Aaron Parks, CISA, CISM, CCEP
Associate Director, Risk & Controls
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL

Aaron Parks is currently the Associate Director of Risk & Controls for Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  Previous to this, he worked for more than twelve years in the financial services industry, including ten years with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago where he was Assistant Vice President of IT Risk and Compliance.  He managed the IT Security Department for the Bank and has also worked as a Security and Network Engineer for Bell + Howell and DraftDirect. 

Aaron not only works for Northwestern but is an alumni as well, having earned a BS in Mathematics Education from the University in the late 80s.  Aaron is also the CISA Review Director for the Chicago Chapter of ISACA and in this role, coordinates the biannual CISA review classes and assists in the coordination of some of the local chapter's membership events.