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Jason Blazakis is a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MIIS) where he focuses on threat financing, sanctions, violent extremism, and special operations related research.  He is also the Director of MIIS’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism where he directs research on domestic terrorism, terrorism finance, recruitment, propaganda, and the use of special operations to counter transnational threats.

From 2008-2018, he served as the Director of the Counterterrorism Finance and Designations Office, Bureau of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State. In his former role, Jason was responsible for directing efforts to designate countries, organizations, and individuals as terrorists, also known as State Sponsors of Terrorism, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Jason previously held positions in the Department of State’s Political-Military Affairs, International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Intelligence and Research Bureaus, and at U.S. Embassy Kabul.

Prior to working at the Department of State, Jason served as a domestic intelligence analyst at the Congressional Research Service. In addition, he was the national security adviser to a United States Congressional Representative. He also has worked at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Administration.

Jason is an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Soufan Center.

He has published articles in Time Magazine, Foreign Affairs, The Hill, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Lawfare.  He regularly is quoted by the media (Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reuters, ABC, CBS, NBC, amongst others) on a wide-range of terrorism and sanctions related matters.

He holds degrees from the University of Mississippi, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University.

Andy Bingenheimer is executive vice president and Corporate Chief Information Officer for U.S. Bank.

In this role, he is responsible for technology strategy and delivery for Corporate and Operations Technology, with a focus on technology modernization and operational efficiency. Since joining U.S. Bank in 2015, Bingenheimer has led several transformative initiatives, including implementing a modern ERP platform as part of a finance transformation strategy, driving technology solutions that enabled the bank to exit an AML-related consent order, and executing an automation and AI strategy streamlining back-office operations.

Prior to U.S. Bank, Bingenheimer served as Business Information Officer at Ally Bank, where he developed and executed a technology roadmap that supported the firm’s transition from a largely unregulated financial services company to a fully regulated Bank Holding Company.

Bingenheimer holds a BS from the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater and an MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. He is an adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota’s Technology Leadership Institute, where he teaches emerging technology, and serves on the boards of Banyan Community and the Minnesota Technology Association.

Gabriel Caballero is a partner in Holland & Knight's Miami office and member of the firm's Financial Services practice group. Mr. Caballero concentrates his practice on the representation of domestic and multinational organizations (including banks, broker dealers, money services businesses, other financial institutions, investment companies, fund managers and private equity groups) on a broad range of business, licensing, regulatory and compliance matters. Prior to joining the firm, he served as an associate general counsel for the U.S. private banking subsidiary of one of the world's largest banks (as measured by market capitalization).

He regularly advises clients on issues relating to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), financial privacy, consumer protection, virtual/digital currencies (including Bitcoin), and enforcement actions by various federal and state regulatory authorities (e.g., the Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, CFPB, OFAC, FINRA, SEC and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation). Mr. Caballero has also counseled lenders and borrowers on issues relating to commercial lending, private banking, secured transactions, creditors' rights, letters of credit and negotiable instruments.

Frank P. Calestino is an internationally recognized subject matter expert on healthcare fraud, terror financing, the global hawala system, international financial sanctions, and counter-threat finance intelligence and law enforcement operations. He currently leads the Behavioral Analytics Team for Global Financial Crimes at Bank of America.

Mr. Calestino joined Bank of America in January 2016. Prior to this, he served over a decade with the U.S. Federal Government, spending most of his career overseas establishing and leading counter-threat finance cells for the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Mr. Calestino joined Treasury’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA) in September 2005 as a Presidential Management Fellow and was named Co-Director of the Iraq Threat Finance Cell (ITFC), a U.S. government interagency counter-terror finance task force, in July 2006. During his year-long tenure as ITFC’s chief counter-threat finance analyst in Baghdad, Iraq, Mr. Calestino assembled and led a team of federal law enforcement agents and intelligence analysts tasked by the U.S. National Security Council to identify and disrupt terrorist and insurgent finance networks. In 2007, he was named the Department of the Treasury’s Liaison to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida. During his assignment at CENTCOM, Mr. Calestino drafted the concept paper for the Afghanistan Threat Finance Cell (ATFC), which he established in 2008 with colleagues from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Department of Defense (DOD), and other interagency partners. Mr. Calestino served as the Treasury Department Deputy Director of the ATFC in Afghanistan from 2008 - 2011 and again from 2012 – 2013. He then took a position with the Investigations Directorate of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) as the supervisory intelligence analyst responsible for financial crimes investigations at the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

In addition to his duties at Bank of America, Mr. Calestino also serves as a consultant for the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Global Program against Money Laundering (GPML). His most recent assignments for UNODC entailed leading anti-money laundering, counter-terror financing, and counter-proliferation financing training missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Angola, Kazakhstan, Papua New Guinea, and Vietnam.

Mr. Calestino is the recipient of the Secretary of the Treasury’s Honor Award, the Department of Defense’s Joint Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, Individual Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, and Joint Meritorious Unit Award (ATFC). In 2012, he received the National Intelligence Superior Service Medal from then Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. He has also been awarded Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards from the Department of State. In 2010, he was nominated for the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal by the Partnership for Public Service for his role in establishing and leading the ATFC. In 2014, he received the Secretary of Defense’s Medal for the Global War on Terrorism.

Mr. Calestino received his B.A. from the University of Rhode Island in 1998 and holds Master of Arts degrees from the European University in St. Petersburg, Russia (1999) and Georgetown University (2005).

Ana Campaneria-Villarini is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry specializing in corporate security and fraud management. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President and Director of Corporate Fraud at BankUnited, N.A., where she oversees the bank’s fraud division that consists of over 30 Fraud Analysts and Fraud Investigators and the bank’s antifraud program, focusing on prevention, detection, recovery, reporting, and investigation of fraudulent activities. Ana holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Florida International University. She has earned multiple professional certifications, including the below, indicating comprehensive knowledge across the financial crime spectrum

• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Demonstrating expertise in fraud prevention, detection, and investigation.
• Certified Financial Crimes Investigator (CFCI) Highlighting skills in investigating various financial crimes.
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Signifying proficiency in detecting and preventing money laundering activities.
• Certified Cyber Crime Investigator (CCCI) Reflecting capability in addressing cyber-related fraud and cybercrime investigations.
• Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS) 

Her extensive experience and dedication to continuous professional development make Ana a leading figure in the fight against financial crimes and cyber-related fraud. Her leadership role, as Director of Corporate Fraud at BankUnited, N.A., as well as her role as President of the Financial Institution Security Association (FISA), has placed her at the forefront of fraud mitigation efforts. Ana actively collaborates with law enforcement and government agencies, as well as other financial institutions, to combat financial crimes. Her expertise and contributions are recognized across the industry, making her a sought-after speaker at major conferences and a key resource for financial institutions, law enforcement and government agencies investigating fraud.

