Thamecia Bullard (Co-Chair) has nearly 10 years of financial crime experience working at one of the Big Four banks and at a medium sized regional bank. Thamecia, has worked as an Identity and Transactional Fraud Investigator. And as an Anti-Money Laundering Analyst conducting alert level and case level reviews including SAR filings and other complex investigations. She also spent some time being a Team Lead, Subject Matter Expert (SME), and currently works as a Senior Analyst at EY.

Aside from working complex investigations, Thamecia is also a AML trainer and speaker at various events. As part of her prior roles, Thamecia has become adept in utilizing open-source intelligence for financial investigations. In July 2020, Thamecia created and launched a free resourceful website for AML investigators, “Financial Crimes Research Links” which contains quick links and research options for financial crimes analysts.

Thamecia is committed to contributing to the financial crimes and compliance community.

Victoria Starr (Co-Chair) is currently a Regulatory Reviewer with the Prepaid Financial Intelligence Unit at U.S. Bank. In this role she supports the AML and KYC programs, helping to develop and improve processes and completing internal and external audit tasks surrounding these programs.

Victoria has over 13 years of banking experience working in some capacity with Financial Crime prevention for Citi and U.S. Bank.

Rachel Hershberger (Programming Director) is a Quality Analyst for the Quality Control team in Internal Controls as part of the Payment Services Operations team at US Bank in Florida.

In her role she is responsible for developing and executing testing programs for all areas of financial crimes processes. Rachel has five years of banking experience with US Bank. She is known for her attention to detail, strong drive for performance and her ability to problem solve.

Rachel has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Armstrong Atlantic State University. She is a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS). In her free time, Rachel enjoys reading and spending time with family and friends.

Amy Rockhold (Communications Director) has been working as a Fraud Analyst for U.S. Bank for several years. She has more than 20 years of banking experience, which has allowed her to work with many aspects of the financial industry and financial crime. Amy has a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from American Intercontinental University and is preparing for the CFCS certification.

Roberto C. Castro-Fuentes (Membership Director) is the AVP, AML Investigations Manager in Jacksonville, FL combating financial crimes via retail banking, including fraud, human trafficking, terrorist financing, risk activities related to wires (High-Risk Geography), possible structuring, amongst others. He started his career in the financial services industry in 2008 at Caracas International Banking Corp in private/international banking and transitioned to fighting financial crime at Citi Bank in 2015. He has managed teams in the AML sector for Citi Bank, Deutsche Bank, and Ameris Bank involving strategic planning, compliance application & adherence, analytics, transaction monitoring, cross-border wires, informal currency exchange, and investigations.

Roberto attended the University of Puerto Rico. He has a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Management and Finance. Professionally, he is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS) and completed courses in entrepreneurship, business plan strategies, marketing, human resources, financing, planning and development, insurance, and budget strategies, among other business-related topics.

Mary Cobb (Secretary) is an experienced Financial Professional with more than 15- years in the financial services industry, including hands-on experience in Compliance, Financial Investigations, Audit, Risk Management, and Mortgage. Her professional experience includes AML/KYC, Default Audit including Breach/Repurchase/Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, Mortgage Originations and Servicing, including working as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) Compliance Project for Foreclosure Declarations and Federal Housing Administration (FHA) 1st Legal Misses. Additionally, SME for AML FIU Operations and Cards KYC Analysts, providing coaching, gap training, mentoring, and guidance on AML and KYC procedures and processes’ including Enhanced Due Diligence and Complex case reviews.

Currently, Mary is the Lead AML/KYC Compliance Analyst with Citi in Jacksonville, Florida, with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Management and a Master of Education with an Emphasis on Curriculum and Instruction. She is known for tackling tough cases, problem-resolution, and approaching each challenge with confidence and as an opportunity to learn something new.

Andrea Lee Valentin, CFCS, CFE, CAMS (Chapter Advisor) has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry and is currently the VP, Prepaid Operations in Jacksonville Florida where she oversees the company’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Strategic OPS Vendor Management, Financial Operations, and Card Operations teams. She has a BA in accounting from the University of Central Florida and a MBA in Economic Crime and Fraud Management from Utica College. Andrea’s case, Small Town Boys, appears in Joseph Wells’ “Internet Fraud Casebook: The World Wide Web of Deceit”. Andrea has served on the Jacksonville Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for 10+ years and currently is serving as the Chapter President Emeritus and Advisor. She is a co-founder of the Payments Risk and Fraud Consortium (PRFC) and is also currently serving on the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Ritchie‐Jennings Memorial Scholarship Committee. Andrea is excited to join the NE FL Chapter of the ACFCS as an advisor.