Cheryl
Friedenbach, CAMS
Cheryl Friedenbach is the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering/Office of Foreign Asset Control Compliance Officer and Vice President for First National Bank of Omaha. In this capacity, she is accountable for an enterprise Financial Crimes Compliance Program that meets the needs of an institution with a branch presence in eight states as well as national credit card and cash management portfolios. Ms. Friedenbach and associates have designed a Program that is scalable to ensure FNBO, a mid-size, OCC regulated bank is well positioned to address emerging risks and patterns of illicit activity. She leads the Financial Crimes Compliance teams; including investigations, financial intelligence, transaction and event monitoring, enhanced due diligence and economic sanctions/OFAC as well as the supporting quality assurance, technologies and analytics. Cheryl has over 25 years of banking experience, with over 10 years in BSA/AML. She has been a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS) since 2009. The Financial Crimes Compliance team at First National Bank of Omaha is extremely proud of being recognized for making substantial contributions through the institution’s BSA reporting to receive one of FinCEN’s annual law enforcement awards in recent years.