Joby is a global subject matter expert on cryptoassets, illicit finance and emerging threats. Joby has 18 years of experience and expertise in strategic policy making, critical thinking, threat and risk analysis across the U.K. Government, intelligence and regulatory community. In his previous role Joby was responsible for the management of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Strategic Assessment Team, overseeing a team of analysts tasked with delivering high quality intelligence reporting on money laundering, fraud, market abuse, corruption and other forms of criminality across the regulated sector.

As part of his role Joby has undertaken extensive regulatory and threat analysis of cryptoassets and represented the U.K. on a variety of high-profile engagements. Recently Joby has produced a range of thought leadership papers covering cryptoassets, their regulatory framework, the threat environment and cryptoasset business models. Joby has also had articles published relating to the importance of threat analysis and intelligence sharing.

Chelsea Carrick recently joined ACAMS moneylaundering.com as the New York reporter. She covers regulatory enforcement actions, laws and regulations impacting AML and compliance, financial crime cases and state and federal efforts to target illicit financing. Prior to joining moneylaundering.com, she reported on Mexican politics.

Profesional con más de 15 años de experiencia en cumplimiento normativo, ética corporativa y regulación financiera. Actualmente lidera la función de cumplimiento regional en el Banco de Occidente (Panamá), entidad con presencia internacional y matriz en Colombia.

Su trayectoria se ha enfocado en la implementación de modelos de gestión de cumplimiento alineados con estándares internacionales. Ha promovido el fortalecimiento de programas de cumplimiento transversales en contextos multijurisdiccionales, con énfasis en riesgos regulatorios, relacionamiento con corresponsales y control normativo.

Entusiasta del desarrollo de capacidades institucionales frente a programas de sanciones, controles de exportación y medidas de prevención de la proliferación de armas de destrucción masiva, participa activamente como moderador y speaker en foros. 

J. Edward 'Ned' Conway is the Executive Secretary of the Wolfsberg Group, an association of 12 global banks that develops frameworks and guidance for the management of financial crime risks. Prior to his appointment at Wolfsberg, Ned was the Group Head of Financial Crime Compliance Framework and Policies at Banco Santander. He chairs the UN’s Private Sector Dialogue on the disruption of financial crimes related to environmental crime, which he has done since its inauguration in 2021, and he collaborates regularly with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, training financial intelligence units, central banks and supervisory authorities in the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia.  Mr. Conway is the author of  Counterterrorism and Threat Finance Analysis During Wartime (2015) and A Less Vivid Future (2017), with publications in Foreign Affairs, the Wall Street Journal, and peer reviewed journals such as Energy Policy. Prior to working in the private sector, he was a threat finance analyst for the US Department of Defense. He has a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews (Scotland) and a degree in Psychology from Davidson College (North Carolina, USA).

Christy Cornell-Pape is serving as Acting Chief over the Anti-Money Laundering and Cyberfraud Sections in Washington, D.C.  She has been in this temporary position for over a year.  When not in this role, Christy is a Supervisory Examiner in the San Francisco Field Office (10 years) and was previously Case Manager – Special Activities (16 years) in the San Francisco Regional Office.   Christy has been an anti-money laundering and fraud subject matter expert since 1999, first encountering fraud at several bank examinations in her formative years with the FDIC.  Christy is a native Californian who traversed from Southern to Northern California via Louisiana thanks to her husband’s penchant for higher education. (She IS still married.)   In her spare time, she is a performing artist, dance teacher, and dog mom.

Sam Cousins is a Senior Associate at ACAMS, where his work includes supporting public-private partnerships and strengthening ACAMS thought leadership pillar through the development of content on sanctions and risk, particularly the Sanctions Masterclass program and Global Monthly Update. Sam's work also focuses on countering ransomware financing, which includes enhancing industry awareness of the anti-financial crime risks associated with ransomware attacks and supporting the mitigation of those risks through policies, training and public-private dialogue.

Prior to ACAMS, Sam worked on the Sanctions Policy team at UK Finance - the trade association for the UK banking sector.

Kim has spent the last 15 years in the anti-fraud space with a focus on financial services. She held VP level leadership roles in fraud operations, fraud policy and governance for Synchrony bank. She was the Sr. Product Manager for SAS Analytics anti- fraud solution and additional anti-fraud technologies used by global banks. Kim also spent time as a consulting manager within the financial crimes division of Grant Thornton managing public and private sector engagements with a focus on Identity Fraud, Risk Assessments and Anti-fraud technology.

Ms. Das has over 20 years of data and risk management experience across both the financial and public sectors. A subject matter expert in the areas of applied data analytics and AML Model development, The main focus of much of her current work is to use risk-based approaches for developing counter measures in money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption.

Ana Davila is Head of Stripe’s AML Intelligence and Strategy Team. Prior to joining Stripe, Ana was Senior Investigator at Kroll, a global risk management consulting firm, where she led complex investigations into a wide range of issues including corporate fraud and sexual misconduct. Ana Davila has also served as an independent consultant for the United Nations Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate and has experience working at public policy Think Tanks in Washington D.C. and Mexico City. Ana Davila holds a B.A. in International Relations from the Tecnologico de Monterrey in Mexico and a Masters of Science in Global Affairs and Transnational Security from New York University.

Elaine K. Dezenski serves as senior director and head of the Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a non-partisan and fiercely independent think tank focused on national security and foreign policy. CEFP produces actionable research and policy proposals to address global economic threats, illicit finance, and supply chain vulnerabilities while promoting the forceful use of economic power to advance American interests.

With more than two decades of leadership in government, industry, academia, and international organizations, Elaine is a globally recognized expert and thought leader on geopolitical risk, economic statecraft, supply chain resilience, illicit finance, anti-corruption, and national security.

Within the public sector, Elaine has held both political and career positions at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including deputy and acting assistant secretary for policy and director of cargo and trade policy. She served on the Transportation Security Administration’s Aviation Security Advisory Committee and chaired its Air Cargo Security Subcommittee. She also served on the Chairman’s Council on China Competition at the Export-Import Bank of the United States.

Elaine has held senior positions at multilateral organizations, including the World Economic Forum, where she launched the Forum’s Global Risk Response Network and led the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, and INTERPOL, where she launched programs to increase law enforcement capacity and improve border security.

In the private sector, Elaine held various managerial roles at the Transportation Division of Siemens Corporation and at Cross Match Technologies (now HID). She also founded a risk advisory practice, LumiRisk, LLC.

Elaine has also served as a senior fellow at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University and as a lecturer of business ethics in Yale’s Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics.

Elaine hosts the Coercive Capital podcast on the Illicit Edge network and has been published widely, including in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, New York Post, The Washington Post, Newsweek, National Review, Euronews, Barrons, The Hill, and The National Interest. Elaine holds an M.A. in public policy from Georgetown University and a B.A. in international relations from Wheaton College.

Alek Dvoskin joined Block in 2024 and leads the Global Intelligence team, which includes Special Investigations Units, Intelligence Analysis Unit, Law Enforcement Engagement, and oversight of all complex investigations.

