Robert A. Goldfinger, CAMS, CFS, Cmdr. CID (retired)
Co-Chair
Lormel Goldfinger Global Group LLC

Robert A. Goldfinger is the President of Lormel Goldfinger Global Group LLC. He leads the development of client relationships, partner collaborations as well as providing expert consulting services.

With nearly three decades of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, Mr. Goldfinger brings a unique combination of management expertise, operational leadership and marketing across business environments.

Mr. Goldfinger has held leadership positions within Fraud/Risk Management area at multiple firms over the years including financial services and technology entities. He has a proven ability to design both operational and technical approaches to enhance Risk, Fraud and Compliance management programs. Mr. Goldfinger’s background within the Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Terrorist Financing, Security and Operational Risk disciplines allow him to view overall risk management operations with a practical risk based approach.

Mr. Goldfinger is a retired Law Enforcement Executive havingserved with the Rochester New York Police Department. During his tenure in Law Enforcement, he held numerous leadership positions including Commanding Officer of Criminal Investigations, Director of Training and Development, Patrol Staff Commanding Officer, Patrol Section Commander and Internal Investigation Command managing use of deadly physical force and corruption and integrity investigations.

Mr. Goldfinger is a Certified Anti-money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS). He is Co-Chair of ACAMS Carolinas Chapter, and serves on ACAMS TODAY editorial task force and ACAMS educational task forces. He is a frequent speaker at numerous conferences on organizational efficiency, threat and risk management, fraud and Anti-money Laundering and has been published in a variety of industry periodicals.

e-mail: Rgoldfinger@lormelgoldfinger.com

Lisa Grigg
Co-Chair
Bank of America

Lisa is the America’s AML Risk Executive and Bank Secrecy Act Officer for Bank of America and is located in Charlotte, NC. She is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and related federal laws as amended and supplemented by the relevant provisions of the USA Patriot Act, as well as other locally applicable laws and related anti-money laundering regulations in the United States, Latin America and Canada.

Before joining Bank of America, Lisa managed AML Investigative Services at Wachovia Corporation for 4 years. In that capacity she was responsible for the investigation of potentially suspicious activity for money laundering, terrorist financing and necessary reporting as applicable to the Government.  She also had responsibility for the Enhanced Due Diligence and OFAC functions.

Prior to joining the private sector Lisa was a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service and served in both the Washington, DC and Charlotte, NC field Offices.  Grigg served as a Special Agent for 8 years and had both Protective and Investigative responsibilities.

Lisa graduated from Radford University where she majored in both Psychology and Criminal Justice. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1985.

Lisa Grigg is ACAMS certified, participates in many industry groups and speaks regularly at conferences.  She is also a past member of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group. 

John F. Walsh
Membership Director
SightSpan

John is President and CEO of SightSpan Inc. since 2007 and a well regarded speaker on the subjects of Risk Management, Security, Anti-Laundering Laundering (AML) and Combating Terrorist Financing (CTF). SightSpan is an International Consulting and Training firm that assists private and government clients address critical and confidential projects throughout the world. Prior to joining SightSpan, John held leadership positions within the financial services industry including roles at Wachovia Bank, where he was the CIB Data Czar responsible for information management and corporate governance; Bank of America, where he had the role of Global AML Technology and Process Executive and Merrill Lynch, where he was head of Client Connectivity and eCommence Initiatives.

John’s background also includes many years of experience in trading/dealing in commodities, FX, Local Fixed Income products and in management of firms within the USA and directly in many high risk countries, where he gained valuable experience in international compliance and security risk management.

James Arndts, CAMS
Co-Membership Director
RBC Bank

Jim is the Head of the AML Financial Intelligence Unit (AML FIU) at RBC. He oversees AML investigations for Canada and the Caribbean region, the global AML Insights & Analytics program and global AML solutions delivery. Prior to his current role Jim was the Senior Manager of AML Program Development at RBC Bank (USA) where he managed AML program direction, policy execution, detection methodologies as well as economic sanctions compliance. Prior to joining RBC in 2007 Jim worked for Bank of America where he managed the AML technology program. Jim has experience in the day to day execution of AML programs as well as selecting and implementing large scale AML technology solutions.

