Anita Allen is NACD Directorship Certified™, an NACD Certified Board Leadership Fellow and an independent director of Currant Inc., a startup company building technology solutions to simplify supply chains while enhancing consumer experience, enabling micro businesses to grow. She is board chair of the NACD New Jersey chapter, and most recently served on the board of the Tingley Rubber Corporation, a leader in the PP&E industry, where she chaired both the Nominating/Governance Committee and the Audit Committee. She is a member of the Strategy Committee of the board of YWCA Northern New Jersey and is a past president of the Board of the Center for Hope and Safety.
Allen is the founder and managing partner of Allen Advisory Group, a management consulting firm guiding clients to improve business performance by assisting with digital transformation and defining and developing improved processes, organizational models, and systems. Knowledgeable about enterprise risk, she holds the CERT certificate in cybersecurity oversight. She also provides mentoring and coaching to executive- and management-level individuals at Fortune 500 firms to improve development opportunities, career path direction, and performance results.
Before establishing Allen Advisory Group, she was a top-performing partner at KPMG Consulting, focused on serving global organizations and enabling clients to achieve breakthrough results. Allen was a practice leader with P&L responsibility and a key contributor to the growth of the management consulting business, driving product development and revenue in solutions across several industry sectors. A former auditor and a financial expert, she has extensive experience in the life sciences and professional services sectors.
A licensed CPA in the state of New Jersey, Allen has a BS in Accounting from Monmouth University. She was recognized as a 2015 NJ Leading Woman Entrepreneur.