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Liji started her career lobbying on Capitol Hill for an increase in housing for low income women and children. In 2005, Liji joined Countrywide as a Project Manager and quickly rose through the ranks to become Assistant Vice President of Compliance and Risk Management. In this role, she oversaw compliance and risk assessment in Countrywide’s offshore operations and authored Countrywide’s Model for Offshore Compliance, a cross functional, global, risk-based approach to the company’s compliance efforts
In 2008, Liji joined the Internal Audit Department of Southwest Airlines. During her time in Internal Audit, Liji led the company’s first Capitalization of Labor Audit and published an article in the October 2010 issue of Internal Auditor magazine. She then assumed a role as Manager of Business Strategies, implementing new business initiatives impacting over 3,600 individuals. These initiatives included strategies to increase revenue, improve Customer experience and realize process efficiencies. In the first six months of 2012, Liji impacted revenue generation in excess of $40 million. Currently, Liji serves the company as Senior Manager of Diversity and Inclusion, informing all aspects of Diversity and Inclusion for the nation’s largest domestic airline.
Liji is married to Arun and has two daughters, Athena and Ava. She is a Former Jesuit Volunteer and a 1998 graduate of Vanderbilt University. She has an MBA in Finance, a Master’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Information Technology Management and Consulting and holds CPA, CIA, CRMA and SHRM-CP designations. She was chosen to deliver her graduate school commencement address and sits on the Community Diversity Advisory Council of the University of Texas at Dallas.