Chicago Chapter

Paulina M. Peters, CAMS is an experienced financial-crimes compliance leader with more than 20 years in anti-financial crime (AFC) risk management. She currently serves as Vice President and Board-appointed Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Officer at CNB Bank & Trust, N.A., where she provides enterprise-wide leadership and oversight of the Bank’s AML, counter-terrorist financing (CFT), sanctions, and fraud risk management programs, including leading comprehensive remediation efforts under a regulatory consent order. Known for her strategic leadership and deep regulatory expertise, Paulina drives enterprise remediation and modernization initiatives designed to strengthen governance, enhance risk management frameworks, and advance effective financial-crime prevention across the organization.

Her prior experience spans both global and regional financial institutions, including BMO, GE Capital, Park National Bank (now U.S. Bank), and MidAmerica Bank (now PNC). Across these roles, she has held progressively senior responsibilities in AML program governance, enterprise risk assessment, compliance testing, and regulatory engagement across consumer and commercial banking lines.

An active leader within the AFC community, Paulina has served on the ACAMS Chicago Chapter Board since 2010 and currently serves as the appointed Chair of the Chapter. In this role, she provides strategic direction, promotes professional development, and fosters collaboration among financial institutions, law enforcement, and regulatory partners. She is a frequent speaker at ACAMS conferences and industry events. Paulina is also a guest lecturer at colleges and universities and is deeply committed to advancing education and inspiring the next generation of anti-financial crime professionals. Driven by a commitment to education, collaboration, and ethical leadership, Paulina continues to champion efforts that strengthen anti-financial crime compliance frameworks and promote partnership between financial institutions, regulators, and law enforcement. 

Paulina earned her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has maintained her CAMS certification since 2008. Originally from Poland, she is a longtime resident of the Chicagoland area, where she lives with her husband and their three daughters.

Michael has over 20 years of experience in anti-money laundering compliance at global financial institutions. Michael is currently a senior manager at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., where he leads a team responsible for the development and maintenance of financial crimes requirements for the Commercial Banking and Corporate and Investment Banking businesses. Michael also manages the implementation of financial crimes polices to ensure applicable procedures and controls comply with all corporate requirements and provides credible challenge of proposed financial crimes program-level enhancements to ensure alignment with corporate level requirements and Wells Fargo’s risk appetite.

Michael previously worked at Citibank, BMO Harris Bank and The Northern Trust Company where he worked various anti-money laundering leadership positions. Michael earned a bachelor’s degrees in economics from Illinois State University and an MBA from DePaul University. Michael is a Certified Anti Money laundering Specialist. 

Krzysztof (Kris) is a US Sanctions Compliance Risk Officer at CIBC Bank USA. He is responsible for various sanctions-related activities across the organization.

Before joining CIBC Bank USA he worked at several financial institutions in the Chicagoland area and also managed AML teams at subsidiaries of global financial institutions in Poland. He has been instrumental in key AML Department build-outs and projects. He has worked in retail banking, loss prevention and in the last 17 years has been focusing on AML and sanctions.

He graduated with a double Polish/American Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and also a Polish Master’s Degree in Strategic Management.

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.

Karin Jacobson, Vice President of BSA for Wintrust Financial Corporation, is responsible for the management of the BSA Currency Transaction Reporting, Enhanced Due Diligence, and Currency Exchange teams and has been a manager with the Wintrust BSA Department since November 1, 2010.  She is also a Board-approved BSA Officer for three of the 15 Wintrust owned banking subsidiaries.

She has over 25 years of experience in the banking industry, and has BSA/AML experience in Operations, OFAC Sanctions, Currency Transaction Reporting, Money Service Businesses, Customer Due Diligence, and Enhanced Due Diligence.  In her current role, she manages a team of 20 BSA professionals and works to continually develop, maintain and implement best practices and procedures.

Prior to her current position, Karin spent over twelve years in management of a Wintrust charter bank, Wintrust Bank (formerly known as North Shore Community Bank and Trust).  During this time, Karin was an AVP of Teller Operations and AVP of Deposit Operations.

Karin became a Certified Anti-Money Specialist (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) in 2015.  She is an ACAMS Member, ACAMS Chicago Chapter Secretary, ABA member, and a member of the ABA Cannabis Coalition.  She was a panelist on a 2021 ACFCS webinar on KYC Challenges and Opportunities Ahead.

Outside of her professional life, Karin has volunteered for the past several years with the Jackson Chance Foundation, a non-profit in Chicagoland.  She also enjoys traveling, and spending time with family, friends, and her beloved cat, Edwina.

Doug Anderson is a Senior Manager on the Compliance Risk Assessment (CRA) Team at Charles Schwab, where he focuses on identifying, evaluating, and mitigating regulatory and operational risk. In prior roles at BMO US, Charles Schwab, Discover, and JP Morgan Chase, Doug was responsible for Anti-Money Laundering/Bank Secrecy Act/Sanctions compliance and program management, governance, process improvement/implementation, testing/quality assurance reviews, and financial crimes investigations. 

Doug holds the Mini-MBA Certificate from Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business as well as a BA in Political Science - Public Law from Northern Illinois University.  Additionally, he is a Certified AML and Fraud Professional (CAFP) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Delena D. Spann currently serves with the U.S. Secret Service on the Cyber Fraud Task Force, where she specializes in complex financial crimes and fraud investigations. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies and a Paralegal Certification (Legal Studies) from Barry University, and completed her Masters Degree in Criminal Justice Administration at Florida International University. She has also completed an executive-level certification in Illicit Finance from George Mason University. Her professional credentials also include multiple certifications in fraud, and financial crime investigation.