Prior to Block, Alek led PayPal’s Compliance Investigations Americas and Global Crypto Investigation organizations. Before that, he served as a Deputy Director with HSBC Financial Intelligence Unit’s Client Intelligence team, which was responsible for detecting complex illicit networks, sanctions, and tax evaders, as well as identifying emerging criminal typologies.

Alek previously served as a Supervisory Intelligence Analyst with the FBI’s Intelligence Division in New York, where he led Intelligence Analysts and Staff Operations Specialists supporting sensitive investigations.

Alek is CAMS certified and is the former Board Co-Chair of the South Florida ACAMS chapter. He holds a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice with a specialization in Investigations, a graduate-level Certificate in Terrorism Studies from John Jay College of New York, and a graduate-level Certificate in Blockchain Innovations from M.I.T.

Sandra is an Attorney-at-Law and the Head of the Compliance & Reporting Services for Mourant Governance Services in the Cayman Islands.  In this role Sandra provides AML and AEOI Reporting as well as Compliance Officer services to Cayman Islands entities.

Sandra was previously legal counsel with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority before joining Walkers Global Law Firm.  While at Walkers she held numerous positions including Head of Compliance with responsibility for the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda offices.   She also advised clients in her role as a regulatory lawyer and was instrumental in the set up and launch of the AML Officer services business line.

Sandra has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience from all aspects of the AML/Compliance function.

She is the immediate past president of the Cayman Islands Compliance Association, chair of the AML Steering Group of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association, member and former chair of the Caribbean Regional Compliance Association. She was the legal assessor for the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force - British Virgin Islands Third Round Mutual Evaluation. Sandra also guest lectures on AML at the Truman Bodden Law School and sits on various working groups representing the Compliance Association.

Paula Ferguson was appointed to the role of Senior Manager, Compliance & AML/ATF for Scotiabank and Trust (Cayman) Limited in May 2022. She was subsequently appointed by the Board of Directors and approved by the regulator for the following statutory roles:

• Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (AMLCO) Scotiabank and Trust (Cayman) Limited, The Scotiabank Mutual Funds & Scotia Securities (Asia) Limited
• Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Scotia Securities Asia Limited (SSAL)
• Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (DMLRO) for Scotiabank and Trust (Cayman) Limited and The Scotiabank Mutual Funds

Paula currently leads the Cayman Compliance team and provides oversight and supervision of the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program, which includes the management of all AML and compliance related risks. Chief among her responsibilities is the development and implementation of the unit’s strategic initiatives in tandem with the global compliance program objectives as well as regulatory obligations. She is a seasoned compliance and risk management professional with over 23 years’ experience in the financial services sector where she held several leadership roles and developed and implemented regulatory compliance and AML strategies. Her previous experience includes Group Chief Compliance and Risk Officer with Jamaica National Group and Director/Senior Examiner-In-Charge with the Jamaican financial services industry regulator (Bank of Jamaica). Paula holds a BSc Accounting (Hons) and MSc Accounting (Dist.) from the University of West Indies (Mona). She is a Chartered Accountant (FCCA) & a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Prior to joining MasterCard, Mr. Fields was with GE Capital for twelve years in various senior compliance officer roles, including Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for both GE Capital Solutions and GE Capital America, AML Counsel, and Compliance Leader – Financial Crimes Compliance Group. Previously Mr. Fields’ practiced White Collar Criminal defense for Wiggin & Dana, LLP, and prior to that he was an Enforcement Attorney with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission.

Mr. Fields is a certified anti-money laundering professional under ACAMS, and served as a founding board member for the ACAMS Connecticut chapter.

Mr. Fields graduate with a Juris Doctorate from Pace School of Law and earned his B.S. from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He is a member of the bar for the 2nd District, New York State, and Connecticut.

Sally Frank is a mission-driven leader with a decade of experience at the intersection of child protection and technology. She is a subject matter expert in CSAM and child sex trafficking investigations and has held key roles at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, International Justice Mission, & the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center. In her current role as Block’s Anti-Human Exploitation Program Lead, Sally leads and oversees company-wide policy addressing CSAM and human trafficking.

Mariah Gause currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. She is responsible for steering the organization's strategic direction and overseeing key initiatives that will shape ACAMS' long-term trajectory and impact across the anti-financial crime (AFC) community.

Mariah joined ACAMS in November 2020 as the Vice President of Finance and Global Operations and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer (COO) and ACAMS Executive Board Member in 2022.  Prior to joining ACAMS she had a progressive finance and leadership career through General Electric (GE), Experian, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of IL.

Mariah earned her Bachelor of Science in Finance from Clemson University and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Mr. Christopher Gehring is a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), he is assigned to the Florida Field Office. He serves as the SAR Review Team Coordinator for the Southern District of Florida that consists of State, Local, and Federal partners. He has nearly 5 years of experience in investigating financial crimes involving tax fraud, cybercrimes, and money laundering.

Carrie Gilson serves as the Director of Financial Intelligence & Analytics and Senior Vice President at U.S. Bank since December 2021. Previously, Carrie held the position of Director of Financial Crimes Modeling & Analytics and Senior Vice President at KeyBank from March 2015 to December 2021, where responsibilities included enhancing the AML monitoring program and developing analytical methodologies. Prior to that, Carrie spent over a decade at JPMorgan Chase, progressing through various roles such as Executive Director, Head of Global Coverage Strategy for AML, and Vice President roles focused on quantitative analytics and transaction monitoring. Carrie earned an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a BS from Miami University, both reflecting a strong foundation in decision sciences and analytical consulting.

Brian Grant is the Global Head of Sanctions Compliance for the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the world's largest and most diversified financial groups, with responsibility for sanctions risk management and internal controls across the global enterprise. Mr. Grant’s other industry experience includes heading Citigroup’s OFAC Compliance and Enterprise Risk function and serving as a leader in Ernst & Young’s AML practice area. Prior to joining industry, he held a number of positions in the US Department of the Treasury, including as a Compliance Officer in the Office of Foreign Assets Control; a Financial Attaché in the Middle East region and, most recently, as Director of the Office of Global Affairs and member of the Senior Executive Service. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Justyna Gudzowska has spent her career combating financial crime. She is currently the Executive Director of The Sentry, an investigative and policy organization that seeks to disable multinational predatory networks that benefit from violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.  She is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, a visiting lecturer in law at Yale Law School, and an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Previously, Justyna was the lead sanctions attorney at Morgan Stanley, overseeing the implementation of sanctions for the bank’s offices across the globe and its more than 60,000 employees.

From 2013-2018, Justyna worked for the United Nations as part of an expert team advising the Security Council on countering global terrorist groups, in particular ISIS and Al-Qaida, and devised innovative means to combat terrorist financing. Before serving at the UN, she was a legal advisor to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where she advised on the full spectrum of economic sanctions issues. Earlier in her career, she worked as an associate at the international law firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and at Debevoise & Plimpton. Justyna received her JD from Yale Law School, where she served as Development Editor for the Yale Journal of International Law and was a student director of the Schell Center for International Human Rights. She holds master’s degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics, where she was a Marshall Scholar, and a B.A. from Rice University.

