Greater St. Louis Chapter

Shawn Ledbetter is the Director of Regulatory Compliance at Ameristar Casino St. Charles. Shawn provides leadership, direction, guidance and assistance on all regulatory compliance matters. She is focused on the development of close relationships with regulators, executives and company leaders to investigate risk and support operations.

Shawn holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Bachelor of Science in Accounting. Shawn obtained her CAMS certification in 2015 and is a current member of the St. Louis Chapter of ACAMS. 

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Chris Saykes is a Senior Examiner with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis and serves as the 8th District BSA/AML Risk Coordinator. This entails responsibility for all BSA/AML related examination work in the District.  He has over 20 years of experience in the banking industry as a regulator. Chris also served 2 years as a senior bank consultant for a regional accounting firm serving as a BSA/AML and OFAC compliance specialist, where he provided advisory services for a number of large and diversified financial institutions. Chris received his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Keller Graduate School of Management and his undergraduate degree from St. Louis University where he majored in Finance. Chris is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

Jenna Ju is currently an Senior AML, Sanctions Analyst for Mastercard. Focused on new customer onboarding globally and assessment of monitoring control outputs. Jenna is also part of a larger cross-functional team, with responsibility for escalating concerns for appropriate investigation and research by the company’s global compliance team.

Prior to the role at Mastercard, Jenna was employed at SogoTrade and Scottrade (currently TD Ameritrade). Jenna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from the Nanjing Artillery Academy in Nanjing, China. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). 

Casey Gilliam has worked in the financial services and brokerage industries for over 20 years. In her current role as a Business Risk & Control Officer for Wells Fargo, Casey provides governance and oversight of the Front Line Self Assurance Program within Wealth & Investment Management business lines. Prior to joining Wells Fargo, she was an AML Governance Analyst for Scottrade, Inc. Casey started her career in the financial industry in consumer banking where she spent 10 years with US Bank, holding various roles within the retail branches and compliance quality assurance.

Casey received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. She holds the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) designations and currently holds active FINRA Series 7 and 63 registrations.

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Ron Moore is a Director in the combined TD Ameritrade/Charles Schwab organization. His responsibilities include leading TDA AML technology efforts, aligning work to AML and business strategy and working on technology/case management efforts in the integration between the two firms.

Prior to joining TD Ameritrade in 2018 as part of an earlier acquisition, Ron worked for Scottrade, Inc. for twelve years training and managing teams of AML associates, implementing and supporting a new transaction monitoring system, and was involved in the creation, tuning and analysis of new alerts and monitoring procedures and preparing risk assessments for Scottrade’s bank and brokerage divisions.

Ron holds a master’s degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and currently holds active FINRA Series 7, 63, 24 and 57 registrations.

Animesh is a strategic leader with over 20 years of experience in anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions compliance, and fraud detection area. Throughout his career, he has helped domestic and global financial institutions implement, manage, and validate the Financial Crimes Compliance Program.

Currently, Animesh is serving as a senior AML executive for Forvis Mazars helping financial institutions design and develop the Financial Crime Compliance Program. He also has significant experience helping institutions remediate regulatory actions and Model Risk Management. Prior to Forvis, Animesh worked at Crowe, Oracle, and consulted at FINRA.

He holds an MBA in international finance and is CAMS (Certified AML Specialist), CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) and SCR (Sustainability and Climate Risk) certified. He spearheaded the establishment of the Disabilities Business Resource Group at Crowe and is past Chair of Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council. He currently serves on the board of Emmaus Homes.

Mitch Farsad is the Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Stifel Financial which is comprised of Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Investigations. In this role, Mitch is responsible for the development, implementation, and oversight of Stifel’s global transaction monitoring and trade surveillance programs. Prior to this role, he served as a Manager for Stifel’s AML Enhanced Due Diligence Team where he led a team responsible for conducting comprehensive investigations on the highest risk, most complex, client relationships of the firm.

Mitch has over 13 years of experience in the AML space with broad exposure to various financial sectors including banking, brokerage, digital/retail/business banking, loans, credit cards, trusts, capital markets, and investment banking. He is a key contributor to the development of an Enterprise AML Program, which involved establishment of policies/procedures, risk assessments, training, QA/QC reviews, gap analysis/remediation’s, development & implementation of process improvements, and ensuring the AML program is in full compliance with Federal and Regulatory guidelines.

In addition to his FINRA Series 7, Series 66, and Series 24 licenses, Mitch is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS). He also serves as an Advisory Board Member on the Board of Directors for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Greater St. Louis Chapter, serves as an Advisory Board Member on the Board of Directors for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Kansas City Chapter, serves as an Advisory Board Member on the Board of Directors for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) St. Louis Chapter, and serves as an Advisory Board Member on the Board of Directors for the Coalition Against Financial Crimes (CAFC).

Keith currently serves as a Senior Team Leader in the Payment Risk Oversight department at Edward Jones. Prior to this role, Keith served as AML Governance and Advisory Manager for Wells Fargo Advisors and First Clearing.

He has over 23 years of experience in the brokerage industry starting out in various operational roles in New York and Milwaukee, WI before moving into the Risk/Compliance space 16 years ago while with Bank of New York (BNY) Clearing in Milwaukee.

Keith moved to Wachovia Securities (now Wells Fargo Advisors) in Richmond, VA in 2004 as a member of their Compliance Department. From there he moved over to First Clearing Correspondent Services as a Compliance Liaison.

Keith holds a Master’s in Business Administration from The Keller Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor’s Degree from Siena College in Loudonville, NY. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and currently holds active FINRA Series 7, 24, and 27 registrations.