Araceli Nuño is a Supervisory Examiner in the Los Angeles Field Office of the FDIC, where she began her career in 2002.  In this capacity, she is responsible for planning, directing, and coordinating the work of a team of bank examiners.  For several years, she worked as Senior International Advisor in Washington, DC for the former Director of the FDIC’s Division of Risk Management Supervision.  In that role, she advanced the FDIC’s relationship with the international supervisory and banking community.  Araceli monitored international developments on foreign banks and U.S. banks operating overseas.  She also provided expert knowledge to key international organizations in technical assistance, financial and policy analysis, and other activities related to the FDIC’s efforts to promote adoption of international supervisory practices.  Prior to recently returning to the Los Angeles Field Office, she worked in the FDIC’s Anti-Money Laundering Section in Washington, DC.  In that capacity, she served as a resource on matters relating to AML/CFT examinations, and oversaw and participated on examinations for institutions with considerable money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit financial activity risks.  Araceli has worked on high-profile AML/CFT investigations, and is a subject matter expert in AML/CFT, Fraud, and International Banking.  She received a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Finance from Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA; and is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Pennsylvania; the Wharton Leadership Program at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania; and the Federal Executive Leadership Program.