Annual Meeting Biographies

LEADERSHIP KEYNOTE SPEAKER

MICHELE DESTAFANO

Michele DeStefano is a highly innovative legal professional with a passion for creative problem-solving, collaboration, culture change, and innovation in professional services. As a professor at the University of Miami who teaches design thinking at the law and engineering schools and a Faculty Chair in Harvard Law School’s Executive Education Program, Michele is an internationally recognized thought leader who has been named a Legal Rebel by the ABA and one of the top 20 most innovative lawyers in North America by the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers. Michele is the founder of LawWithoutWalls, an international community of over 3,000 lawyers, business professionals, entrepreneurs, and students who collaborate to create innovations in the business of law and develop new mindsets and skill sets. She is also the co-founder and co-editor of the Compliance Elliance Journal, an international an international e-journal of articles in compliance and ethics from around the world. Recently, Michele helped co-create and spearhead the development of the Digital Legal Exchange, a non-profit designed to inspire general counsel and their teams to become digital leaders in their businesses to drive commercial value. With her extensive research and writing on topics such as client-centricity, collaboration, and innovation in professional services, Michele has authored multiple books, including Leader Upheaval: A Guide to Client-Centricity, Culture Creation and Collaboration; an accompanying handbook: The Leader Upheaval Handbook: Lead Teams on a Innovation & Collaboration Journey with The 3-4-5 Method(™️); as well as Legal Upheaval: A Guide to Creativity, Collaboration, and Innovation in Law, New Suits: Appetite for Disruption. Her latest scholarly articles include Chicken or Egg: Diversity and Innovation in the Corporate Legal Marketplace, 91 Fordham L. Review 1209 (2023) and Don't Let the Digital Tail Wag the Transformation Dog: A Digital Transformation Roadmap for Corporate Counsel, 17 J. Bus. & Tech. L. 183 (2022). Michele earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Dartmouth College and a J.D. degree magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Michele is a visionary who is dedicated to leading the way in transforming the professional services industry. She frequently speaks and runs workshops on leadership, client-centricity, culture change, creative problem solving, multidisciplinary teaming, strategic influence, personal branding, powerful presencing, storytelling, and innovation for professional service providers.

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THE HONORABLE JACQUELINE BECERRA

Judge Jacqueline Becerra received her undergraduate degree from the University of Miami in 1991 and her law degree from Yale Law School in 1994. At Yale, she served as an editor of the Yale Law and Policy Journal and was the recipient of the John Fletcher Caskey Prize for her presentation in the final round of the law school’s mock trial competition. Upon graduation from law school, Judge Becerra joined the Honors Program at the United States Department of Justice, where she served as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division. In 1997, she became an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia and later joined the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida. She also served as Counsel to the United States Attorney from 2002 to 2004. Judge Becerra received the Tim Evans Memorial Award for Outstanding Performance as an Assistant United States Attorney and the Director's Award for Superior Performance from the Executive Office for the United States Attorneys. In 2004, she joined the law firm of Greenberg Traurig LLP as a shareholder. During her career in private practice, Judge Becerra litigated cases in state and federal court and specialized in internal investigations and compliance matters relating to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Judge Becerra also served as the firm’s Co-Chair of the International White-Collar Practice Group. As a shareholder, Judge Becerra was also active in several pro-bono organizations and served as the Managing Director for the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association, as well as the President of the Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter. Judge Becerra was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida in January 2019. On November 1, 2023, she was nominated by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. to serve as a United States District Court Judge. Judge Becerra was confirmed by the Senate, and sworn in as a District Judge on February 29, 2024.

