Meet the ACAMS Staff Archives

December 2025 – February 2026, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Gabriel Vedrenne: Crafting data-driven AFC journalism

December 10, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today recently caught up with Gabriel Vedrenne, who is the senior reporter covering Europe for ACAMSmoneylaundering.com. Prior to joining ACAMS, he spent a decade in Paris, France, as a business journalist and managing editor. After joining ACAMS in 2019, he spent nearly six years...

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September – November 2025

Clare Carr: Guiding ACAMS’ marketing strategy

September 12, 2025 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Clare Carr, vice president of marketing, leading the global marketing team at ACAMS. Prior to ACAMS, Carr worked in marketing at early-stage start-ups, most recently as the vice president of marketing at Chief, a leadership network for executive women. Carr has...

June – August 2025, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Michelle Rance: Promoting partnership and collaboration

June 11, 2025 /Leave a comment

Michelle Rance is the senior manager for instructional design at ACAMS, where she leads a group that partners with cross-functional teams and subject-matter experts (SMEs) to develop engaging compliance learning experiences, including the Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification. Rance served as an airborne cryptologic...

March – May 2025, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Jaede Tan: Leading the AFC Fight in Asia-Pacific

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

Jaede Tan is head of Asia-Pacific at ACAMS, leading a team of sales, support and anti-financial crime (AFC) specialists across the region with contingents in Singapore, China, South Korea, India, Japan and Australia. Tan has 20 years of experience in building and leading teams across...

March – May 2025, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Anne Scholz: Supporting ACAMS With a Positive Attitude

March 19, 2025 /Leave a comment

Anne Scholz has been with ACAMS since 2019. In her current role as executive assistant, she supports Angela Salter, chief product officer; Justine Walker, vice president of thought leadership; and other colleagues within the Europe, Middle East and Africa region with their calendars, travel bookings...

December 2024 – February 2025, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Taro Fukumoto: Expanding ACAMS’ Presence in Japan

December 19, 2024 /Leave a comment

Taro Fukumoto is ACAMS’ country senior manager for business development in Japan. After starting his career as an advertisement designer, Tokyo-based Fukumoto moved to marketing before spending the last more than 17 years in sales. He joined ACAMS in 2019 as a senior business development...

Meet the ACAMS Staff, September – November 2024

Ana Acuna: Keeping Pace With Digital Media

September 5, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke to Ana Acuna, who recently joined the ACAMS Today editorial team as web producer, to enhance the website and add interactivity to future articles. In this role, Acuna also supports the ACAMS moneylaundering.com website with updates to improve the user experience for its...

June – August 2024, Meet the ACAMS Staff

George Voloshin: Redefining Global Sanctions Education

June 14, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today spoke to George Voloshin, a global expert on anti-financial crime (AFC) at ACAMS and a member of ACAMS’ global subject-matter experts (SME) team. Before joining ACAMS, Voloshin previously headed the Paris branch of a leading corporate intelligence consultancy and has strong credentials in corporate...

March – May 2024, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Mariah Gause: Bringing Solutions

March 1, 2024 /Leave a comment

ACAMS Today sat down with Mariah Gause, ACAMS’ chief operating officer (COO), 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. Gause joined ACAMS in November 2020 as vice...

December 2023 – February 2024, Meet the ACAMS Staff

Silas Bartels: Providing Timely AFC Analysis

December 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

Silas Bartels is the legal editor of ACAMS moneylaundering.com. He manages a team of two attorneys that contribute to the publication’s coverage of financial crime, sanctions and compliance-related issues. Complementing the breaking news and in-depth coverage of the talented reporters at ACAMS moneylaundering.com, his team...

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