The Latest Developments in Cuba Sanctions.

Andrii has over seven years of sanctions and export controls compliance experience in the financial industry. Currently at Stripe, Andrii leads on export controls compliance issues and provides sanctions advisory for a portfolio of products and initiatives, including deployment of large language models to improve accuracy of sanctions screening controls. Prior to Stripe, Andrii focused on sanctions compliance advisory for two years at Scotiabank’s Global Sanctions Office. Before his time at Scotiabank, he spent four years working on sanctions investigations at CIBC.

Ricardo “Ric” Herrero is the Executive Director of the Cuba Study Group, a non-partisan, non-profit organization that educates U.S. policymakers and private sector stakeholders on policies that improve the wellbeing of the Cuban people. Ricardo is a lawyer and government affairs professional with close to two decades of experience working at the intersection of international relations, law, politics, media, and philanthropy. From 2012 through 2017, he led two successful advocacy campaigns to promote diplomatic and economic ties between the United States and Cuba, and was recognized by the Obama Administration for his pivotal work shaping public opinion in support of the former president’s efforts to normalize relations with Havana. Ricardo has a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and a B.A. in Business Administration from Florida International University. He is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Ivy Llena has over 14 years of experience in the learning and development field, providing capacity-building and professional development programs for corporate and social service agencies in the US and the Philippines.

Before joining ACSS, she was a program director at a non-profit organization in the Philippines, where she co-designed and co-implemented economic empowerment programs and services for survivors of human trafficking and their families. Ivy also served at the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, where she led and contributed to inclusive economic growth initiatives.