Group Membership Discounts

The Chicago Chapter is now offering discounts on membership for larger groups:

Tier 1:
6-10 members - Price $35 annually (also includes 5 free annual admissions for non-Chapter members)

Tier 2:
11+ members - Price $25 annually (also includes 10 free annual admissions for non-Chapter members)

For more information please contact: Teri Downey or Paulina Zurowska.

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Jack Oskvarek, CAMS, AMLP
Chair, Vice President
Banco Popular North America

Jack Oskvarek is Vice President, BSA/AML/OFAC Manager and Board of Director approved BSA Officer for Banco Popular North America (BPNA).  Prior to joining BPNA in March 2010, Jack served in similar roles at Park National Bank, AMCORE Bank and MidAmerica Bank. In July 2007 he was brought in to AMCORE Bank to navigate through an OCC formal agreement and consent order and build a comprehensive BSA/AML/OFAC program and team.  Functioning in this integral role, all adverse OCC regulatory actions were lifted in April 2008. Jack was also responsible for implementing innovative management dashboard reporting and overseeing Deposit Operations. Jack has more than 25 years of banking experience.

Prior to joining AMCORE in July 2007, he was First Vice President, BSA Officer & Deposit Operations Manager at MidAmerica Bank, where he was responsible for bank-wide AML/BSA/OFAC functions (completing a full AML/FIU build-out of personnel and systems), deposit operations, servicing departments, wire operations, internal help desk, and contact center.  Prior to MidAmerica Bank, Jack served as Vice President, BSA Officer & Manager of Retail Banking Operations at TCF Bank (Standard Federal Bank), which included AML/BSA/OFAC functions, loss prevention/fraud operations, compliance, branch mgmt, and was Plan Trustee for a $10 million employee pension portfolio.  

Jack earned a bachelor's degree in business with a finance concentration from De Paul University. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS designation from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) and is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP designation from BAI).

His professional experience also includes founding the ACAMS Chicago Chapter, which under his leadership received the 2011 worldwide Chapter of the Year Award, and continues to serve as Chairman. Jack also serves on various ACAMS committees and participated on panels such as the ACAMS Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference and the ABA AML National Conference in Washington D.C. Outside his professional life, Jack is an avid tennis player and a dedicated Cubs fan.

e-mail:  joskvarek@bpop.com   

Kimberly Ellinger, CAMS
Secretary
JPMorgan Chase Bank

Kimberly Ellinger is an Assistant Vice President in the Commercial Banking AML group. Kimberly is responsible for the identification and review of high risk customers within the Commercial Bank.  Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Kimberly worked for Crowe Chizek as a manager in the firm's AML consulting practice. While there, Kimberly focused on transaction monitoring and money laundering investigations. Kimberly has acted in the Quality Control function for multiple areas of the investigative process including analysis, investigation, and Suspicious Activity Report preparation. She has also completed several Risk Assessments in which she was responsible for identifying high-risk activities within the institution. Kimberly has also been involved in the creation of Financial Intelligence Units within financial institutions. This has involved training employees, creating manuals and other reference documents, and providing Bank management with information to make informed decisions. Kimberly earned a degree in finance from the University of Illinois in Champaign and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

e-mail: kimberly.j.ellinger@jpmorgan.com

Tara Dabek, CAMS, AMLP, AAP
Co-Secretary
Discover

Tara Dabek is a member of the Banking and Lending Fraud Strategy Team of Discover Financial Services.  She joined DFS in February 2013 and is responsible as the AML/Fraud Project manager for automating and maintaining the BSA and AML business strategy for AML, CDD, and SAR reporting.  Previously, Tara worked at BMO Harris Bank, N.A. as Risk Analyst from July 2012 to February 2013 and was responsible for performing complex AML Risk Assessments for BMO Financial Corp. legal entities and lines of business, as well as reviewing for AML Compliance and emerging risks. Tara also worked as VP & BSA Manager and Chair of the Internal Fraud Committee at Citizens First National Bank and as a Bank Consultant Supervisor for Lindgren, Callihan, Van Osdol & Co., Ltd. Tara graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree in Accountancy from Northern Illinois University in 2004. She earned her Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designation in 2005, her Anti-Money Laundering Professional (AMLP) designation in 2007, and her Accredited ACH Professional (AAP) designation in 2008. She also serves as Co-Secretary of the ACAMS Chicago Chapter.

Fredia S. Wynne, CAMS
Treasurer
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Fredia Wynne is a Senior Specialty Risk Examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank, she was the BSA Officer for a U.S. payments processing company, where she and her team were responsible for the implementation of the AML and OFAC compliance programs including, risk assessments; policies and procedures; quality assurance testing; suspicious activity reporting; and AML training. She also worked at Bank of America for 20 years in various capacities, including Senior Compliance Relationship Manager providing BSA/AML compliance support to the wholesale side of the business and the Bank's broker-dealer, and Senior Auditor covering the retail bank.

Fredia holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and has attained the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), and Certified Risk Professional (CRP) designations.

