Cynthia Cooper is an internationally recognized speaker, consultant, and best-selling author. In 2002, Cynthia blew the whistle on the fraud at WorldCom—one of the largest corporate frauds in history.

In her book Extraordinary Circumstances, she shares her experiences and the lessons she learned during the WorldCom scandal. Cynthia donated all profits from the book to support ethics education for college and high school students. She speaks globally on topics including ethical leadership, corporate integrity, and how to avoid the pitfalls of organizational failure.

In 2020, Cynthia was included in TIME's list of the 100 Women of the Year, highlighting the most influential women of the past century. She was also named one of TIME magazine's Persons of the Year.

Cynthia is the first woman inducted into the AICPA Business Hall of Fame. Named one of the 25 Most Influential Working Mothers by Working Mother magazine, she also received the Maria & Sydney E. Rolfe Award for public education in business and finance.

In 2022, she received the Internal Audit Beacon Award for thought leadership. Cynthia is also an inaugural inductee into the Institute of Internal Auditors' American Hall of Distinguished Audit Practitioners, and the first woman to receive the American Accounting Association's Accounting Exemplar Award.

Cynthia has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, CFO Magazine, and BusinessWeek. She has shared panels with Anderson Cooper, Donna Brazile, and Grover Norquist, and has appeared on programs on NBC, ABC, PBS, Fox Business, C-SPAN, and CNBC.