AROUND THE WORLD: WHITE COLLAR HOT TOPICS PANEL

Jennifer Schubert

Jenn (Sasso) Schubert is an accomplished trial lawyer and former federal prosecutor who represents individuals and companies in white collar criminal and regulatory matters, as well as high-stakes civil litigation. She also conducts internal investigations and counsels companies and their boards on risk mitigation and effective regulatory compliance. Ms. Schubert represents clients in complex and sensitive investigations by prosecutors and regulatory agencies, including by the U.S. Department of Justice, United States Attorneys’ Offices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, among others Ms. Schubert spent nearly a decade at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, where she also served as Acting Chief of the Organized Crime and Gangs section. She was previously in private practice and also served as a law clerk to the Honorable José A. Cabranes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Caroline Day

Caroline is an investigations specialist. She advises companies and individuals caught up in serious and complex criminal and regulatory investigations, and has extensive experience conducting internal investigations for organisations when allegations of misconduct arise. Her cases often span multiple jurisdictions. Caroline advises clients in connection with investigations by enforcement authorities including the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency and various regulatory bodies. Much of Caroline’s work is sensitive, high profile and multi-jurisdictional. Caroline is the Vice Chair of the Fraud Lawyers Association and co-authors the chapter on witness interviews (UK perspective) for GIR’s The Practitioners Guide to Global Investigations. She is recommended in Who's Who Legal Investigations and Business Crime Defence (corporates and individuals) 2024, is listed in Legal 500 and Chambers UK, and was recognised by GIR’s Women in Investigations survey in 2018.

Soumya Dayananda

Soumya Dayananda is a partner in Willkie’s Investigations & Enforcement Practice in Washington, DC and New York. Prior to joining Willkie in 2023, Soumya previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York (EDNY) for more than a decade, where she held leadership positions in the International Narcotics and Money Laundering Section overseeing complex international narcotics and money laundering investigations and prosecutions. During her career, she served as lead trial counsel on dozens of trials, including numerous high-profile RICO cases. She began her career as prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. She also previously served as a Senior Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee to Investigate The Attack on the United States Capitol, where she led a team of attorneys investigating the law enforcement and military response on January 6; and also served as a Senior Investigative Counsel at the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), the Senate’s top oversight Committee, for Chairman Gary Peters (MI-D), where she led high-profile bipartisan investigations. In 2015, Soumya received the U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigation Group and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation’s Federal Prosecutor of the Year award, and in 2018, the Society of Asian Federal Officers Prosecutor of the Year award. She is a three-time recipient of the True American Hero Award from the Federal Drug Agents’ Foundation.In 2015, Soumya received the U.S. Department of Justice Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigation Group and the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation’s Federal Prosecutor of the Year award, and in 2018, the Society of Asian Federal Officers Prosecutor of the Year award. She is a three-time recipient of the True American Hero Award from the Federal Drug Agents’ Foundation.

Adrienne Frazior

Adrienne Frazior is a former federal prosecutor with the Department of Justice where she spent 10 years prosecuting health care fraud, public corruption, and immigration offenses. She is a shareholder in the Dallas office of Polsinelli and specializes in health care litigation, white collar defense, and reproductive rights.

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon

Muriel Goldberg-Darmon is the Managing Partner of Cohen & Gresser’s Paris Office. She is specialized in financial markets and financial service and provides both advisory and litigation services. Her practice focuses on advising listed companies and their managers, investment funds and financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance issues, corporate transactions and investigations, Muriel has significant experience in investigation, control and sanction proceedings before the French financial market authority (AMF), the Banking Authority (ACPR) and in international cooperation with foreign regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). She also assists her clients in criminal procedures before the anti-fraud office (ONAF) and the French financial prosecutor (PNF). Alongside the firm's other offices, she also advises and assists clients in cross-border investigations led by the U.S. Department of Justice (OFAC, FCPA, etc.). She is the Leader of the WWCDA French Chapter and Vice-Chair of Europe-Latin America.

Gabriela M. Ruiz

Gabriela Ruiz is the managing partner of King & Ruiz's Miami office and leads the firm’s Latin America practice. She is a highly-regarded litigator and seasoned trial lawyer who represents individual and corporate clients in domestic and cross-border disputes. Her practice includes complex commercial litigation, international judgment enforcement, asset recovery, and white collar defense. Gabriela has been recognized and ranked for her excellent legal work and client service by numerous research firms and publications, including Chambers and Latinvex.

