Colby Smith
Federal Reserve Bank
Colby Smith is a traditional financial services professional with distinctive experience at the intersection of traditional banking and the evolving digital asset ecosystem. Prior to his career at the Dallas Fed, he has held various roles at leading institutions, including JP Morgan’s Commercial Bank (CCBSI), MoneyGram, and TIB – The Independent Banker’s Bank.
Beyond traditional finance, Colby has served as a strategic consultant for a major foreign correspondent bank and a leading cryptocurrency exchange. This dual background offers a unique perspective on the regulatory, technical, and economic frameworks necessary to bridge the gap between legacy payments systems and the emerging stablecoin market.
Kevin Gulledge, CAMS
Principal Consultant
Abrigo
Kevin Gulledge, CAMS, is a Principal Consultant with over twenty years’ experience in the retail banking sector, having worked with financial institutions in a variety of roles, including retail, operations, compliance, and BSA/AML. Since 2014, Kevin has served Abrigo customers in the Advisory Services department, working with domestic and international financial institutions, including BSA, fraud, and compliance staff, on various advisory projects, including model validations, transaction monitoring program reviews, risk assessments, and more. He is a certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS), and a member of the national and local chapters of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. Kevin earned his bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Texas at Austin.
Chuck Taylor, JD, CAMS, CAFP
Head of AML Commercial Strategy for Nasdaq Verafin
Chuck serves as the Head of AML Commercial Strategy for Nasdaq Verafin and is tasked with aligning sales execution with product vision and go-to-market strategies, empowering sales teams, and unlocking growth across diverse customer segments. Chuck works closely with product management teams, business leaders, and clients to ensure that the company’s offerings are aligned with current regulatory standards and effectively address the evolving challenges in the financial services industry.
In addition, Chuck serves as a subject matter expert on AML regulations, industry trends, and best practices for financial crime prevention for Verafin. His role involves providing strategic insights to enhance the company’s financial crime solutions and assisting clients in navigating complex compliance requirements.
Prior to joining Nasdaq Verafin Chuck served as EVP, Head of Financial Crimes Advisory (FCA) at AML RightSource and SVP and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer for City National Bank (CNB) a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC).
Chuck completed his Juris Doctorate in 2001, received certification as an Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in 2003 with the inaugural class and became a Certified AML and Fraud Professional (CAFP) in 2018.
Chuck was a founding member and former Co-Chair of the Southern California Chapter of ACAMS and is a Board member of both the West Coast Anti-Money Laundering Forum and the AML Partnership Forum.
In 2014 Chuck was recognized as the ACAMS Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Professional of the Year.
Kim Hamilton
VP, Premier Products Management
NICE Actimize
Carol Beaumier
Senior Managing Director
Protiviti
Carol is a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s Risk and Compliance practice. Prior to joining Protiviti, Carol was a Partner with Arthur Andersen where she led the Global Regulatory Practice; a founding member of The Secura Group and leader of the firm’s Risk Management practice; and a regulator with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department, where she served as Chief of Staff to the Comptroller.
An experienced consultant with more than thirty-five years of experience, Carol has extensive knowledge of numerous risk and regulatory issues affecting the financial services industry and frequently writes about and speaks on these issues. She has worked with clients across the Americas, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
She has also been a lecturer at the Boston University School of Law for which she designed and taught a financial crimes course in the University’s Certificate in Financial Services Compliance program.
Major Projects
- Assisted numerous financial institutions, domestic and international. with AML and sanctions-related regulatory remediation, including, but not limited to, redesigning risk assessment methodologies and KYC standards, revamping policies and procedures, enhancing transaction monitoring, improving and improving management reporting.
- Served as subject matter expert on the design and implementation of a global sanctions program for a large multinational financial intuition, the project included the development of a sanctions risk assessment methodology, sanctions policy and procedures and sanctions training.
- Conducted, under the direction of counsel, a lookback investigation of alleged sanctions violations of a US subsidiary of a global financial institution.
- Assisted multiple banking organizations identify applicable US regulatory requirements,, risk assess the requirements and ensure adequate compliance and internal audit monitoring of requirements.
- Assisted non-US banking organizations with their applications to obtain US charters/licenses.
- Advised multiple financial institutions on their US regulatory strategies.