Jim has an MBA from Queen’s University of Charlotte and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management / Management Information Systems from Ohio University.

e-mail:james.arndts@rbc.com

April Sinicrope
Treasurer
LPL and UVEST Financial Services

April Sinicrope is the AML Officer for LPL Financial and UVEST Financial Services where she oversees the Financial Intelligence Unit serving approximately 16,000 financial professionals, over 700 financial institutions and monitoring over 5 million accounts. This position includes responsibilities over the AML Program, Sanctions Program, ID Theft Prevention and Anti-Fraud efforts.

Mrs. Sinicrope has worked in the securities industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining LPL Financial in 2006, she was with several investment firms, including Wachovia Securities and Edward Jones Investments where she took on a myriad of roles with increasing responsibilities which provided her a detailed understanding of many aspects within a securities company.

Mrs. Sinicrope has received a Bachelor’s of Science from Park University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix. She is FINRA Series 7 and 24 registered as well as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

email: april.sinicrope@lpl.com

Rick Kryzynski
Co-Treasurer
Ernst & Young LLP

Rick is with Ernst & Young’s Global Risk Advisory Services practice with over 18 years of experiences in the fields of risk management, compliance / AML, banking regulation and supervision, and project management. Before joining Ernst & Young, Rick was a Senior Examiner, Large Complex Bank Supervision (LCBO), at The Federal Reserve Bank. In that role, he was directly responsible for managing the full range of supervisory matters impacting several of the largest US banking organizations subject to supervision by the Federal Reserve.
Rick was also a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where he supervised National Banks and implemented formal corrective actions during the New England banking crisis.  He also was a lead instructor and course developer for the Federal Reserve and OCC on topics including compliance risk management and comprehensive examination management.

Rick holds a B.S. degree (Finance) from Merrimack College and a graduate degree in banking from the Graduate School of Banking – Boulder, Colorado.  He is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE) and received his Certified Risk Professional (CRP) designation from BAI in 2000.

e-mail: Rick.Kryzynski@ey.com

Megan is the Director, AML and Compliance Program Management for RBC Bank, headquartered in Raleigh, NC.  In this role, Megan leads RBC Bank’s AML and OFAC Program and also serves as the bank’s BSA Officer.  In addition to her responsibilities with RBC Bank, Megan also has certain global accountabilities for Royal Bank of Canada’s (RBC) AML program, including policy, AML framework, training, and risk assessments.  Prior to joining RBC Bank, Megan was employed by Bank of America, where she held multiple positions developing and implementing AML strategies.  Previously Megan was a Consultant with Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting), where she specialized in project management and process reengineering for the Financial Services industry.  
Megan is a graduate of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received a BS in Business Administration, graduating with Honors and with Distinction.

Nathan is Vice President and Financial Crimes Manager with Wells Fargo Bank’s Financial Crimes Risk Management division, based in Charlotte, NC where he manages the US based anti-money laundering program for the Eastern United States. Nathan is responsible for ensuring organizational compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act and applicable regulatory requirements. 

Prior to his current position, Nathan was the Financial Crimes Manager for Special Investigations based in Portland, Oregon.  In this role, Nathan was responsible for counter terrorism financing initiatives, information sharing and resolution of exposure to significant reputational and/or regulatory risks associated with AML-CTF.  While in the Pacific Northwest, Nathan was an active contributor to the AML community, partnering with HIFCA and HIDTA task forces and other financial institutions. 

Nathan began working with Wells Fargo Bank in 1999 and joined Wells Fargo’s Financial Intelligence Unit at the inception of the program in 2006. During his time with the FIU, Nathan has had various roles and responsibilities ranging from the development and implementation of AML strategies, systematic monitoring and detection methods, technology solutions, mergers and acquisitions and the establishment of an effective information sharing program.

e-mail: wardnc@wellsfargo.com  

David Stewart, CAMS
Programming Director
SAS Worldwide Marketing

David is director of SAS’ Global Financial Crimes Practice for Banking and is responsible for leading strategy development, driving product management and providing key marketing counsel for Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud Management solutions worldwide. In addition to working closely with financial services institutions and regulatory agencies, David collaborates with SAS’ research and development organization, as well as implementation teams, to deliver industry best practices for financial crimes solutions. David has chaired the Annual SAS Anti-Money Laundering User Group for the past five years and has served on the steering committee of the annual Anti-Terrorist Financing Forum since 2007.