Sophie Scemla

Sophie Scemla is a partner in the Litigation team in Paris. She specialises in corporate criminal law, investigations, compliance and ESG litigation. She has acted in complex French and international litigation, particularly in relation to fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, international corruption, international sanctions and human rights violations ("Oil for Food", Wendel, UBS, litigation relating to duty of care, etc.). She has been involved in negotiating agreements with the French and foreign authorities, in particular with the CJIP. Sophie also assists her clients in conducting internal investigations in France, Africa and Asia, and is involved in setting up compliance and risk mapping programmes for numerous French and international groups. Sophie is a member of the Paris and New York Bars. She is a former Chair of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the International Bar Association.

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Stacey F. Gottlieb

Stacey is Co-Chair of the WWCDA’s Annual Meeting Committee. She is an experienced trial lawyer who represents corporations and individuals in pre-indictment investigations and against state and federal indictments in a wide array of criminal matters. Stacey helps corporate clients navigate parallel civil/criminal proceedings and has represented public and private companies, their officers, directors, managers and executives in internal investigations stemming from governmental investigations and enforcement actions, whistleblower complaints, and compliance reviews. Stacey also represents clients in bet-the-company commercial litigation, defends clients in complex professional liability actions, and has spent substantial time in India assisting a multi-national corporation in developing its global FCPA compliance plan.

Amanda Raad

Amanda Raad is co-head of Ropes & Gray’s award-winning global anti-corruption & international risk and crisis management & investigations practices and a leading lawyer, innovator, and thought leader on global crisis management. With more than 20 years of experience, qualified in the US and a Solicitor in England & Wales, she guides clients through criminal enforcement actions, regulatory matters, and internal investigations. She also helps clients build best-in-class compliance programs and assess risk. Amanda co-founded R&G Insights Lab, a Financial Times award-winning differentiated offering that blends world-class legal services with data analytics and behavioral insights to address some of the most complex challenges facing businesses today. She serves as a Director for Lawyers Without Borders, and is committed to advancing women in the law. This is Amanda’s second year as co-chair of the WWCDA Annual Meeting, and she is former chair of the Global Enforcement Series. She is actively involved in WWCDA’s London Chapter.

Mandy Asgeirsson

Mandy Asgeirsson works with BRG’s Health Analytics practice and provides consulting services to healthcare clients and their counsel related to damages calculations, government investigations, and internal audits and investigations. She works with publicly available Medicare data and private, internal, or electronic medical records data sets to benchmark clients against peers. Ms. Asgeirsson’s work often involves managing the analysis of large sets of data to identify trends for clients or create damages models. Much of her work has focused on short-term acute care hospitals, inpatient psychiatric facilities, and post-acute care hospital systems (including skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities, long-term acute care, home health agencies, and hospice). She has also worked with physician groups, contract therapists, and specialty facilities. She has experience working with payers, and particularly Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, which she assists in investigations related to risk adjustment and submission of diagnosis codes to CMS. She uses complex data analyses in the investigation and litigation space, with outputs such as damages calculations and analyses for expert reports. In the advisory space, she uses these analytics to present trends and identify potential issues or red flags.

Kyla CurlEy

Kyla Curley, a Partner with StoneTurn, has over 20 years of experience investigating and making sense of complex and sensitive issues involving financial fraud, misuse, and misappropriation, as well as analyzing the flow of funds and other transactional reviews for organizations, counsel, and other stakeholders.

Lindi Jarvis

Lindi Jarvis is a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting and is based in Seattle and New York. Ms. Jarvis specializes in forensic accounting and litigation consulting. She has international experience in a wide range of large-scale financial investigative assignments and litigation assistance.

