As a Global Financial Crimes Executive at Bank of America, Cara Wick leads the team responsible for monitoring the bank’s anti-financial crimes program including model oversight of the bank’s transaction monitoring systems. With over twenty years in the banking industry, Cara is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and her articles on risk management have appeared in leading journals such as Chartis Research and ACAMS Today. She is also an editorial board advisor for the RMA Journal and an American Bankers Association Stonier Capstone Advisor. Cara believes that a well-connected community of anti-financial crimes professionals is the best way to stay ahead of the criminals. As such, she serves on the board of the North Carolina chapter of the Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (ACFCS) and is a member of the Datos Insights AML Council. Cara holds an MBA from the University of Iowa and BA in Political Science from Williams College and is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) as well as certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM). When not safeguarding the financial system, she can be seen running in Charlotte, North Carolina where she lives with her wife and daughter.