Jenni Halleran is the Deputy BSA Officer and Head of Financial Crimes Investigations at First Citizens Bank and Silicon Valley Bank. In this role, Jenni oversees all financial crimes investigative and operational functions, and spearheads the development and modernization of financial crimes risk management approaches across the enterprise.

Jenni is especially passionate about the importance of building stellar working relationships with key stakeholders, and creating organizational cultures that consistently produce high-performing and highly engaged teams.

Prior to joining First Citizens Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, Jenni held various roles at American Express, where she drove initiatives such as financial crimes training, led large teams of investigators, and initially, investigated financial crimes herself. Jenni holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Idaho and a Bachelor’s degree in Law, Society, and Justice from the University of Washington

Christian Honeywood is a Financial Intelligence Unit Director at BNY and a Senior Non-Commissioned Officer in the U.S Air Force Reserve with over 18 years of service.

Prior to joining BNY, Christian was at JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he led a proactive investigations team focused on combating terrorist financing, proliferation, and environmental crime.

He has also served as an independent consultant to the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate. (UN CTED)

Christian holds a Master of Science Degree in Global Affairs and Transnational Security from New York University and is a Certified Anti-Money laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Financial Crimes Compliance Expert and Global Head of Financial Crime Risk Management, Transformation and Strategic Delivery at TD Bank. Before joining TD Bank, Guillermo was the Head of Financial Crimes Risk Management and Chief Anti-Money Laundering Officer for Scotiabank IB, the Head of Financial Crimes Compliance for UBS AG Americas, the Global Senior Executive of Financial Crimes Compliance for Global Banking for Bank of America and the Head of Financial Crimes Compliance for the Americas for Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Guillermo also held several positions within Citigroup’s Legal and Compliance Units, including the Head of Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions for Mexico and Latin America. Guillermo is constantly invited as key note speaker to AML related international forums and is an active member of several AML and banking associations. Guillermo is the former Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Committee and former member of the Board of Directors of the Financial and International Business Association (FIBA), former Chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Committee of the Latin American Banks Federation (FELABAN), former Chairman of the Compliance Committee of the Mexican Banks Association (ABM) and former President of the Latin America Task Force of ACAMS. Guillermo has a J.D. degree in Law from the Universidad Iberoamericana and has postgraduate studies in Criminal Law and Telecommunications Law. Before his career in the financial system, Guillermo worked in a government agency involved in topics related to justice procurement and as an Associate in a prestigious international law firm in Mexico City.

Dulce Jerez is the BSA/AML Lead Expert (LE) for three Regions (East, Southeast, and Northeast) within the Risk, Resource, & Examiner Development (RRED) Division since June 2020.  As Lead Expert, she promotes compliance with RRED’s policies and initiatives, applies consistent treatment for BSA/AML and OFAC supervisory findings, and identify risks impacting the Regions. In addition, as BSA LE, she identifies specific training needs of examiners, provides input on examiner training projects, and assists in developing examiner training materials.

She belongs to the BSA Instructor Cadre of the OCC and teaches in the domestic and international schools.

Dulce joined the OCC in 2012 as BSA Specialist, she conducted BSA examinations that included BSA/AML laws and regulations, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations. She led High complex BSA Exams for Large Banks Supervision (LBS) and Midsize and Community Banks Supervision (MCBS).  Prior joining the OCC, she worked as BSA Officer at International Banks in Miami, FL. for over eighteen years.

Dulce was a professor for eleven years at her Alma Matter Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra in Dominican Republic. She holds a master’s degree in business administration, Global Management; a bachelor’s degree in Science (Math and Physics), and a bachelor’s degree in Counseling. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Associate in Anti-Money Laundering from the Florida International University (FIU). She is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Specialist (ACFE).

Alison K. Jimenez is President of Dynamic Securities Analytics, Inc. where she utilizes her extensive background in the financial industry to consult and provide expert witness testimony on complex matters involving financial crime, fraud, and Anti-Money Laundering (‘AML’). Ms. Jimenez’s expertise in illicit finance has been sought out by federal and international agencies including DOJ, DOD, DHS, and the United Nations.

Ms. Jimenez has been retained as a testifying expert in federal and state courts, domestic and international arbitration, and criminal and regulatory enforcement actions on a variety of financial crime issues including corruption, business email compromise, cryptocurrency scams, and Ponzi schemes.

Alison has published original research on financial crime topics including cryptocurrency crime, human smuggling, and Suspicious Activity Reports. The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, American Banker, and government agencies have cited Alison’s research.

Ms. Jimenez frequently presents on AML and fraud issues at national and international conferences including at Interpol, the World Bank, and the North American Securities Administrators Association. In addition, Alison testified before the House Financial Services subcommittee on Digital Assets on the use of cryptocurrency in illicit activity.

Alison serves on the Irregular Warfare Center- Defense of the Homeland and Counter Threat Finance working groups and previously served as a member of U.S. Special Operations Command- Working Group on Counter Threat Finance. Alison also serves on the Fraudulent Virtual Assets Services working group of the Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime. Ms. Jimenez previously served on the Education and Examination Task Forces for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).

Prior to this role, Alison worked at a large financial services firm and was a securities regulator. Ms. Jimenez holds a master’s degree in economics and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Darpan Khanna is the Global Head of Compliance Operations at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, where he leads a global team responsible for Know Your Customer (KYC), Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Sanctions, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policy functions. He also spearheads Kraken’s compliance-related AI initiatives, driving improvements in operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Since joining Kraken, Darpan has held several key leadership roles, including Director of Strategy, Global Head of KYC Operations, and Director of Corporate Compliance. Prior to Kraken, he served as Deputy BSA/AML Officer and Head of Model Risk at Chime, and was a Senior Manager at EY, where he led teams within the regulatory compliance technology practice.

Earlier in his career, Darpan held positions at Wellington Management, the City University of New York, and Sapient. He holds an MBA in Finance from the City University of New York, a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, and executive certifications from Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

Mr. Keniel Ledgister brings nearly 20 years of specialized experience in financial crime enforcement to his role as an Attaché. With a strong background in accounting and finance and two decades as a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), he has led complex investigations involving money laundering, tax evasion, refund fraud schemes, and other financial crimes. 

Mr. Ledgister has served on multiple interagency task forces—covering counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and organized crime—where he strengthened his expertise in coordinating and executing sophisticated financial investigations. As a Supervisory Special Agent, he led investigative teams, oversaw undercover operations, and provided strategic direction in combating financial fraud. He also delivers training in cryptocurrency and digital assets, enhancing CI’s efforts to address emerging threats. 