- Have supported numerous internal audit engagements as a regulatory subject matter expert..
- Authored and oversaw the development of the firm’s financial crime thought leadership.
- Developed and conducted training for clients on a variety of regulatory topics.
Stephanie Bauman
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of Texas
Stephanie Bauman graduated from Harvard College in June 2001 with a BA in English and American Literature and Language. She worked as a strategy consultant for IBM Global Services after college before attending Harvard Law School, from which she earned her JD in June 2006.
After law school, Ms. Bauman worked as a civil litigator at Baker Botts LLP for over five years and a federal law clerk for four years. She joined the United States Attorney’s Office in 2016.
As an AUSA, Ms. Bauman has worked in the Asset Recovery, Immigration and Special Victims, and Fraud units. She has prosecuted a wide range of federal criminal violations including child exploitation, immigration, narcotics, and fraud offenses. Many of her cases involve money laundering charges. Since 2023, she has served as the Elder Justice Coordinator in her office. In this role, she tracks and advises on cases involving elderly victims. She also works closely with agents from multiple federal agencies who investigate transnational criminal organizations perpetrating online and telemarketing fraud schemes against primarily elderly victims. She conducts periodic public outreach with law enforcement partners to promote awareness and avoidance of the most common types of scams affecting the elderly.
Kyle Shadowens
Postal Inspector
United States Postal Service
William (Pat) Huttenbach
Attorney
Crain, Caton & James, P.C.
Jon Muschenheim
Gregor Wynne Arney PLLC
Jon Muschenheim last spoke at the GCAML forum in 2023 when he was still part of the Southern District of Texas’ US Attorney’s office. He began practicing law in South Texas in 1987 with Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association hall of fame attorney, Douglas Tinker. After learning from a master for five years, he went out on his own for five years before joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas where he worked for 26.5 years.
As of May 1, 2024, Jon has joined Houston’s Gregor Wynne Arney PLLC firm to share his wealth of experience and expertise in federal investigations, federal regulatory matters, criminal defense, and civil defense. At the firm, Jon has concentrated on federal white collar matters, forfeiture/restitution, and government investigations.
As an Assistant U.S. Attorney, Jon spent over ten years as a supervisor leading two different sections: first, the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDTEF), and, then the Financial Investigations Unit, which focuses on federal seizures and asset forfeiture. ln the Financial Investigations Unit, he had supervisory authority over countless fraud cases, gambling cases, health care fraud cases, public corruption cases, import/export cases, narcotics cases, and national security cases. His unit also initiated numerous civil forfeiture actions.
Mr. Muschenheim was the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) coordinator for the Southern District of Texas for the last five years, ending in 2023. Jon also served the Department of Justice, since 2007, by providing training to federal agents, attorneys, and analysts around the United States on matters regarding such things as money laundering, financial investigations, and foreign evidence. He has worked with virtually every federal agency that his criminal defense clients might encounter, including NASA OlG, FDIC OlG, SBA OIG, U.S. Fish and Wildlife, National Park Service, U.S. State Department, HSl, lRS, DEA, FBl, EPA, ATF, FinCEN, OFAC, and the OCC.
Cameron Powell
Litigation Counsel
Gregor Wynne Arney PLLC
Cameron Powell, litigation counsel with Gregor Wynne Arney PLLC and co-founder of DeepLaw LLP and Inventiply, Inc., is a lawyer, tech entrepreneur, writer, and startup whisperer for leaders in AI, IP, and innovation. Inventiply, in alpha mode, blends human expertise and AI to show IP owners how to find infringers and licensees and to increase the value of their inventions, while providing investors with assessments of the valuation and strength of target companies’ IP portfolios.
Cameron has been a founder or executive in a dozen startups. He speaks regularly on human-centered AI law, policy, and ethics. After Harvard Law School, Cameron mastered high-stakes federal litigation at the Department of Justice and intellectual property at a major law firm before embarking on a 23-year crash course in tech startups. Cameron graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He’s the author of Ordinary Magic: Promises I Made My Mother Through Life, Illness, and a Very Long Walk, currently being pitched as a limited series for television. He also gives keynotes on “The Legacy Mindset” and in January 2026 began writing a book as a legacy for his then-unborn daughter at LetterstoaLittleGirl.com and Substack.