Susan G. Markel

Susan is a CPA with more than thirty years' experience in the investigations, financial reporting and forensic accounting space. She served as Chief Accountant of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement focusing on financial fraud and financial reporting investigations for 15 years. Since joining AlixPartners in 2009, Susan has led over 100 investigations on behalf of audit committees, boards of directors, accounting firms and company management and provides expert witness testimony for complex accounting and auditing issues. She presents her investigational findings to management, boards of directors and governmental agencies on a routine basis. She received the SEC's Distinguished Service Award related to her involvement in multiple milestone enforcement actions, as well as significant policy decisions. She has received several other awards or designations including The National Law Journal's "Governance, Risk and Compliance Trailblazer and Pioneer", Global Investigation Review’s “Women in Investigations” and as one of GIR’s “Top FCPA Practitioners”.

Mariah Rodriguez

Mariah Rodriguez a Managing Director at BDO in Miami. With a focus on regulatory transformation and financial crimes investigations, bringing 17 years of experience in the financial industry. Ms. Rodriguez area of expertise includes streamlining data processes, helping organizations become more efficient and effective in their operations. With her in-depth knowledge of data models, she tackles complex issues related to compliance, regulatory needs, and complex investigations. Throughout her career, Ms. Rodriguez has worked alongside both U.S. and international regulators, addressing rule violations and rolling out data remediation strategies. Her project portfolio includes a variety of forensic investigations, asset tracing, and developing compliance programs for different institutions. Ms. Rodriguez holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in forensic accounting and data analytics. She is also certified in Six Sigma and is fluent in both Spanish.

Stephanie Talamantez

Stephanie Talamantez stands as a distinguished FBI Agent renowned for her unwavering dedication to problem-solving and a proactive approach in tackling complex challenges. With a proven track record, she demonstrates a consistent ability to initiate, adapt, innovate, and achieve results. Specializing in investigating intricate financial fraud schemes, Ms. Talamantez has led efforts resulting in the forfeiture of assets exceeding $350 million, including a remarkable $70 million seized in cryptocurrency. This notable achievement underscores her effectiveness in addressing complex issues and identifying pragmatic solutions. During her tenure at the FBI, Ms. Talamantez focused on and spearheaded investigations into a diverse array of White Collar Crimes, encompassing money laundering, investment fraud, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, embezzlement, health care fraud, identity theft, securities fraud, interstate transportation in aid of racketeering, and public corruption. Additionally, she contributed to several investigations involving violent crimes, including crimes against children and gang and drug-related investigations. Ms. Talamantez achieved recognition as one of the FBI's leading authorities in global cryptocurrency fraud schemes and blockchain tracing and analytics. She served as the lead case agent in numerous successful global cryptocurrency fraud investigations, initiating some of the FBI's largest cryptocurrency investment fraud cases. Possessing an in-depth understanding of the fundamental aspects of the digital asset ecosystem, specifically what is significant to investigators and regulators, Ms. Talamantez maintains a profound knowledge of cryptoasset global laws and regulations. Additionally, she sustains vital partnerships with investigative and regulatory partners. Ms. Talamantez is well-versed in the current trends unfolding in the digital asset space, adept at addressing areas of concern, and proficient in identifying where innovative solutions are needed. She is a tenacious problem solver with an aptitude for identifying resolutions even in the most complex and intricate situations. With a Top Secret Security Clearance, Ms. Talamantez possesses a unique skill set, including expertise in the reconstruction of back-end SQL databases. Renowned for her proactive approach towards challenges and relentless pursuit of knowledge, she embodies a commitment to excellence reflected in her exceptional time management, analytical and critical thinking skills, and a prioritization of problemsolving, all while upholding the highest standards of professionalism. Ms. Talamantez was frequently called upon by the FBI to serve as an educator and liaison in fraud investigations. Her proficiency extends to testifying as an expert Guidepost Solutions LLC 2 STEPHANIE TALAMANTEZ (CONTINUED) witness on multiple occasions, effectively communicating complex technical concepts to diverse audiences, ranging from lawyers and judges to civilians. This ability to bridge technical and non-technical realms showcases her communication prowess. Accoladed with numerous prestigious awards in acknowledgment of her outstanding service, including Director's Awards, The FBI Medal of Excellence, U.S. Attorney’s Awards, and FBI Citations for Special Achievement, Ms. Talamantez was also honored with one of the highest distinctions bestowed upon FBI Special agents—an Excellence in Investigation Award presented by FBI Director Christopher Wray in 2021. Ms. Talamantez was a member of the FBI's Evidence Response Team (ERT) and served as an FBI Tactical Medic, delivering tactical EMT services to the bureau. Ms. Talamantez brings a wealth of experience, having served as a Forensic Scientist at both the Baltimore County Police Department and the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department. In these roles, she conducted meticulous field and laboratory analysis of evidence, specializing in the analysis of physical evidence for biological traces. Additionally, her expertise extends to DNA analysis, including extraction, amplification, and sequencing. Her tenure as a Forensic Scientist and Homicide Crime Scene Investigator at the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department involved comprehensive documentation and recovery of evidence. This encompassed crime scene examination, the development of latent fingerprints, interpretation of bloodstain patterns, analysis of bullet trajectories, and various other activities crucial to the forensic process. Ms. Talamantez worked in serology, conducting physical examinations focused on the identification, collection, and analysis of biological evidence. A believer in constructive and open communication, Ms. Talamantez values collaboration and easily adapts to challenges. Her approach involves constant assessment, pivoting when necessary, and seeking out additional resources and capabilities. With a career marked by resilience, expertise, and a commitment to justice, Ms. Talamantez stands as a formidable professional in the field of law enforcement.

