Staff Directory Listing

Aditya is the Vice President and Chief Risk Officer (VPCRO) for Cornell University, it covers the Ithaca campus, Cornell Tech, Weill Cornell Medicine, and any other university locations. The VPCRO has a functional reporting role to the Audit, Risk, and Compliance Committee (ARCC) of the Board of Trustees and administratively to the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (EVP-CFO). This position serves as a key advisor and is responsible for compliance, enterprise risks, internal audit, privacy, and risk management functions. Aditya joined Cornell in January 2022 as the Chief Audit Executive. Before coming to Cornell, Aditya worked at Johnson & Johnson as Director of Global Audit and Investigations.

Aditya earned his MBA degree from Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University, India. He is a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner.

Alexis Brubaker began her tenure with the university in 2012. Ms. Brubaker most recently served as Cornell’s Director for University Compliance and Privacy, where she played a pivotal role in the establishment of the University Compliance Office in 2020. With a more than decade-long tenure at Cornell, including five years as the biosafety officer within Cornell's Environment, Health, and Safety unit, Ms. Brubaker possesses extensive experience with regulatory compliance and safety initiatives within the University’s esteemed research community. Alexis has a background in forensic science and microbiology. She previously worked in bioterrorism response for state government, before starting her biosafety career at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In her role as Chief Compliance and Privacy Officer, Alexis oversees the University Compliance, Policy, and Privacy, and Institutional Risk Management functions.  She has 18 years of experience in risk reduction and compliance, with extensive experience in project planning, leading teams, and business analysis.  

Ms. Joseph is the Chief Privacy and Clinical Compliance Officer at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM).  Ms. Joseph has been with WCM for over a decade and has been instrumental in the development, implementation, and maintenance of Cornell’s exemplary clinical and clinical research billing compliance and privacy programs, while providing comprehensive oversight and ensuring compliance across the WCM campus. Previously, she served as Assistant Vice President and Corporate Compliance Officer at Northwell Health, where she led compliance and privacy programs for an extensive network of physician practices. Ms. Joseph holds a Bachelor of Art in Business Administration from Baruch College, an Executive MBA from Baruch-Zicklin School of Business, is currently pursuing her law degree, and possesses multiple specialized compliance certifications. Ms. Joseph will maintain reporting lines, directly to Dr. Szilárd Kiss, Associate Dean of Clinical Compliance, and Vipin Kamath, WCM's Chief Information Officer for Privacy Compliance, while also now reporting to Aditya Misra, Vice President & Chief Risk Officer.

Mark is an experienced audit, governance and risk assurance leader, with particular on the not-for-profit and healthcare sectors. Prior to joining the UAO in April 2015, Mark worked for 10+ years in the Audit & Enterprise Risk Services practice of Deloitte & Touche LLP, including roles as Lead Content Developer in Deloitte Learning and as Senior Manager in the independent financial statement and internal control audit practice.  Mark currently serves as Board Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair for the Ithaca Children’s Garden, a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

Jennifer leads the Financial, Compliance, and Operational (FCO) Audit Team that provides internal audit services across the university, including Ithaca-based units and Weill Cornell Medicine. Jennifer has 25+ years of audit, compliance, and risk management experience, with a strong background in healthcare and higher education.

Key positions previously held, include:

• Iona University – Director, Internal Audit

• Iona University – Title IX Coordinator

• Iona University – Information Security Officer

• Nyack Hospital – Chief Compliance and Risk Management Officer

• Nyack Hospital – Chief Privacy Officer

Education

Jennifer holds a BBA in Accounting from Pace University, a Healthcare Corporate Compliance Graduate Certificate from The George Washington University, and numerous professional certifications including Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Internal auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC), and Project Management Professional (PMP).

Timur is a seasoned IT security and risk assurance executive with significant strategic planning and business consulting experience in higher education and financial services. His core competencies include IT governance, risk analysis and IT audit.

Curtis Josey MEng ’16 is responsible for the overall vision, strategy, and leadership for data analytics, visualization and reporting; data lifecycle management; websites, online collaboration tools and other digital innovation projects, in support of the Office of the Chief Risk Officer (OCRO) functional activities and administrative priorities across the university, including Ithaca-based and Weill Cornell Medicine units.

Education

Curtis holds a Master of Engineering in Computer Science from Cornell University (Class of 2016), a B.S. in Information Technology and an A.S. in Computer Science. He has earned several professional certifications, including: ACL Certified Data Analyst (ACDA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), and Oracle: PL/SQL.

Professional Interests

He is interested in maturing the use of advanced analytics and machine learning for assessment, planning, scoping, fieldwork, and reporting purposes, enhancing institutional cybersecurity, data privacy and IT governance maturity, while fostering various audit innovation efforts.  Curtis has presented on audit, data driven risk assurance, and related topics at national, regional and local conferences, as well as to Cornell students in AEM 4225, Systems and Analytics in Accounting, offered by the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics.

Lisa leads the University Privacy team for the Ithaca-based units, who provide guidance and resources to help navigate Cornell's regulatory obligations and ethical principles pertaining to the curation and use of data.  Lisa has 20+ years of IT and Project Management experience, with a strong background in higher education.  Lisa joined us in 2023, prior to that she worked elsewhere at Cornell University (AAD, CIT), Polycom and Reuters.

Education

Lisa holds an MBA in Information Systems Management from DePaul University.

