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From the Editor, September 2013 - November 2013

From the Editor

September 4, 2013April 15, 2024 /Leave a comment

Risk — A four-letter word that we deal with daily. Assessing risk is part of everyone’s life, whether it is during your commute to work passing the slow car in front of you, moving to another country and beginning anew, taking a job that can...

From the Editor, June – August 2013

From the Editor

May 30, 2013March 16, 2018 /Leave a comment

One of my hobbies is shopping (I know many of you are thinking — well of course — you are a woman); however, not all women like to shop in the sense of actually going to a shopping mall, battling crowds and browsing for sales....

From the Editor, March – May 2013

From the Editor

February 27, 2013January 3, 2018 /Leave a comment

When I was in Italy a few years ago I met a nice couple at a café who was on their way back from a year-long world tour. My first thought was: how can they afford to take a year off of work to travel...

December 2012 – February 2013, From the Editor

WANTED—From the Editor

December 4, 2012March 5, 2015 /Leave a comment

Wanted! Award-winning professionals whose efforts and talents in the field of compliance have led to recognition among their peers and confidence for their institutions. Reward! Fortune and glory for those who are willing to achieve the same. Congratulations to our award winners: James Candelmo, Vasilios...

From the Editor, September – November 2012

Shakespeare—From the Editor

September 13, 2012March 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players." Words written in England circa 1600 still resonate today. Each person plays many roles in their life. They are professionals, students, mothers, fathers, siblings, criminals and heroes. Shakespeare understood people and the...

From the Editor, June 2012 – August 2012

Partnerships

May 29, 2012April 6, 2015 /Leave a comment

Partnerships are important. The power of two can accomplish much more than is generally possible with only one. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich just is not the same with only peanut butter or only jelly. Juliet would just be another young woman staring at...

From the Editor, March – May 2012

Happy Birthday ACAMS Today!

February 29, 2012May 14, 2018 /Leave a comment

I can’t believe ACAMS Today and I share a birthday month. ACAMS Today was born 10 years ago in March of 2002. As I pulled out the old issues of ACAMS Today from storage and flipped through the many editions, I noticed that from the...

December 2011 – February 2012, From the Editor

Going Above & Beyond

December 1, 2011April 8, 2015 /Leave a comment

Some of my favorite stories come from individuals caught in the grip of World War Two. Stories abound of valorous deeds done in the face of monumental opposition, from the battlefields of France to the horrors of the European ghettos. Many individuals went above and...

From the Editor, September 2011 – November 2011

Happy 10th to ACAMS

September 2, 2011April 9, 2015 /Leave a comment

Happy 10th to ACAMS and congratulations to all the members who have contributed to ACAMS' 10 successful years in the business! It is no secret that I am a sports fan. I especially enjoy watching gymnastics. Growing up, I anxiously waited for the four year...

From the Editor, June 2011 – August 2011

From the Editor

August 29, 2011May 28, 2015 /Leave a comment

I grew up in a small town out west where summer days were spent riding my bike with my good friend Brittney. In the summer of '84, my little town experienced one of the greatest floods in its history. I remember everyone in town pitching...