Karin Flynn

Karin Petersen Flynn serves as Chief Finance and Administration Officer at ABA, where she leads the organization’s finance, information technology, internal audit and enterprise risk, and facilities operations. She is also responsible for strategic operations projects, including the association’s financial services standards work. In this role, Karin has led several major, enterprise wide endeavors, including the deployment of Workday and Nimble AMS; the lease, buildout, and relocation to ABA’s new headquarters; and the successful separation of the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade (BAFT) into an independent organization.

Before joining ABA, Karin was Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Administration at National Presbyterian School, with responsibility for finance, facilities, human resources, IT, and other non academic functions. During her tenure, she managed the school’s first significant physical plant expansion in more than 20 years. She later served as a consultant to leadership teams at Landon School, the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, and Community of Hope.

Karin began her career at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (now part of SRI International), where she served as Deputy Manager of the Computer Science Laboratory. There, she led projects in ubiquitous computing, database replication, and innovative user interface design. In 2002, she joined The Parthenon Group in San Francisco (now EY Parthenon), where her work included business development for private student loan securitization in California, marketing and manufacturing strategy for Indian Motorcycle, and due diligence for a hardware startup in the networked storage market.

Born in Venezuela, Karin earned a degree in computer engineering from the Universidad Simón Bolívar. She also holds a PhD in computer science from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University. Karin currently serves on the Finance Committee of the ANSI Accredited Standards Committee X9. She previously served on the Board of the National Child Research Center and as Councilwoman and Treasurer of Section 5 of the Village of Chevy Chase.