Cara Wick currently serves as a Global Financial Crimes Executive at Bank of America. She leads the team responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of the bank’s anti-financial crimes program as well as provides model risk 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. 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. She is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) as well as certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM). In the dark hours of the morning, Cara can be seen running in Charlotte, North Carolina where she lives with her wife and daughter.