In his current role as an Attaché, Mr. Ledgister covers a broad portfolio across the Caribbean region, serving as a liaison between IRS Criminal Investigation and international law-enforcement partners. He supports cross-border financial investigations, works closely with Financial Intelligence Units and White-Collar Crime divisions, and leads outreach and training initiatives that bolster international cooperation in fighting financial crime.

David Y. Lee is the Global Head of Sanctions and Interdictions Strategy at Western Union where he is responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of the Global Sanctions Compliance Program and management of Western Union’s internal compliance block list. Until December 2025, David was the Global Head of Sanctions and Screening at Payoneer to transform its screening architecture. From 2022 to 2024, David was at Circle Internet Financial as Global Head of Sanctions to design and implement a hybrid fiat-crypto sanctions program and run its Risk, Regulatory & Compliance Committee.

Prior to Circle, David served nearly two decades at the U.S. State Department, the White House, and the U.S. Commerce Department as a national security and Asia expert. From 2018 to 2021, David was the Deputy Political Counselor at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations managing all UN sanctions, counterterrorism, and nonproliferation issues in the UN Security Council. Before that, David was lead U.S. negotiator for North Korea sanctions (2016 to 2018) and ISIS/AQ/Taliban sanctions and global counterterrorism efforts (2014 to 2016).

Before the UN, David spent six years at the White House where he served in the National Security Council as Director for Nonproliferation Policy and the Office of Management and Budget as a senior political-military analyst after starting his career at the Commerce Department to review U.S. export controls and trade promotion to China and Brazil.

David obtained his B.S. in Business Administration with a 2nd major in History & Policy and an M.S. in Public Policy & Management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Dr. David Maimon serves as the Head of Fraud Insights at SentiLink, where he plays a pivotal role in bridging the gap between upstream fraud signals found in the online fraud ecosystem and downstream fraud signals received by SentiLink partners. Leveraging his extensive background in cybercrime, investigation, and fraud prevention, Dr. Maimon brings valuable experience to his position. Before joining SentiLink, Dr. Maimon held the position of Principal Product Manager and Special Advisor at GeoComply, as well as the role of Chief Science Officer at Vidocq Group. Currently, he is also a Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia State University (GSU) and serves as the director of the Evidence-Based Cybersecurity Research Group. Recognized for his outstanding contributions, Dr. Maimon received the "Young Scholar Award" from the White-Collar Crime Research Consortium of the National White-Collar Crime Center in 2015 for his noteworthy cybercrime research. In 2023, he was honored with the "Educator of the Year" award from the Houston Chapter of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). Throughout his career, Dr. Maimon has published books and scientific articles, and successfully secured over $6 million in funding to conduct Evidence-Based Cybersecurity research, further solidifying his impact in the field.

Scott McCleskey is the Senior Manager, Anti-Financial Crime Instruction and Subject Matter Expertise at ACAMS. He has over thirty years of front-line experience training financial crime and compliance teams, as well as leading compliance functions in the U.S. and Europe. Scott has personally trained numerous compliance professionals in financial institutions, Financial Intelligence Units and other government agencies around the world. In addition to his training roles, Scott has served as a global Chief Compliance Officer, Head of Regulatory Intelligence, and Subject Matter Expert and has conducted numerous investigations as an FBI agent and regulator. Scott is a published author on financial services regulation and holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Cambridge.

Rick McDonell is ACAMS Executive Director and Global Head AML/CFT.

In addition, Rick is principal and co-owner of McDonell-Nadeau Consultants specializing in financial integrity particularly anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT). McDonell-Nadeau Consultants offers the full spectrum of AML/CFT strategic and technical expertise and advice to countries and the private sector.

Rick is also well known for his previous role as the FATF Executive Secretary from 2007 to 2016. During his tenure the FATF standards were comprehensively revised, a new compliance assessment methodology to measure the level of effectiveness of countries was adopted, and the current round of country evaluations was begun. He oversaw the expansion of the FATF Global Network to nine FATF‐Style Regional Bodies (FSRBs) comprising over 190 countries.

Before his FATF role, Rick was the Chief of the UN Global Programme against Money Laundering (GPML) and prior to that, the founder and inaugural Executive Secretary of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) from 1998 until 2005. Rick has had extensive experience as a prosecutor and investigator leading complex multidisciplinary investigation Task Forces into organised crime cases both nationally and internationally. He has also had experience in private legal practice.

Currently, Rick is also Chair of the Advisory Board and Adjunct Professor for the Executive Master of Arts in Financial Integrity degree (MAFI) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
In other fields, Rick is a member of the Advisory Board on the Future of Financial Intelligence Sharing being conducted through the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), UK and a Council Member of the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA), an independent global body which has set financial and governance integrity standards for sporting organizations and will soon begin a voluntary compliance assessment process.

Rick is a lawyer with a BA, LLB and Graduate Diploma in Commercial Law from Monash University, Australia.

Juan Carlos Medrano Castro is an expert in anti-money laundering (AML) and financial compliance, with over 25 years of experience in the international financial sector. He has served as a Compliance Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors of a U.S. bank in Florida, approved by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). He is the founder and president of J&A Global Compliance, a consulting firm specializing in BSA/AML, OFAC sanctions, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation, and dual-use goods control. Mr. Medrano Castro leads independent reviews and advises financial institutions in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean. He is also a recognized international speaker on sanctions, compliance, and export control. He received specialized training in disarmament and non-proliferation of WMD from the ASSER Institute and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague. Currently, he serves as the Latin America Ambassador for the International Society for Export Control and Sanctions (ISECS), maintains a collaboration agreement with ACAMS, and is a guest lecturer at the Banking School of Guatemala and the Association of Multiple Banks of the Dominican Republic.

Scott Nathan joined TD as Managing Director, Global Head of FCRM Detection, Coverage, and Capabilities.   In this role, Scott supports the development of a data-driven technology ecosystem to effectively detect, manage, and mitigate financial crime risk on an enterprise basis.  Scott brings over 20-years of experience across the financial services sector covering a unique combination of risk management, government, and data science capabilities.  Capitalizing on TD's recent progress in its Azure Cloud migration milestone, Scott is developing an innovative AML Data Cloud leveraging a single, 360-degree client view supporting not only AML with a holistic understanding of client and counterparty risk, but also by providing our business partners with the intelligence necessary to support the future of safe banking.

Prior to TD, Scott was the Global Head of Financial Crime Detection and Customer Insights at Citigroup. In this capacity, Scott led a unique team of data science professionals, money laundering risk analysts, and intelligence specialists leveraging contextual driven insights to understand customer behavior and ensure Citi was effectively detecting financial crime across its global footprint including over 90 countries and five connected lines of business. Leveraging advanced technology platforms and machine learning techniques, Scott and his teams created a 360-degree view of clients across over 400 source systems and billions of rows of external data helping Citi actively manage risk across a dynamically evolving feature space.

Prior to Citi, Scott was a Managing Director and Head of AML Technology and Innovation for Global Compliance at State Street. In this role, he was responsible for developing the transformational AML transaction monitoring platform, which leveraged next generation technology to derive intelligence from data to support clients and protect the global economy from abuse.

