Lorena Lopez serves as IJ’s Controller. Her primary responsibilities include accounting, financial statements, budgets, audits and tax reporting. The Controller also maintains the financial policies ensuring best practices and high standards of financial compliance.

Lorena joined IJ in March 2017. Before coming to IJ she worked in financial leadership roles serving nonprofit organizations for 11 years. Prior that she worked in public accounting including over 7 years working for Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four accounting firms. She holds a bachelor degree in accounting from the University of Guayaquil in Ecuador and a Virginia CPA license. She is also fluent in Spanish.