ACAMS Today  spoke with Marina Adams,1 compliance officer and assistant vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (NY Fed), to discuss career advice and equality in the workplace. Adams helped create and develop the compliance function of NY Fed. Adams’ responsibilities include...

ACAMS Today  sat down with Deborah M. Lehr, to speak about her background, professional experience and her passion to protect human heritage. Lehr is chairman and founder of the Antiquities Coalition. Lehr is an accomplished global business strategist who has supported leading global firms and...

ACAMS Today  had the privilege to speak with Lisa W. Wardell, president and CEO of Adtalem about her background, professional experience and what it means to break boundaries as the only African-American female CEO in the S&P 400. Wardell is a philanthropist, mother of six,...

ACAMS Today  sat down with Jennifer Hanley-Giersch, CAMS, managing partner of Berlin Risk Limited, to discuss career advice and her sources for writing inspiration. Hanley-Giersch has nineteen years of experience in the risk management and anti-financial crime (AFC) fields. She has extensive experience in global...

ACAMS Today  interviewed Hera U. Smith, CAMS, global sanctions compliance officer of Associated Foreign Exchange, Inc. (AFEX), to discuss her work with international sanctions and her advice for increasing the participation of women in the anti-financial crime field. AFEX is one of the leading global...

ACAMS Today spoke with Terry Forliti, executive director of Breaking Free, about her human trafficking (HT) story and her work empowering trafficking victims. Breaking Free is a nonprofit organization serving women and girls involved in systems of abuse, exploitation and prostitution/sex trafficking. Forliti is a...

Debbie Hitzeroth, CAMS-FCI, is an anti-money laundering (AML) compliance professional with more than 15 years of experience. In her current position as the Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) compliance officer for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), she is responsible for all aspects of BSA/AML compliance...

ACAMS Today had the opportunity to speak with Angel Nguyen, vice president of the Global Financial Crimes Compliance – Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at American Express, where she was part of the re-envisioning and rebuilding of the FIU in 2008, about women in the workplace,...

ACAMS Today caught up with Sande Bayer, vice president of payment services and chief risk officer/AML at U.S. Bank, to discuss the prevention of human trafficking, her humanitarian trips to Thailand, and how AML professionals can become involved in eradicating human trafficking. Bayer has over...

For International Women’s Day, ACAMS Today spoke with Ms. Hue Dang, CAMS-Audit, head of Asia for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) based in Hong Kong, about her career, women in anti-money laundering (AML) and what she is doing to make a difference...