lori forrest

Lori Forrest, C.P.A.

Sr. Controller, Human Resources

Lori Forrest is the senior controller at Vittoria. She has over 30 years of accounting experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries. Her responsibilities have included financial reporting (including SEC reporting requirements and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), budgets and forecasts, and human resource and information technology functions. Most recently, Lori was the Controller at PanOptica, Inc. from 2010 through its shut down activities and licensing deal in 2020/2021. Previous to PanOptica, she worked at Helsinn Therapeutics, Inc. (previously Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc.), where she played a key role in the due-diligence, merger and post-acquisition integration activities when Sapphire was purchased in January 2009. From 1997-2005, Lori worked at Vivus, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility in both operations and corporate finance. She began her career at Carter-Wallace, Inc. after graduating from Cook College, Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics. Lori is a certified public accountant.

lori forrest

Lori Forrest, C.P.A.

Sr. Controller, Human Resources

Lori Forrest is the senior controller at Vittoria. She has over 30 years of accounting experience in the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries. Her responsibilities have included financial reporting (including SEC reporting requirements and compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), budgets and forecasts, and human resource and information technology functions. Most recently, Lori was the Controller at PanOptica, Inc. from 2010 through its shut down activities and licensing deal in 2020/2021. Previous to PanOptica, she worked at Helsinn Therapeutics, Inc. (previously Sapphire Therapeutics, Inc.), where she played a key role in the due-diligence, merger and post-acquisition integration activities when Sapphire was purchased in January 2009. From 1997-2005, Lori worked at Vivus, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibility in both operations and corporate finance. She began her career at Carter-Wallace, Inc. after graduating from Cook College, Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Economics. Lori is a certified public accountant.