ACAMS Northern California Chapter March 2026 Virtual Event: 2026 Regulatory Landscape Discussion with OCC, FDIC and CA DFPI

Christy Cornell-Pape is serving as Acting Chief over the Anti-Money Laundering and Cyberfraud Sections in Washington, D.C.  She has been in this temporary position for over a year.  When not in this role, Christy is a Supervisory Examiner in the San Francisco Field Office (10 years) and was previously Case Manager – Special Activities (16 years) in the San Francisco Regional Office.   Christy has been an anti-money laundering and fraud subject matter expert since 1999, first encountering fraud at several bank examinations in her formative years with the FDIC.  Christy is a native Californian who traversed from Southern to Northern California via Louisiana thanks to her husband’s penchant for higher education. (She IS still married.)   In her spare time, she is a performing artist, dance teacher, and dog mom.

Kimberly Schaefer is a BSA/AML Compliance Policy Specialist for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). In this role, she develops supervisory policies and procedures, provides guidance to OCC management, field examiners, and bankers related to AML/CFT laws and regulations, and participates in international AML/CFT policy development through the Financial Action Task Force. Kimberly previously served as a lead examiner and subject matter expert for the OCC’s Western District on AML/CFT related matters. Prior to joining the OCC, she worked for an international consulting firm where her primary focus was the development and implementation of effective AML/CFT governance at complex international financial institutions. Kimberly graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a bachelor’s degree in business economics and accounting. She is a CPA and holds a CAMS certification.