Prior to his work at State Street, Scott was a Managing Director, Head of Financial Intelligence at Accenture.  In this role he engineered the first of its kind 'AML as a Service' business thought a partnership with leading technology companies including Microsoft, Snowflake, and AWS.  He has also held various leadership roles at Deloitte and Bank of America where he engineered programs helping reduce the cost of compliance, strengthen relationships with regulatory agencies, and better support the end-user intelligence community to protect national security.

Ray Olsen is an accomplished financial crime executive leader with 19 years of professional banking and financial services experience, specifically in Fraud, AML/BSA and OFAC. He is currently the Senior Vice President Senior Director of Enterprise Fraud Management at the Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, IL. Wintrust Financial Corporation is a full-service bank, 68 billion in assets, 200 branch locations in IL, WI, IN, MI and FL.  Ray leads a large team of Fraud Investigative professional fraud analysts, investigators, and leaders. Ray is a former law enforcement officer and a US Army Reserve veteran.

Priyank Patel currently serves as the Deputy Chief Anti Money Laundering Officer at KeyBank. He is part of the second-line financial crimes governance team of compliance and is responsible for BSA/AML and OFAC risk surveillance, analytics, and controls assessments. He has 14+ years of experience in banking and financial crime. Before joining KeyBank, Priyank worked for First Niagara, where he played an instrumental role in setting up the bank's BSA/AML, OFAC, and Fraud program. Priyank holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication, an MBA in Marketing, an MS in Finance, and a Graduate Diploma in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He is a member of the ACAMS, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS).

Janell Portare is the Director of the Fraud and Anti-Money Laundering Division at the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). Janell previously served as the agency’s Fraud Specialist as part of the BSA team, and leads the agency’s work on national regulations, examination policy, guidance, and training on BSA, AML/CFT, and insider fraud matters. 

Prior to joining the NCUA, Janell spent the previous 11 years at a federal law enforcement agency where she served as the agency’s liaison to FinCEN for many years, developed the agency’s Investigative Analytics Program, served on a multi-agency international money laundering task force, and routinely used and analyzed BSA reports and tools to support complex international investigations. Janell started her career at a financial institution performing various fraud and BSA compliance responsibilities. 

She graduated from Frostburg State University with a degree in Justice Studies, and is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Jas is the Managing Partner at StrategyBRIX, a boutique Risk and Compliance Consulting firm. Before StrategyBRIX, Jas served as the Head of Financial Crimes and Compliance at leading fintechs, including Stripe and Airwallex. In addition, at PwC, Jas built and led the firm’s Financial Crimes (Fintech) practice across the US West Coast.

He has over 18 years of experience with building and managing programs in the Compliance space. In his role, Jas works closely with CCOs, CROs, and product leaders to solve complex risk, compliance, and monitoring problems. Additionally, as a part of the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group (BSAAG), he advised the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, in areas of Digital Identity Verification, KYC, and using advanced technologies to solve financial crimes.

Jas is a regular speaker at industry events, a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), and an executive committee member of the West Coast AML Forum (WCAML).

Tyler Reynolds is the Executive Vice President, Enterprise Financial Crimes Compliance, Chief BSA/AML Officer. He directs strategy and oversight of the enterprise financial crimes program including the financial intelligence unit, AML & external fraud investigations, currency transaction reporting, customer due diligence operations, risk management, economic sanctions & customer screening, and enterprise financial crimes strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining U.S. Bank in 2015, Reynolds spent 15 years at large financial institutions working in various national and global leadership roles related to financial crimes compliance, consumer compliance, operational risk, risk program development, and project management.

He lives in Charlotte, NC, holds Six Sigma and ACAMs certifications, and is a graduate of Coastal Carolina University.

Paul Rooney has served as a Special Agent with the federal government since 2010, bringing extensive expertise in financial investigations and transnational crime. He is currently the acting Group Supervisor of a Financial Crimes group within the New York Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which is part of the newly formed Homeland Security Task Force. Prior to joining HSI in 2015, Special Agent Rooney served for approximately six years with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI). While at IRS-CI, he was assigned to the International Financial Fraud Task Force in New York, where he focused on money laundering and tax evasion investigations involving offshore banks and foreign entities.

At HSI, Special Agent Rooney was assigned to the New York El Dorado Task Force, concentrating on international money laundering, complex financial fraud, securities fraud, and transnational organized crime investigations. He is also a member of the HSI New York Crisis Negotiation Team and has completed crisis negotiation certifications from both HSI and the FBI. Throughout his career, Special Agent Rooney has served as the lead case agent on numerous high-profile financial investigations, including the Panama Papers investigation, the Wegelin Bank investigation, several Priority Transnational Organized Crime (PTOC) cases, and multiple COVID-19 pandemic relief fraud investigations.

Before entering federal service, Special Agent Rooney spent nearly a decade in the finance industry, working at JPMorgan, Citibank, Rabobank, and Merrill Lynch. During his tenure in the private sector, he earned both the Series 7 and Series 66 securities licenses.  Special Agent Rooney holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and Psychology from the University of Maryland. He also earned a master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), with concentrations in finance and accounting, from Fordham University.

Nick is HSBC’s US Head of Financial Crime Strategy & Framework, where he oversees HSBC’s external engagement and public-private partnership efforts in the US, amongst other responsibilities. He is also a US Army Reserve officer with multiple overseas deployments and serves as a leader for HSBC’s Employee Resource Group for veterans.

Before joining HSBC in 2015, Nick spent nearly seven years with the US Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, where he supported the development of targeted financial measures against national security threats with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean. While at Treasury, he served as the Senior US Treasury Representative to US Southern Command (Southcom) in Miami, FL where he helped establish their Counter-Threat Finance Branch.

He earned his MBA and BA (History) from the University of Florida, as well as a Graduate Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Florida International University. He is CAMS certified, served as co-chair of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter (2022 – 2024), and was honored as the 2023 ACAMS AFC Professional of the Year.

Misheca Seymour Senior is the Group Chief Compliance Officer of NCB Financial Group (NCBFG), a leading financial services conglomerate operating in over 20 Caribbean territories and the parent company of the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica (NCB). With over 20 years of extensive experience in anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), she leads the Group Regulatory and Financial Crimes Compliance Division, overseeing the development, implementation, and effectiveness of compliance programs that safeguard against financial crimes.

As a dedicated compliance practitioner, Misheca ensures that NCBFG maintains robust measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing while adhering to all relevant regulations. Her expertise is backed by her legal training; as an attorney-at-law, she has previously held roles as Legal Counsel and Company Secretary within NCBFG and practiced as an associate at Myers, Fletcher & Gordon.

Misheca holds an LLB from the University of the West Indies and a Certificate of Legal Education from the Norman Manley Law School. Additionally, she is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and Certified Global Sanctions Specialist. She actively contributes to the industry as co-chair of the Jamaica Bankers Association's Compliance Committee, demonstrating her commitment to excellence in compliance practices.