Previously, David served as a SAS business manager for one of the world’s largest financial institutions. He managed a team responsible for implementing enterprise scale projects devoted to customer relationship management and anti-money laundering initiatives. In addition, David has held various relationship management responsibilities for financial services customers over the past fifteen years.

David holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from North Carolina State University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

e-mail: david.stewart@sas.com

Melissa L. Morelli, CAMS
Co-Programming Director
Bank of America

Melissa is Bank of America’s Global Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Enterprise Training Manager. In her 17 year career with Bank of America, she has served in numerous capacities within the Global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Economic Sanctions Group. Those capacitates include AML Investigator, AML Investigations Team Leader, AML Investigations Operations Manager, Exam and Regulatory Management, Domestic SAR Guidance Manager.  

Melissa holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as well as being a certified Paralegal. Melissa is ACAMS certified and presented at the 10th Annual International ACAMs AML conference. Melissa also recently co- authored an article for ACAMS Today titled Suspicious Activity Reporting: Quality assurance is key to maximizing reporting value.  

e-mail:: melissa.l.morelli@bankofamerica.com

James Candelmo
Communications Director
Ally Financial, Inc.

Jim is the Bank Secrecy Act compliance officer for Ally Financial, Inc. where he is responsible for Ally’s enterprise anti-money laundering compliance activities, as well as other general compliance matters. Before joining Ally, Jim was the Deputy Criminal Chief (Terrorism/National Security) for the United States Attorney’s Office in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he was responsible for investigation and prosecution of all national security cases. Prior to that, Jim served 10 years with the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, where he served as a Senior Trial Attorney with the Fraud Section and the Department’s elite Counter Espionage Section. He is a veteran of both the Department’s New England Bank Fraud Task Force and San Diego Bank Fraud Task Force.

Jim attended the University Of Dayton School Of Law where he was named to the Law Review. After graduating law school, Jim served on active duty with the United States Navy Judge Advocate Generals Corps, during that time Jim received his Master of Law in International Law from Georgetown University.

Jim has served as a guest lecturer in the fields of Terrorism and Terrorism Financing, Espionage, SAR Review Teams, Economic Espionage and Bank Fraud,. He is an adjunct professor of law at Campbell University Law School where he teaches National Security Law and Federal Criminal Law. He is a former member of the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force’s Executive Council for the state of North Carolina.

His awards include the Department of Justice’s Director’s Award for Terrorism Prevention and National Security for his work in public/private partnerships regarding Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering.

e-mail: James.candelmo@ally.com

Delbert Richburg
Co-Communications Director
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Homeland Security Investigations

Del is the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations in North Carolina. He has oversight over all criminal and civil investigations throughout the state. Del has over 20 years of experience in federal law enforcement and has developed extensive experience in financial, fraud and smuggling investigations. He has worked in Olympia, WA, Dallas, TX, Washington, D.C. and Charlotte, NC. While assigned to Headquarters, Del was instrumental in establishing the Cyber Crimes Center and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. His assignments in Headquarters and Charlotte have included several supervisory and leadership positions within the U.S. Customs Service and ICE.

e-mail: del.richburg@dhs.gov

Daniel D. Soto, CAMS
Board Advisor
Ally Financial, Inc.

Dan is the Chief Compliance Officer for Ally Financial, Inc. based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he is responsible for Ally’s enterprise anti-money laundering compliance activities, as well as other general compliance matters. Before joining Ally, Soto spent time with Wachovia/Wells Fargo in the BSA area, nearly three years with Royal Bank of Canada-Centura, as the chief compliance officer, and eight years with Bank of America, where he was the global anti-money laundering compliance executive. Prior to joining Bank of America, he was a bank examiner with the FDIC and the Federal Reserve and helped develop the Fed’s anti-money laundering compliance examination policies. Soto is currently on the advisory board of the Association for Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

e-mail: dan.soto@ally.com