Risk Management at Protiviti Global Business Consulting
Richard leads AI Governance and Risk Management at Protiviti. Rich has designed, implemented, and run global governance functions for large financial services institutions, with first-, second-, and third-line responsibilities overseeing emerging technologies, including AI, and working closely with business leaders as well as risk management, compliance, and audit to develop and execute enterprise-wide programs, policies, guidelines, and standards covering data and information risk.

Before joining Protiviti, Rich served as the global data and information risk compliance controller for a multinational FSI, where he enhanced and built out all three lines of defense to define and mature effective challenge processes, controls, analytics, and reporting across lines of business and supporting functions.

Urvashi Royjain
CA, CIA, CRMA Deputy CAE – East West Bank

Urvashi Royjain is strategic leader with over 25 years of global audit experience in both the financial services industry and consulting. She is the Deputy Chief Audit Executive at East West Bank (“EWB”), one of the largest banks headquartered in California, where she leads a team of 40+ audit professionals. Urvashi joined EWB in 2007 to develop the bank’s Enterprise Risk Management program; and a few years later, moved into Internal Audit to streamline the function, ensuring compliance with the audit standards as established by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA).

Prior to joining EWB, Urvashi spent over a decade, focusing on internal audit/advisory services and Sarbanes-Oxley implementation for clients in India, Hong Kong and U.S., predominantly specializing in the Financial Services sector. She relocated to US to pursue a career opportunity that closely aligned with her long-term goals.

Urvashi graduated from Delhi University (India) and completed a Masters-Level program through the Pacific Coast Banking School (Seattle). She is a Chartered Accountant (CA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and has Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA). She currently serves on the board of the IIA San Gabriel Valley Chapter, is a Mentor for IIA’s Emerging Leaders Mentoring Program and volunteers with several peer groups in the banking industry.

Danielle Yamane
Lead Staff Information Security Engineer at The Trade Desk

Danielle Yamane is currently a Lead Staff Security Operations Engineer at The Trade Desk leading the incident response and detection engineering function for the organization. Additionally, Danielle sits on the Board of Directors as an Alumna Representative for the non-profit organization, STEM Advantage and volunteers for the ISACA LA chapter as a Sponsorship Co-Chair. She was previously a Cyber Security Engineer at Deluxe Media Inc. where she was responsible for security operations and managing risk within the company. Danielle began her career at Deluxe Media Inc. as a security intern, and additionally interned at The Walt Disney Company under their IT Audit Management division. She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a B.S. in Computer Science and a minor in Art. While attending school, Danielle was President of Layer 8 (CSUN’s Computer Security Club) and captain of CSUN’s Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (CCDC) where they won Regionals twice.

MODERATOR

Carol K. Gonzales
PhD, CISA, CDPSE, ITILv3 AVP IT Security and Compliance Chief Information Security Officer Cal Poly Pomona

Carol currently serves as Cal Poly Pomona’s VP for IT Security & Compliance and Chief Information Security Officer. She has over 30 years of experience in cybersecurity, audit, project management, and IT service operations within government, higher education, and financial service sectors. At Cal Poly Pomona, Carol is responsible for the information security and compliance management strategy and programs including the adoption of campus IT policies and procedures, IT auditing and risk management projects, as well as accessible technology and services for persons with disabilities. Carol also serves as an adjunct professor for Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Business Computer Information Systems department.

Carol is an active member of ISACA since 1996 and currently serves as the Los Angeles Chapter’s Vice President. She has also facilitated and presented at the ISACA LA Spring Conference and CISA review sessions.

Carol has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in IS Auditing from Cal Poly Pomona. She earned her doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in Information Systems and Technology. Carol is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE), and has the ITILv3 (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) certification.