acss-florida-chapter - Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists

ACSS

South Florida Chapter

About Chapter

Come join us to promote sanctions awareness and create a community for sanctions professionals in Miami! The mission of the ACSS Miami Chapter is to serve, inform, and advance sanctions and export controls professionals in Miami as well as the South Florida area. The Chapter holds regular events centered around hot topics in the sanctions industry that impact sanctions and export controls professionals.
All ACSS members are added to their local Chapter automatically if they live or work in the Chapter area. If you would not like to be part of the Chapter or have any comments or concerns, please message our Helpdesk on helpdesk@sanctionsassociation.org.

NOTHING LIKE OUR CHAPTER EXISTS TO PROMOTE SANCTIONS AWARENESS IN THE FLORIDA AREA. COME BE A TRAILBLAZER WITH US!

Board Members

Gabriel Garcia

Chapter Chair
Manager

KPMG
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Gabriel is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Global Sanctions Specialists (CGSS), and one of the first cohort recipients of the Certified Export Control Specialists (CXS). Gabriel has over seven years of professional experience leading and executing consulting services for domestic and international financial institutions of various sizes, in multiple languages, across multiple vertical markets serving Brokerage firms, Global Banks, Community Banks, Credit Unions, FinTech Companies, Loan Companies, and Money Service Businesses. Gabriel served global clients by providing AML/Sanctions reviews in Latin America, Europe, Asia, North America, and the Caribbean.

Gabriel is currently a Manager within the Financial Crimes group at KPMG where he provides guidance to clients with MRA issue validation. Prior to KPMG, Gabriel served as a Manager at Protiviti executing AML and Sanctions audits; GAP assessments based upon FinCEN’s Final Rule for Investment Advisors; and risk assessments. Gabriel started his career at Crowe where he executed AML and Sanctions Audits, Country Risk Assessments, Model Validations, BSA/AML Program Assessment and Road Maps, and designed Quality Assurance Programs for domestic and international clients.

Dennis Ansbro

Vice President

PNC Bank

Josue Garcia

Global Ethics & Corporate Compliance, Sr. Manager

Carnival Corporation
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Josue is currently a Senior Manager in the Global Ethics & Compliance Department of Carnival Corporation & plc. He first joined Carnival in 2016 as Manager of Ethics & Compliance in the Global Legal Department, he was promoted to Senior Manager in 2018. His areas of direct day-to-day responsibility focus on licensing, regulatory, and compliance matters with a specialized emphasis on issues pertaining to Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Economic Sanctions. Josue also shares oversight and administration of the Corporate Hotline Program.

He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Sanctions Specialist (CSS). He has over 17 years of AB&C, AML, and Economic Sanctions affairs experience , including but not limited to designing, implementing, and overseeing compliance programs in the aforementioned areas, coordinating due diligence efforts, transaction monitoring, internal/external audits, regulatory examinations, technology implementations, and successful mergers.

Josue’s prior roles included Vice President of AML and Economic Sanctions for Capital Bank, N.A. and he was with RSM US LLP’s regulatory compliance practice advising domestic and international clients on AML and Economic Sanctions matters.

Josue earned his J.D. from St. Thomas University School of Law and his B.S. in Criminal Justice from Florida International University.

ACSS CHAPTER FAQs

Who can join an ACSS Chapter?

Anyone can join an ACSS Chapter! Our Chapters are a place for our members to form a community on the ground, network, and share knowledge with like-minded sanctions professionals. If you are an ACSS Member, and there is a Chapter in your location, you will be automatically added as a Chapter Member.

Is there a Chapter Membership fee?

If you are an ACSS Member, Chapter Membership is included as one of your many benefits! If there is a Chapter in your location, you will automatically be added to that Chapter as an ACSS Member.

What if there is no Chapter in my location?

If you don’t currently see a Chapter in your city/state/country, let us know! We are always very interested to hear from you if you and your colleagues believe there may be a need for a Chapter in your location. Just email: helpdesk@sanctionsassociation.org.

I'm not sure if I want to become an ACSS Member, what are the benefits?

Chapter Membership is one of the many benefits to being an ACSS Member. To find out about all the benefits ACSS membership has to offer, click here.