Geoffrey is an IT Auditing professional with significant experience conducting IT controls and security assessments in the higher education industry. Geoffrey’s experience includes improving IT strategy and governance, analyzing IT applications and infrastructure, assessing security, and identifying business risks and controls related to the use of IT. Geoffrey joined the Audit Office with 18+ years of experience in IT.

Bob is an experienced Audit Manager with over 20 years of experience. Bob’s area of focus is performing audits and management advisory engagements dealing with research administration and compliance. Prior to joining Cornell University Bob began his career with a local CPA firm specializing in audits of municipalities and not-for-profit organizations. Bob has also held the position of Director of the Cornell University Finance & Administration Business Service Center (CUFA BSC). As the CUFA BSC Director, Bob led a team of 13 Transaction Specialists whose responsibility was to ensure that financial transactions were processed timely and efficiently while complying with applicable university policies, regulations, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Ed Evans started at Cornell in 2006 and prior to joining the University Compliance Office was the Controlled Substances and Regulated Chemicals Compliance Manager at Environmental Health and Safety. Ed started his tenure at Cornell as a researcher in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering where he moved on to become the compliance officer and safety officer for the Biofuels Research Laboratory. In his role as compliance manager, Ed is responsible for assisting University Compliance in the administrative oversight for regulatory compliance programs, university policy administration, and related activities and operations across all campuses of university.

He has over 10 years of experience in identifying compliance gaps and implementing strategies resulting in sustainable and compliant programs. 

Jilene is an Audit Manager with 10+ years of audit experience, who joined the Cornell University Audit Office in 2010. In addition to performing audits, Jilene also specializes in financial irregularity investigations and financial aid matters including Title IV compliance. She also manages our summer intern program, which provides a hands-on learning experience for Cornell undergraduates each summer.

Allen has been an auditor for 23 years, with 3.5 years of public accounting experience and 19.5 years as an internal auditor in higher education. In addition to being an Investigations Manager and Fraud Investigator at Cornell, Allen is an administrator of Cornell’s ethical conduct and compliance hotline. Allen joined the Cornell University Audit Office in 2008 and previously worked in the Internal Audit Department at the University of South Carolina.

Rob joined the Audit Office in 1998 with nine years of experience in auditing. At Weill Cornell Medicine, Rob has extensive experience performing financial and information technology audits of medical college operations, including risk assessments, compliance testing of college policies and government regulations, and reviews of financial controls.

Shilpika is a Senior Internal Auditor with 10+ years of combined experience in accounting, compliance and analytics. Prior to joining the Internal Audit team, Shilpika held accounting positions in the Physician Organization Clinical Practice (Urology) and the Finance department at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she oversaw enforcement of compliance standards, reconciliations and GL analytics.

Vrunda has 7+ years of experience auditing IT General Controls, HITRUST CSF compliance, Service Organization Control (SOC) reports, and security risk assessments. Prior to joining the Internal Audit team in 2022, Vrunda held a Manager – Technology Risk Business Consulting position with Ernst & Young (EY).

Lorrie began her tenure with the university in 2001. Lorrie previously served as the EHS Management Systems Specialist within Cornell's Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) unit.  Lorrie has a background in website development, document management systems, and compliance tools. Prior to EHS, she worked in the Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Office for 10 years as an administrative assistant. She is currently the Compliance IT Specialist within the University Compliance Office.

Jingbi is a Senior Auditor with 10+ years of combined professional experience in corporate internal accounting and public accounting in financial and compliance audits.  She has over 4+ years in data analysis with developing and designing data visualization, and provide support to the UAO Data Analytic Program with continuous auditing and fraud analytics. She joined the University Audit Office in March 2015.

Jackie Wandell serves as the Executive Assistant to the Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, Aditya Misra. She has over 20 years of administrative experience. Prior to joining Cornell University in 2021, she worked at the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance at Ithaca College.

Brittany supports the development and implementation of the university compliance program, institutional risk management program, university policy administration, and related initiatives across the university. Brittany has worked in higher education for over 10 years and has significant experience in project management, with a strong background in regulatory compliance. Before joining Cornell in 2024, Brittany previously worked in Emergency Management at Colgate University.

Matt is a Senior Auditor with 6+ years of professional experience in financial accounting, administration, sponsored research and intellectual property.  He joined the University Audit Office on September 30, 2024.

Key positions previously held include:

• Cornell University – Senior Administrator of Financial Services
• Cornell University – Finance Specialist
• Cornell University – Account Representative

Education

Matt holds B.S. and M.S. (Taxation) degrees from Binghamton University and is a New York Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Ms. Alyssa Stablein is the Compliance and Policy Specialist at the University Compliance Office.  Ms. Stablein has more than 20 years of research experience, spending 10 of those within the compliance landscape, in AAVLD, ISO 17025, ISO 20387 and GLP environments. Prior to joining the University Compliance Office Alyssa served as the Quality Assurance Lead at the Cornell Veterinary Biobank, managing their compliance program for ISO 20387. Previously, Alyssa acted as a supervisor and compliance liaison to the Comparative Coagulation Laboratory in the Animal Health Diagnostic Center and contributed to the Cornell Animal Health Diagnostic Center Quality Assurance advisory team.  Alyssa holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Syracuse University and an MBA from Cornell’s Johnson Graduate School of Management.