COMPLIANCE WEEK - Key Persons


Aaron Nicodemus

Job Titles:
  • Staff Writer - Financial Services
Aaron Nicodemus covers regulatory policy and compliance trends for Compliance Week. He previously worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Law and as business editor at the Telegram & Gazette in Worcester, Mass.

Adrianne Appel

Job Titles:
  • Staff Writer - Technology
Adrianne Appel writes regulatory news, policy, and trends for Compliance Week. She previously reported about policy developments for Bloomberg Law and Bloomberg Government.

Ajai Bambawale

Job Titles:
  • TD Bank Chief Risk Officer
TD Bank Chief Risk Officer Ajai Bambawale said "procedural weaknesses" in the institution's U.S. anti-money laundering program allowed bad actors to exploit its network.

Aly McDevitt

Job Titles:
  • Data & Research Journalist
Aly McDevitt is Data & Research Journalist at Compliance Week. She has a background in education and college consulting. Prior to teaching, she was an editor/author at Thomson Reuters, where she reported on private equity and venture capital activity in emerging markets and edited content on international business, legal, and regulatory developments.

Amii Barnard-Bahn

Job Titles:
  • Contributor

Angela Ruggiero

Job Titles:
  • Customer Service Manager

Anne Morriss

Anne Morriss, co-author of "Move Fast and Fix Things," advises compliance officers to tap into curiosity, communicativeness, and comfort with discomfort to build organizational trust, fast.

Arielle Hitch

Job Titles:
  • Training and Ad Operations Manager

Bill Burtis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer of Networking and Cybersecurity Solutions Company Juniper Networks, Was Named CCO of the Year at the 2023 Excellence in Compliance Awards
Bill Burtis, affable chief compliance officer of networking and cybersecurity solutions company Juniper Networks, was named CCO of the Year at the 2023 Excellence in Compliance Awards.

Daniel Gorringe - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Executive
  • Managing Director

Donna O'Neill

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sales and Marketing

Doug Juenemann

Job Titles:
  • Director of Sponsorship Sales

Eric Young

Job Titles:
  • Advisory Board Members
Compliance Week Advisory Board members Eric Young and Ellen Hunt participate in a debate-style discussion regarding whistleblower-related topics including culture of compliance, monetary incentives, retaliation, and more.

Erik Gerding

Job Titles:
  • Director of the Securities
Erik Gerding, director of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance, issued a statement addressing early inconsistencies observed under the agency's new cybersecurity incident disclosure rule.

Gina Nese - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Head of Compliance
Gina Nese, head of compliance and privacy at Align Technology, jumps at the chance to share new ideas and ways to innovate, including regarding emerging technologies like AI. Her work earned her recognition as CCO of the Year at the 2024 Excellence in Compliance Awards.

Giovanni Corrado

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at BBVA Global Wealth Advisors
Giovanni Corrado, deputy chief compliance officer at BBVA Global Wealth Advisors, shares with Compliance Week his personal goal to change the narrative around compliance and his interests at the intersection of regulation and technology.

Greg Shore

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer, CW & FRA

Jaclyn Jaeger

Job Titles:
  • Contributor

Jean-Sébastien Grisé - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Credit Officer
  • Senior Vice President

Jeff Dale

Job Titles:
  • Managing Editor
  • Managing Editor, Editorial Projects and Analytics
Jeff Dale is Managing Editor, Editorial Projects and Analytics, at Compliance Week. He previously served as Compliance Week's Digital Editor and has worked as a copy editor at the Boston Herald and city editor at The Hour Publishing Co. in Norwalk, Conn.

Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein's designation as a high-risk client should have subjected him to enhanced due diligence that never appeared to occur, most notably at Deutsche Bank. Instead, Epstein was allowed to continue his misconduct despite numerous red flags.

Joe Benz - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Legal Officer
  • General Counsel

Katie Klokner

Job Titles:
  • Senior Operations Manager
  • Operations

Kelsey Giroux

Job Titles:
  • Senior Marketing Manager

Kyle Brasseur

Job Titles:
  • Editor in Chief
  • Editorial
Kyle Brasseur is Editor in Chief of Compliance Week. His background includes expertise in user personalization with ESPN.com.

Kyle Welch

Job Titles:
  • George Washington University Associate Professor of Accountancy

Maria L. Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Contributor

Martin Gruenberg

Martin Gruenberg announced he will step down as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation following the release of an independent review that criticized the agency's lack of response to employee claims of sexual harassment and discrimination.

Melanie Sponholz - Chief Compliance Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Director
Melanie Sponholz, chief compliance officer and director of responsible investing, portfolio operations at Waud Capital Partners, discusses with Compliance Week her mentoring philosophy, the ways she connects with other professionals, and the importance of influence to the compliance function.

Meredith Anastasio

Job Titles:
  • Global Events Director

Michelle Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Federal Reserve Board Governor
Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman argued banking regulators should move from their current reactive posture on banking innovation to a position that actively encourages new technologies, business models, and ideas to solve age-old problems.

Morgan Storm

Job Titles:
  • Membership Success Manager

Neil Hodge

Job Titles:
  • Contributor

Nesrine Sid-Otmane

Job Titles:
  • Accounting and Office Assistant

Stacey Teicher

Job Titles:
  • Senior Sales Manager