Matt Weberling, CAMS
Co-Treasurer
MB Financial

Matt Weberling has worked in banking since the age of 16 when he began as a Bank Teller at Mid America Bank in 1996 and worked through the end of college in 2002. After graduation from the University of Iowa he began as a Loss Prevention Analyst at Mid America Bank in 2003 and worked full time while also attending graduate school. In October 2005 Matt was selected to be part of a project team to build out a Financial Investigations Unit (FIU) and implement a BSA/AML program at Mid America Bank. He received investigative training from former Federal Law Enforcement agents from the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS and U.S. Treasury Dept. After successfully helping as a key team member specializing in writing and preparing suspicious activity reports he was hired on as a charter member of the department and full time Anti-Money Laundering analyst and worked in that position from 2005 through the acquisition of Mid America Bank by National City Corporation ending 11 years of service at Mid America in March 2008. He immediately obtained a position at MB Financial Bank in March 2008 as an Anti-Money Laundering Investigator and is presently working in that position in Rosemont, IL. He has completed thousands of investigations that have resulted in over 850 career SAR filings between two $10+ billion asset size banks. He obtained his CAMS certification in 2007 and was a charter member of the Chicago Chapter of ACAMS.

He attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa from 1998 until 2002 graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) in history. He also received a Master's Degree of Education (M.Ed.) from DePaul University in Chicago in 2007.

Teri Downey
Membership Director
RSM McGladrey

Teri Downey is the Risk Management Compliance Manager for RSM McGladrey's Great Lakes practice. Teri has 10 years of experience in internal audit and regulatory compliance for financial institutions ranging in size from $40 million in assets to $5.5 billion. Teri's internal audit experience is focused in commercial, real estate and consumer lending, while her compliance experience includes BSA/AML and OFAC, retail, mortgage and commercial lending, HMDA/CRA, deposit and retail operations regulations, Regulation O and GLBA/Privacy. Teri graduated from Rockford College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Teri is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) as well as a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), a Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA), and a Fiduciary & Investment Risk Manager (FIRM).

e-mail: Teri.Downey@rsmi.com

Paulina M. Zurowska, CAMS
Co-Membership Director
GE Capital – Americas

Paulina M. Zurowska retains an extensive background in Anti-Money Laundering and has been in the financial industry for over ten years. Her current role is with GE Capital – Americas as the Lead Analyst – Compliance Testing. Her role consists of leading, building and executing a program to test and monitor the effectiveness of the Compliance Programs for various GECA business platforms.

Paulina started her career in retail banking in 2002 with MidAmerica Bank (currently PNC) specializing in Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, and OFAC as an AML Analyst. Since then, she has served in various positions that include BSA Analyst, Senior BSA Analyst and the BSA Department Team Lead for Park National Bank. In 2010, Paulina continued her AML career at BMO Harris Bank where she served as the Assistant AML QA Officer where her primary role consisted of conducting QA reviews, various testing, and AML governance and oversight reporting. In July 2012, Paulina joined GE Capital – Americas as part of the compliance testing function. Paulina earned a BAS in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2005. She has been CAMS certified since 2008 and has been serving as the Co-Membership Director of the ACAMS Chicago Chapter since 2010.

Gregory LeMond
Programming Director
Crowe Horwath LLP

Greg LeMond is an Executive at Crowe Horwath LLP and is the firm-wide solution owner for AML Investigations & Reporting and AML Lookbacks. He has been a Project Manager on some of the firm's largest projects including assisting institutions that have been under enforcement actions or regulatory scrutiny. His multi-disciplinary projects have included exam response management, AML Lookbacks, AML Risk Assessments, financial intelligence unit development, transaction monitoring optimization and risk-based customer due diligence. Greg's most recent project success included assisting the bank with successful compliance to an enforcement action. Greg has presented on several AML topics including an on-line webinar on Lookback Execution and Approach.

e-mail: glemond@crowechizek.com

Krzysztof (Kris) Makowski, CAMS
Co-Programming Director
IT Audit Search

Krzysztof (Kris) Makowski is a Senior Compliance Officer at JPMorgan Chase. He was born in Poland, where he graduated with a double Polish/American Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and also a Polish Master's Degree in Strategic Management. Krzysztof has worked at several financial institutions in the Chicagoland area and also managed AML teams at subsidiaries of UBS Investment Bank and Citibank in Poland. He has been instrumental in key AML Department build-outs and lookbacks. He has worked in retail banking, loss prevention and recently has been focusing on AML. He has held various positions in the AML area; AML Analyst, Team Leader, BSA Officer, Team Manager and Compliance Officer. In his current role he is a member of the Firm's Consumer AML Investigation Unit which is responsible for money laundering and terrorist financing investigations and projects.

e-mail: krzysztof.makowski@jpmchase.com

Brian Arrington, CAMS
Communications Director
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Brian Arrington is currently an Assistant Examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He has over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry and previously served as a consultant for a "Big 4" accounting firm as a BSA/AML and OFAC compliance specialist, where he provided advisory services for a number of large and diversified financial institutions. Throughout his career in compliance, Brian has advised financial institutions on matters relating to BSA/AML regulatory compliance, risk management and controls, policies, procedures, and operations management strategies as well as the process integration of BSA/AML and OFAC Information Technology solutions. Brian has also worked as a BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance Officer for a large bank in the Chicagoland area, where he served as the national process coordinator for BSA/AML investigations and compliance management. Brian received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

e-mail: Brian.Arrington@chi.frb.org

Michael Grossman
Co-Communications Director
Northern Trust – securities, brokerage

Michael Grossman is a Vice President and the Anti-Money Laundering Officer for Northern Trust Securities, Inc., a Chicago-based brokerage firm and registered investment advisor. Michael focuses on AML/sanctions policy, procedure and implementation, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting and due diligence on high risk clients. Prior to joining Northern Trust Securities Michael was Vice President & AML Advisory Officer at LaSalle Bank. His responsibilities included AML/sanctions support to the retail, small business and wealth management business units of LaSalle Bank. He earned his MBA from DePaul University and his undergraduate degree from the Illinois State University and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. e-mail: MG110@ntrs.com