Kristen Lord, CPA, is the Chief Financial Officer of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC.  Kristen received her B.B.A in Accounting and a Masters of Accountancy from Georgia Southern University and works out of the Atlanta office of Mauldin & Jenkins, LLC. Kristen joined Mauldin & Jenkins in 2006, and focused her career on audits of financial institutions before transitioning to the CFO role. Kristen is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Georgia.  She has attended the National Banking School at the University of Virginia. She was a member of the Leadership Cobb Class of 2015. Kristen currently serves on the Georgia Southern Alumni Association Board of Directors and the Leadership Cobb Alumni Association Executive Board.  Kristen was a 2017 Cobb Young Professionals Next Generation Award nominee and a 2016 Georgia Southern University Alumni 40 Under 40 award recipient.