Kara Carr

Kara Carr is the Senior Vice President, BSA/AML/OFAC Director and BSA Officer at First Bank, a $12 billion bank headquartered in Southern Pines, NC. She has over 28 years of financial services experience, including 18 years in the BSA/AML and sanctions space. Prior to joining First Bank, Kara worked for both mid-size and large U.S. and international financial institutions in North America and the Caribbean. Throughout her career, Kara has been successful in building, maintaining and managing highly complex compliance teams across the globe that have been BSA/AML and sanctions focused. She has also held positions within other compliance and internal audit disciplines. Kara is a graduate of West Liberty University with a B.S. in Business Administration and has been a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) since 2006.