ABOUT SECURITY & INVESTIGATIVE PLACEMENT CONSULTANTS, LLC

Kathy Lavinder is the Executive Director of Security & Investigative Placement Consultants, LLC. Lavinder founded the firm in January 2000 after working in corporate investigations and journalism. In a career that has bridged these worlds, Lavinder has developed unique insights and extensive contacts.

Prior to SI Placement, Lavinder was with Investigative Group International, where she served as Managing Director and head of the firm’s headquarters office. As IGI's Director of Complex Investigations, Lavinder organized and supervised teams of security specialists and investigators for long-running, multifaceted engagements including security audits, internal investigations, thefts of intellectual property, anti-competitive practices, and anti-trust litigation matters, as well as due diligence and fraud investigations.

Prior to IGI, Lavinder was with ABC News in New York. As a writer and producer, and as General Manager of News Programming for six radio news networks, programs she produced won almost every major news award. Lavinder was also News Director of WBZ Radio in Boston and was a television reporter and news anchor in Virginia. Lavinder has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from USC and a Masters degree from Georgetown University.