Michelle Taylor

Michelle Taylor is a vice president in the Risk, Investigations & Analytics Practice at CRA. She has over 20 years of combined public and private sector experience and leads multijurisdictional investigations with a particular focus on white collar investigations, internal investigations, risk mitigation, and crisis management. Prior to joining CRA, Michelle was a managing director at a risk advisory firm, and was responsible for managing incident response matters, custom security programs, and providing strategic advisory services to clients. From 2005 to 2019, Ms. Taylor served as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working on matters ranging from public corruption to counterterrorism. She also served in detail assignments in the US Senate and the White House National Security Council during her time in the FBI.

Suzanne Thompson

Suzanne R. Thompson is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in San Francisco. With more than 25 years of accounting and litigation experience, she specializes in providing financial and accounting expert analyses and testimony in federal and state courts and private arbitrations. Her primary areas of concentration are damage analyses arising from business disputes as well as general business and litigation consulting. Ms. Thompson has assisted counsel and corporate clients with matters arising from breach of contract, M&A disputes, intellectual property infringement and misappropriation, wage loss, internal investigations, and other commercial disputes.

Danielle Wolford

Danielle’s expertise includes forensic accounting matters related to SEC reporting violations, fraud investigations resulting from alleged fraudulent activities, Ponzi scheme matters, and litigation matters that require the calculation and determination of economic damages and lost profits. Danielle has been involved in cases related to the appropriate application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards. She is experienced in researching, analyzing, and reconstructing complex accounting and financial records, along with evaluating non-financial data for purposes of performing financial and forensic analysis as well as the restatement of company financials.

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Susan Bozorgi

Susan has been passionately fighting for clients facing criminal charges since 1994. She is known for her persistence and perseverance.

She started her career as an assistant public defender. In that capacity, she tried multiple jury trials as lead counsel defending individuals charged with offenses ranging from misdemeanors to first degree murder.

Almost twenty years ago, Susan joined forces with Yery Marrero to form Marrero Bozorgi PL (now Bozorgi Law PLLC), a firm dedicated to representing individuals and corporations under investigation or charged in a criminal or regulatory matters, with an emphasis on white-collar offenses. Yery has since left the firm to become a judge. Bozorgi Law is an all female boutique defense firm with two partners and one associate. 