Megs Shah has spent 25 years building technology products, from apps and data analytics platforms to AI systems, for startups and Fortune 500 companies including CSL, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Accenture. She's also a survivor of child sexual abuse who knows what it's like when shame is weaponized and how it creates an isolation that feels impossible to break.

Her personal and professional experiences led her to found The Parasol Cooperative, a technology nonprofit on a mission to build technology that protects. Her team built what didn't exist: a safe channel without disclosure, without judgment, and without risk. Ruth AI is a trauma-informed crisis chatbot that has facilitated over 60,000 conversations across 170 countries. National and local organizations use Ruth, including the National Domestic Violence Hotline, where Ruth processes approximately 1,500 conversations weekly. No login. No app download. No personal information required.

In 2021, UN Women named Shah one of seven women in science worldwide leading the way through COVID-19, alongside vaccine pioneers like BioNTech co-founder Özlem Türeci and NIH researcher Kizzmekia Corbett. In December 2025, Ruth was cited in Congressional testimony before the House Oversight Committee as a model for ethical, trauma-informed technology. That same year, The Parasol Cooperative was a finalist in two Webby categories, SXSW Nonprofit Awards, and received three Anthem Awards, including Silver for Best Use of Data & AI in Responsible Technology.

Jennifer Smith is the head of Services Sanctions, responsible for implementing the Sanctions Program across the Services businesses, including Payments, Trade & Working Capital Solutions, Securities Services, and Services Operations, and monitoring Services' adherence to the Sanctions Risk Appetite. She manages a global team specialized in providing credible challenge, guidance, and advice on sanctions-related matters to these businesses.

In her prior roles with ICRM Sanctions, Jennifer was responsible for implementing the Sanctions Program across Citi’s institutional businesses, and provided strategic direction to the Global Sanctions program, coordinated the implementation of new sanctions programs, established plans to mitigate emerging sanctions risks, and liaised with Citi business and Government Affairs on Sanctions public policies.

Prior to joining Sanctions, Jennifer served as the Director of Government Affairs for Citi Latin America, leading political engagement and advocacy efforts across 23 countries in the region. She was responsible for fostering relationships with government officials, assessing political and policy changes in LATAM, and executing strategies that protect and advance Citi’s interests. She also served as Chief of Staff for Global Government Affairs (GGA) and was the lead on Latin America and Africa policy issues for the team.  More broadly, she coordinated GGA’s portfolio of legislative issues and special projects, provided political analysis, managed team communications and financials, and liaised with key internal and external partners.

Jennifer began her Citi career in 2005 as a Management Associate and went on to support the execution of Citi's corporate mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture activities.

Jennifer graduated from the University of Florida with a master’s degree in International Business.  Her undergraduate degrees are in International Economics and Political Science.

As ACAMS CEO, Neil Sternthal is responsible for steering the organization's strategic direction and overseeing key initiatives that will shape ACAMS' long-term trajectory and impact across the anti-financial crime (AFC) community.

Neil has extensive experience in the legal and financial sectors, having served in various leadership roles at Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI) for nearly two decades. During his tenure, he led several key divisions with revenues of approximately $400M to nearly $1B. Most recently, he served as the Managing Director of its Global & Large Law Firms segment, achieving significant revenue growth since its 2018 inception which he created and led. His strategic foresight, innovation emphasis, customer-centric focus and exceptional execution have driven progressive strategies within Thomson Reuters global businesses.

Prior to that position, Neil held various leadership roles within Thomson Reuters. He has led global teams of approximately 1,500 professionals in functions spanning sales, marketing, editorial, product development, technology, talent and HR and finance.

Notably, Neil is a steward for diversity and inclusion, as he served as the Co-Chair of TR Equity Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Board.

Neil earned his bachelor’s degree in international relations with high distinction from the University of Toronto, Trinity College, a master’s degree in modern history from the University of Oxford, St. Antony’s College, and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from McGill University, Faculty of Law.

Dan represents clients in state, federal and foreign regulatory enforcement actions, and provides assistance in establishing, maintaining and monitoring Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance programs.

His regulatory and enforcement experience includes more than 30 years at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). As Deputy Chief Counsel from 2000-2016, Dan oversaw major OCC enforcement actions. He played a key role in significant BSA/AML rulemakings and policy issuances. While at the OCC, Dan supervised more than a dozen successful appeals. He was instrumental in bringing the first fair lending action taken by a federal banking agency against a bank and the first Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices action taken against a bank.

Dan has testified six times before Congress on enforcement and BSA/AML matters. He is a member of the advisory boards of ACAMS and the ABA/ABA Financial Crimes Enforcement Conference.

Melissa Strait is an expert in compliance in financial technology (fintech), having served as Coinbase's chief compliance officer from February 2021 to May 2025. At Coinbase, she oversaw the entirety of the firm’s compliance efforts, including anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, blockchain analytics, trade surveillance, consumer compliance and others. Previously, Melissa served as global head of Financial Crimes for Stripe Inc., overseeing all aspects of Stripe’s AML, sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption compliance programs. She also served as the chief compliance officer of Stripe Payments Company, a licensed money transmitter. Prior to joining Stripe in early 2016, she was a compliance operations manager for Square Inc. At Square, she oversaw teams in San Francisco and St. Louis who handled transaction monitoring, know your customer and enhanced due diligence reviews as well as sanctions screening. Prior to joining the fintech industry, Melissa served as a director in the due diligence practice of Kroll Inc. In that capacity, she managed teams producing in-depth due diligence research reports for banking and corporate clients, focused mainly in Asia and the Americas.

Samantha Sultoon is Senior Vice President and Senior Financial Crimes Director at Truist Financial Corporation where she oversees the global sanctions and screening program across the enterprise. Prior to joining Truist, Ms. Sultoon served as the Director for Threat Finance and Sanctions at the National Security Council (NSC) at the White House where she developed and coordinated the policymaking process for a range of economic statecraft and national security issues. Prior to her time at the White House, Ms. Sultoon served for over a decade in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including as the OFAC lead on Treasury’s 2021 Sanctions Review where she developed and co-led implementation of the first-ever comprehensive review of U.S. sanctions strategy. Ms. Sultoon also held a variety of leadership roles within The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), including Senior Advisor to the Director of OFAC, Section Chief for OFAC Enforcement, and Senior Sanctions Policy Advisor. Prior to her work at OFAC, Ms. Sultoon was an advisor in the Treasury Department’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis and a risk expert for the World Bank. Ms. Sultoon has an MSc with distinction from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London and a BA from the University of Michigan. She is a former Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow and a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is also a non-resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s GeoEconomics Center.

