Nereisy "Nessy" Garces

Financial Control Analyst, Florida Office of Financial Regulation

Ms. Nessy Garces is a Financial Control Analyst with the Office of Financial Regulation (OFR). As an OFR examiner, she leads financial institution safety and soundness examinations, which include AML/CFT reviews. Prior to joining the OFR, Ms. Garces worked in retail banking where she held multiple managerial roles, including AML and compliance oversight. She graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University with a master's degree in business administration. Additionally, Ms. Garces has earned a certification from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS).

Dan Haggerty

Principal Examiner, BSA/AML Risk Supervision Team, Federal Reserve

LDan Haggerty is a Principal Examiner on the BSA/AML Risk Supervision Team of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Dan conducts BSA/AML examinations for systemically important financial institutions, large and regional banks, and the US operations of foreign banks. In 2019 and 2020, he was a Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council award recipient for his contributions to BSA/AML examiner training. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, he was a manager at Protiviti in the Regulatory Risk Consulting Group. His responsibilities involved remediating enforcement actions and implementing/assessing AML transaction monitoring systems. Dan joined the Supervision and Regulation Department in January 2012. He holds an MPA degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Political Science from Florida State University.

Dulce Jerez

BSA/AML Lead Expert Southeast, Examiner Development (RRED), OCC

Dulce Jerez is the BSA/AML Lead Expert (LE) for three Regions (East, Southeast, and Northeast) within the Risk, Resource, and Examiner Development (RRED) Division since June 2020. As Lead Expert, she promotes compliance with RRED’s policies and initiatives, applies consistent treatment for BSA/AML and OFAC supervisory findings, and identify risks impacting the Regions. In addition, as BSA LE, she identifies specific training needs of examiners, provides input on examiner training projects, and assists in developing examiner training materials. She belongs to the BSA Instructor Cadre of the OCC and teaches in the domestic and international schools. 

Dulce joined the OCC in 2012 as BSA Specialist, she conducted BSA examinations that included BSA/AML laws and regulations, and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations. She led High complex BSA Exams for Large Banks Supervision (LBS) and Midsize and Community Banks Supervision (MCBS). Prior joining the OCC, she worked as BSA Officer at International Banks in Miami, FL. for over eighteen years. 

Dulce was a professor for eleven years at her Alma Matter Pontificia Universidad Madre y Maestra in Dominican Republic. She holds a master’s degree in business administration, Global Management; a bachelor’s degree in Science (Math and Physics), and a bachelor’s degree in Counseling. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Associate in Anti-Money Laundering from the Florida International University (FIU). She is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Specialist (ACFE).

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