Delena is the author of Fraud Analytics: Strategies and Methods for Detection and Prevention (Wiley, 2013), co-author of Internet Fraud Casebook: The World Wide Web of Deceit (Wiley, 2010), and contributor to CASH IS KING! (Practising Law Institute). She serves as Executive Producer and Creator of the TED-Ed animated video How Does Money Laundering Work? which has garnered over 6.5 million views.

Her writing has appeared in prominent publications such as ACAMS Today Magazine, Fraud Magazine, The Huffington Post, KYC360, and Fraud of the Day by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. 

In March 2025, Delena was honored with the Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Woman of the Year Award by the Coalition Against Financial Crime (CAFC). She has been a featured panelist and speaker at several ACAMS events (e. g. ACAMS Law Enforcement Seminar, ACAMS AML & Financial Crime Conference, etc.) and also serves as a Task Force Member for the ACAMS Assembly Vegas Conference.

In addition to her federal law enforcement career, Delena teaches courses on anti-money laundering and illicit finance at both college and university levels, bringing firsthand experience and practical insight into the classroom.

Jolita Laurinaviciute has almost 20 years of experience in the financial and banking industry, spanning roles as an in-house counsel and AML compliance expert with extensive knowledge in regulatory compliance, legal advisory, and financial crime prevention. Currently serving as the 2nd Vice President on the Global AML Advisory Team at Northern Trust, Jolita excels in providing support to business units on AML/KYC onboarding and remediation initiatives, while also contributing to various AML-related projects and initiatives.

Throughout her career, Jolita has held various roles in the financial sector, including her position at Wintrust Financial Corporation, where she worked as a BSA Governance & Senior Quality Assurance Officer. Her experience encompasses preparing for and coordinating regulatory and audit examinations, as well as participating in projects related to BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance Programs.

Jolita began her career at AB DNB Bank in Vilnius, Lithuania, where for 10 years she served as an Inhouse Counsel. Her areas of expertise included corporate governance, trademark protection, products and services, AML, and regulatory compliance. She has demonstrated her ability to manage complex regulatory projects. Alongside her professional accomplishments, Jolita has consistently played an active role in knowledge-sharing and training initiatives.

Jolita holds a Master's Degree in Business Law and a Bachelor of Science degree in Law and Management from Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania. She is proficient in Lithuanian and Russian languages.

Jolita is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist - Risk Management (CAMS RM).

Max Lobo is an experienced Risk, Compliance, AML/BSA professional, and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) with twenty-one years of global financial services experience in all aspects of banking, brokerage, and consulting services across multiple financial institutions.

Max currently serves as a Director of Risk and Compliance for TPS. He is responsible for the design and execution of the North American first line risk management program. Prior to joining TPS, Max served as the AMLRO within the U.S. P&C AMLRO function, and developed the first line AML risk governance program. He is also the co-creator of the Complex Customer Review process used to conduct detailed due diligence on high risk clients such as Money Service Businesses, Third Party Payment Processors, Cannabis, and Crypto related clients.

Max has a vast background in Sales, Corporate Security, Risk Compliance Consulting, AML Alert System Tuning, AML Investigations, Audit Validations, and Treasury and Payment risk management. Max has demonstrated success in developing and executing strategies to build and re-mediate BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs subject to strict regulatory time lines.

Max holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Iowa, a paralegal certification from Loyola University Institute of Paralegal Studies, and attended the American Military University for a Masters in Intelligence Operations and Counter Terrorism studies.

With over 20 years of financial crimes and consumer compliance risk management experience, Marty joined federal service in 2017 and has led examinations across the community, midsize, and large banks. He has extensive experience in assessing board and management oversight, third-party risk management, change management, risk assessment, issues management, training, monitoring, and audit. Prior to federal service, Marty worked to enhance compliance monitoring practices and internal control systems at a major US/Canadian bank. Prior to that, he served as a managing consultant for several Big Four advisory firms, leading a range of BSA and consumer compliance remediations (domestically and abroad). Marty holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Marquette University and M.Sc. in Economic Crime Management from Utica University. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). He resides in Western Springs, IL with his wife and three children. 

Chris Bagnall is an anti-financial crimes leader with over 18 years of experience spanning AML/CFT, economic sanctions, and fraud risk management. Chris has spent most of his career working at community and mid-size banks (PrivateBank and Trust, MB Financial, and Busey Bank) either in a Deputy or BSA Officer role. He later directed sanctions compliance at Fifth Third Bank before joining Quantexa in 2021, where he leads a collaborative initiative with community and mid-size bank professionals to bring enterprise-wide transformative technology to this industry. A CAMS-FCI and CFE, Chris contributes to ACAMS certification development, webinars, and articles, including the Back to the Basics column and recently started the The Human Side of AML interview series. He is also dedicated to advancing efforts against human trafficking.

In addition to his professional background, Chris brings a strong passion for community-building, mentorship and elevating the financial-crimes profession. He is deeply engaged across industry groups and consistently drives creative ideas to increase member value, engagement, and educational impact. Many times, supporting other Chapters. As a Chapter Board member, Chris brings energy, strategic thinking, and an inclusive, program-focused mindset—helping design dynamic events, strengthen partnerships, and create meaningful opportunities for members at every stage of their careers.