OFAC Director & Senior Officials to Convene at ACI’s Economic Sanctions Enforcement Forum-June 5-6

March 8, 2013 - PRLog -- Once again, senior officials from the Office of Foreign Assets Control and other key agencies will gather at American Conference Institute’s 6th Advanced Forum on  Economic Sanctions Compliance & Enforcement, scheduled for June 5-6 in Washington, DC. Members of the financial and export communities and the private bar have already confirmed to attend this program, which is widely regarded as the only comprehensive benchmarking and networking event dedicated to complex economic sanctions issues.

The new, unmatched 2013 faculty line-up has already been the subject of much critical acclaim:  

· Six OFAC officials have confirmed their participation:
o    Adam J. Szubin, Director, OFAC
o    Dennis Wood, Assistant Director, Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, OFAC
o    Thomas Feddo, Assistant Director for Enforcement, OFAC
o    Eytan Fisch, Assistant Director, Policy, OFAC
o    Andrea Gacki, Assistant Director for Licensing, OFAC
o    Leslie Devereaux, Sanctions Information Coordinator, OFAC

· Once again, the State Department will be discussing its interpretation of Iran sanctions:
o    Darnall Steuart, Director, Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation, US Department of State

· Two senior Department of Justice Prosecutors will be taking audience questions:
o    Seetha Ramachandran, Deputy Chief, Asset Forfeiture & Money Laundering Section, Money Laundering & Bank Integrity Unit, US Department of Justice
o    Steven Pelak, Deputy Chief and National Coordinator – Export Enforcement, Counterespionage Section - National Security Division, US Department of Justice

· OCC, FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board will be discussing how they grade sanctions  compliance programs:
o    Debra Novak, Chief, Anti-Money Laundering Section, FDIC
o    Timothy Leary, Senior Special AML, Examiner, Federal Reserve Board
o    Indira Crum, BSA/AML Compliance Specialist, OCC

· OFAC and  BIS will update attendees on TSRA and other licensing trends
o    Andrea Gacki, Assistant Director for Licensing, OFAC
o    Anthony Christino III, Director, Foreign Policy Division, BIS, US Department of Commerce

· Highly respected sanctions experts  and OFAC alumni have confirmed their participation, including:
o    Dorothy Bennett, Executive Director, JP Morgan
o    Irene Meijer, Global Head, AML & FEC, ING (The Netherlands)
o    Julia Hanft, Vice President & General Counsel, Globecomm Systems
o    Francois Michaud, Head of Special Affairs & Regulatory, Crédit Agricole (Paris)
o    Jay G. Martin, VP, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel, Baker Hughes
o    Cara Griffin, Senior Staff Counsel, Chrysler Group LLC
o    Deborah Gille, OFAC Sanctions & Trade Controls Leader, GE Capital
o    Lorraine B. Lawlor, VP, Financial Crimes Risk Management, Wells Fargo
o    Joshua Holzer, Chief Compliance Counsel for Global Trade, Pfizer Inc.
o    Clay Stevenson, Global Economic Sanctions Executive, Bank of America
o    Marty Nevrla, A.V.P. & Senior Corporate Counsel, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
o    Carol Fuchs, Counsel, International Trade Regulation, General Electric
o    Sheryl Cottrell, Global Head, Core Compliance, AIG Property Casualty
o    Molly McLane, Global Economic Sanctions Counsel, Morgan Stanley

Early bird pricing and group rates are available for a limited timeframe.
Based on the past success of this event, seats are expected to sell out quickly. To view the brochure and register, please call 1-888-224-2480 or visit http://www.AmericanConference.com/OFAC

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