Amy M.
Wotapka, CAMS
Ms. Wotapka is an experienced banking and anti-financial crime specialist who leads a team of AML analysts in a $5billion community bank.
Amy’s anti-financial crime background began at PNC Bank where she led a team of investigators who focused on high-risk products and services. She also served at Capital One, where she and her team of analysts built a well-documented quality assurance program for the organization that included such diverse processes as SAR reviews, account closure oversight and OFAC reviews. After rounding out her compliance and governance knowledge creating compliance requirements for new and updated regulations and managing policies and procedures corporate-wide, Amy returned to AML as the BSA Officer of a community bank in the Midwest United States. Amy has led First American Bank’s AML/BSA program since 2016.
Amy was the founding member of Richmond’s ACAMS Chapter serving on the board until her move to the mid-west. She is the proud recipient of ACAMS Today’s Author of the Year award. Amy currently serves on the Editorial Task Force for ACAMS Today as a contributing author. She has delivered numerous presentations for ACAMS on webinars and at the national convention in Los Vegas.
In her free time, Amy is a voracious reader and enjoys long walks along Lake Michigan and other beautiful Wisconsin sites with her rescue dog Bailey. Her twin daughters and husband are always welcome to join.