As SVP and Head of Global Financial Crimes Compliance and Customer Protection, David is responsible for fulfilling PayPal’s commitment to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, and related financial crimes around the world. Since joining the company in 2016, David has led the transformation of PayPal’s enhanced anti-money laundering and sanctions programs and practices as well as the evolution of the company’s brand risk management and internal investigations functions. In 2019, David expanded his role to oversee consumer risk, resolution and protections, and the customer identification program, expanding the organization to over 3,000 employees across more than 20 sites globally. This expanded remit provides an opportunity to further the company’s efforts to fight fraud, protect PayPal’s customers, and partner with law enforcement globally.

Prior to joining PayPal, David was an Executive Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Investigation Division at the New York County District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office where he was responsible for supervising the Rackets Bureau, Major Economic Crimes Bureau, Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau, Counter Terrorism Program, Financial Frauds Bureau, Tax Crimes Unit, Public Corruption Unit and the Asset Forfeiture Unit. Under David’s leadership and supervision, the investigation division initiated and concluded significant cases against numerous large financial institutions. He also assisted the District Attorney with major initiatives such as the Global Cyber Alliance and the efforts surrounding encryption.

Before he became Chief of the Investigation Division in 2012, David served as Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau for New York County’s DA’s Office assisting in developing policies and investigative strategies, maintaining relationships with outside agencies and helping to supervise investigations throughout the Division.

David began his legal career at the New York County DA’s Office in 1997 and has subsequently held several notable governmental positions including serving as a federal prosecutor assigned to the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section within the U.S. Justice Department. In 2008, David was appointed as the Director of Consumer Affairs for the State of New Jersey.

David graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's degree in political science, and received a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law.

Craig Timm is the Senior Director of AML at ACAMS.

Prior to joining ACAMS, Craig had more than 15 years of anti-financial crime experience across the public and private sectors. At the Department of Justice, Craig served as a Deputy Chief in the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (now Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section) at headquarters in Washington, DC. In that role, he led a team of prosecutors responsible for enforcing criminal violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, U.S. economic sanctions, and money laundering laws committed by financial institutions and their employees. He led the prosecution of some of the largest financial institutions in the world including HSBC and BNP Paribas. Craig began his career with the Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney in Arizona. At the Department of Justice, he was the recipient of numerous awards including the Attorney General’s Crime Victim’s Restoration Award, the Assistant Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director’s Meritorious Service Award.

At Bank of America, Craig was a Financial Crimes Executive responsible for Strategic Initiatives. These initiatives included participation in the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, 314(b) information sharing initiatives, and the Wolfsberg Group as well as managing the day-to-day liaison with FinCEN, the U.S. Treasury, senior financial crimes policy officials at the OCC and Federal Reserve, key law enforcement agencies, and the U.S. Department of Justice. He also spent several years as the Financial Crimes Executive for the Global Wealth and Investment Management business lines where he served as the designated Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer for Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust.

Craig has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Northwestern University School of Law.

Licenciada en Derecho por la UNAM, Maestría en Criminalística por University College London, actualmente Doctoranda de la Facultad de Derecho de la UNAM. Profesionalmente cuenta con más de 15 años de experiencia en el sector público. Actualmente se desempeña como asesora en la Presidencia de la Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores. Se ha desempeñado como:

• Directora de Contraloría Interna y Oficial de Cumplimiento en Banco del Bienestar.
• Directora General de Asuntos Normativos de la Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera y Jefa de la Delegación de México ante el GAFI, GAFILAT y el Grupo Egmont, así como, Copresidenta del Grupo Conjunto de las Américas del ICRG (listas grises) del GAFI.
• Directora General Adjunta de Prevención de Operaciones con Recursos de Procedencia Ilícita en la CNBV.
• Oficial de Cumplimiento de Transmisor de Dinero.
• Administradora de Validación en el INDEP.

Cuenta con certificación en materia de PLD/CFT por la CNBV, UIF y la UPAZ de la ONU. Certificada por ACAMS desde hace 15 años, contribuyendo de manera permanente con las sesiones de aulas virtuales, bootcamps, seminarios intensivos, conferencias en Latinoamerica, webinars y actualización de las certificaciones. Local coach de ACAMS para la Embajada de Estados Unidos en México en la capacitación y certificación de servidores públicos.

George is a global expert anti-financial crime at ACAMS and member of ACAMS' global SMEs team. He previously headed the Paris branch of a leading corporate intelligence consultancy and has strong credentials in corporate investigations and political risk analysis.

An ACAMS-certified global sanctions specialist (CGSS) and certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS), he has expertise in the geopolitics, security and economics of wider Europe and the former Soviet Union. George has written extensively on international affairs and has published to date two books and hundreds of articles.

Justine draws on a diverse global career, working across government, regulatory, private sector, and international organisations. As an expert on sanctions, counterterrorism, and financial crime she has held specialist positions within the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, HM Treasury, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Central Asia), the British Bankers’ Association, and UK Finance. In addition, Justine was formerly part of the UK delegation to the Financial Action Task Force, chaired the European Banking Federation’s Sanctions Expert Group, co-chaired the UK Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce’s counterterrorist financing group and served as an International Monetary Fund advisor to Nigeria. She has acted as an independent Syria sanctions-humanitarian expert to the United Nations, and previously served as a national expert on the financing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)/counter proliferation financing matters. 
 
In her role within ACAMS, the world’s leading membership organization with a presence in over 180 jurisdictions, Justine oversees the subject-matter-expert division. A regular contributor to media publications covering financial-crime issues, she has addressed UN expert groupings, given evidence to parliamentary hearings, and authored numerous publications. Justine also holds a Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews and an M.Sc. from the University of Edinburgh.

Lisa Wheeler joined JPMorgan Chase in 2012 and is currently the Global Head of AML for the Corporate and Investment Bank and the Commercial Bank. She is responsible for setting the strategic agenda for the business through the interpretation and implementation of the GFCC Anti-Money Laundering/Know Your Customer processes and providing counsel and advice to executive level and senior leadership in those key lines of business. Lisa has directly supported Risk and Compliance since 2007 in both the corporate and financial services environments.

Prior to roles in Risk and Compliance, Lisa managed commodity price risk as a broker for 5 years for a large, global agriculture company. Prior to that, Lisa reported on commodities and financial markets in Brazil, France and New York for a financial news wire service. In those roles, Lisa used her French and Portuguese fluency to help customers better understand their market risk and supply and demand events.

She holds a Master of Business Administration from DePaul University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Agricultural Economics and French from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She currently resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Nadia has an international career within Financial Crime working in the UK, Europe, Asia and is now based in the US. She has led multiple Financial Crime remediation programs, strategic technology transformation programs, and worked extensively on processes across Financial Crime Operations. She has a strong technology focus including the use of models, analytics, and AI. Additionally, she has broad payments experience from traditional banking services to Crypto, Digital Currencies, Banking-As-A-Service (BaaS), and Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). She is also strategic and visionary in achieving compliance, cost-management, and great customer experience.

She now works for Rabobank as the Global Head of Transaction Monitoring, covering end-to-end, detection-to-alert handling; her former employers include HSBC, Nordea, and the Royal Navy.