Anne Zavarella is the co-leader of the KPMG Board Leadership Center (BLC), which champions outstanding corporate governance to drive long-term corporate value and stakeholder confidence. She has interacted with multiple boards of directors focusing on board governance and audit committee issues—from risk and ESG to financial reporting and data governance. Zavarella is the previous audit sector leader for Industrial Manufacturing and currently the professional practice partner for the Great Lakes business unit. She has 25 years of experience with KPMG, primarily serving publicly traded manufacturing, technology, and retail clients. Zavarella completed a rotation in KPMG’s National Office and serves as an SEC reviewing partner on several of the firm’s largest clients. She sits on the advisory committee for Miami University’s accounting department and on the executive leadership team for Go-Red for Women of the American Heart Association of Central Ohio.