Susan has extensive experience in federal court, where she has been lead counsel and defended clients charged by the United States Government with offenses including Medicare fraud, pharmaceutical fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, security fraud, money laundering, drug conspiracies, aggravated identity theft crimes, tax offenses, Hobbs act violations, and firearm offenses. She has litigated in both state and federal courts throughout the country and has tried well over 75 jury trials.

She has experience representing professionals from all business sectors, including lawyers, doctors, executives, and politicians who are facing either the possibility of a criminal charge or have been formally charged. Susan also has experience representing individuals before the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In the last decade, Susan increased her leadership role in the criminal defense field and currently serves as the Global Vice Chair on the Executive Committee for WWCDA, as a past board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and served for many years as the co-chair of the Defense Function Committee, which serves as the voice of the defense bar for the Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association. She has also committed herself to supporting women in the criminal defense field as the founder of the Women Criminal Defense Attorneys blog, and in her local community as co-chair of the Florida Chapter for WWCDA.

Both Susan individually and the firm are ranked by Chambers and Partners USA for White Collar and Government Investigations.  She has been listed in Best Lawyers in America© since 2018 for White Collar Defense, and been AV-Rated by Martindale Hubbell for many years. 

Susan routinely speaks around the country on issues related to white collar defense. 

Ruchi Kaushal

Ruchi Kaushal has been the General Counsel of Cable & Wireless Communications, a leading telecommunications operator in the Caribbean and Latin America, since 2017. Prior to joining Cable & Wireless, Ms. Kaushal was a Vice President at Liberty Global, the largest European telecommunications company, for four years, and an Assistant General Counsel at Virgin Media, the U.K.'s largest cable operator, for six years. Ms. Kaushal trained in the U.S. capital markets group of Shearman & Sterling LLP in Toronto, Canada and London, England. She has a B.A. in Economics, a LL.B and a MBA. She is a founding director of the Cable & Wireless Charitable Foundation and also serves on the Board for Cable & Wireless Jamaica Limited and the Senior Advisory Board for the Apollo Leadership Institute. She currently lives in Miami with her husband and two children.

Yasbel Perez

Yasbel graduated from University of Miami School of Law in May 2018. I worked in private practice for about 4 years and have been in-house since 2022 with Bradesco Bank.

Effie Silva

Effie D. Silva is an experienced, public company leader who has a stellar track advising board of directors and senior management on a broad range of issues, including transactional, litigation, corporate governance, compliance and DEI matters. She currently serves as the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc. (NYSE: FDP), a $4.5B food company.  In this role, Effie leads the Company’s legal, risk management, corporate governance, trade compliance, food safety, government affairs and corporate reporting functions. 

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Irina Sivachenko

Irina Sivachenko is a senior attorney in Ropes & Gray’s litigation and enforcement practice group, focusing her practice on white collar criminal defense and representing clients in civil and criminal enforcement matters and cross-border internal investigations. Her work centers on matters involving allegations of corruption, fraud, and money laundering and she regularly advises clients on compliance with anti-corruption laws, anti-money laundering laws, and other regulatory issues. Irina maintains an award-winning pro bono practice representing victims of domestic violence and asylum seekers, and she is a member of the Pro Bono Council for Sanctuary for Families. She has also been elected as a term member to the Council on Foreign Relations, and is an active member of WWCDA.

Alise JohnSon

Alise Johnson currently works as Senior Trial Counsel in the Miami Regional office of the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, having previously worked at two national law firms.  Alise also worked at UBS Financial Services as Associate General Counsel and as a law clerk to former Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff.  She received her undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a JD from University of Florida.  

Alise is Chair of the Board of SWIFS, a non-profit dedicated to helping women advance professionally in the financial services industry. She also serves on the Board of the SEED Miami School, a public boarding college preparatory school that serves underserved students.  Awards include the SEC’s Chair Award for Investor Protection,  SEC’s Chair’s Award for Excellence, SEC’s Director Award, SWIFS Member of the Year, Junior League of Miami’s Leadership Award and the U.S. Presidential Points of Light Volunteer Service Award.