Author: ComplianceLIVE

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Kimberly Strong.

Kimberly Strong is Vice President & Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for Con Edison, a regulated utility providing electric, gas, and steam service in New York.

Since joining the company in 2012, Ms. Strong has been responsible for all aspects of the company’s business ethics and compliance program. She uses her years of experience as a trial attorney and advice lawyer on employment and labor issues by working with corporate leadership and employees to meet the company’s commitment to integrity and accountability.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlystrong/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Vera Cherepanova.

Vera is an award-winning ethics and compliance expert who writes and speaks about business ethics, workplace culture, behavioral compliance, risk, and governance. She is the Executive Director of Boards of the Future, a non-profit that works with corporate boards globally and advocates for more people with ethics and compliance backgrounds on boards. Vera is the author of Corporate Compliance Program, the first-ever book on compliance in the Russian language, and a co-author of The Transnationalization of Anti-Corruption Law, as well as hundreds of articles on all aspects of ethics, compliance, and governance.

www.veracherepanova.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/follow-vera-cherepanova/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Laura Sauber.

Laura Sauber is the CEO of Sauber Consulting, a firm dedicated to helping healthcare organizations build cultures where ethics and compliance risks are proactively prevented, identified, and resolved—ensuring they do not impede the organization’s strategic objectives.

Laura is recognized not only as a strategic compliance leader but also for her strong business acumen, innovative approach, and collaborative leadership style. Passionate about driving organizational integrity and performance, Laura excels at advising leaders and cross-functional teams on effectively navigating the complex federal and state regulatory landscape and improving and sustaining organizational performance.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-sauber

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Dr. Bettina Palazzo.

Bettina’s fascination with business ethics began in the early 90s, and once she realized how rich and exciting the field was, she never looked back. She suffered through the cumbersome but rewarding effort of getting her head around business ethics’ philosophical and economic foundations and won a prize for her PhD. Thesis and rode off into the sunset to join KPMG. There, she helped build their business ethics consulting services. Tough pioneer work at that time! In 2003, she started her own ethics advisory. Along the way, she’s learned that you can’t squeeze ethics into checklists and that unethical companies make for unhappy people.

Bettina received the “Compliance Influencer of the Year 2024” award from the International Compliance Association, recognizing her passion for turning ethics and compliance into something everyone wants to be a part of. Whether through her blog posts, LinkedIn, or online community—the Compliance Cappuccino Club—she brings fresh, relatable insights to the compliance community. Fun fact: she met her husband, Guido Palazzo, at a business ethics conference—proof that ethics is her love story!

http://www.bettinapalazzo.com/

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Leslie V. Boles, BA, CCS, CPC, CPMA, CHC, CPC-I, CRC.

Leslie Boles is the Co-Owner & President of Revu Healthcare, with over 16 years of experience in healthcare coding, auditing, and compliance. She holds various credentials and has served in leadership roles, including on the Board of Directors at Engage NC and as Co-Chairman of the Board at Grateful Heart Church in Cary, NC. Previously, she was the Senior Director of Compliance & Audit at Waud Capital Partners, overseeing compliance programs for portfolio companies.

Leslie Boles on LinkedIn

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In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Sarah Cole.

Sarah Cole is a solicitor and accredited life coach who has worked with CEOs and Executives for nearly 30 years, specializing in ethics and compliance. After a career practicing law in corporate, commercial, banking and finance, and property litigation, she was involved in a life-changing, serious car accident that changed the trajectory of her professional and personal life.

Across her career, she has navigated ethical dilemmas and has ‘walked the talk’; she saw time and time again how tough and lonely it is at the top and founded Cole Forums, a peer support network. She is passionate about the power of trust and authentic connection that peer support groups bring. Her community of CEOs, GC’s, CECOs, and C Suite leaders share experiences and insights, providing safe spaces and intelligent networks to navigate the complexities of leadership and business and supporting leaders with their personal and family lives.

www.coleforums.com
www.integrityfirstcoaching.com

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Greg Shultz.

Greg Shultz, Founder of Conformitise, is a global compliance and risk executive with over 24 years of experience, including 11 years living and working across the Asia Pacific region. His career has been defined by roles at leading financial institutions, including Morgan Stanley and BlackRock, where he designed and executed strategic compliance programs and spearheaded technology-driven initiatives to mitigate global risks and enhance regulatory frameworks.

Prior to financial services, Greg was at the United Nations, where he served on the investigation committee led by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker during the Iraqi Oil-for-Food Programme Investigation. In this role, Greg played a pivotal part in uncovering corruption and fund misappropriation in one of the most complex humanitarian operations in history. This experience solidified his focus on fostering transparency, strengthening compliance, and managing strategic risk on a global scale.

Greg’s LinkedIn

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Todd Haugh.

Todd Haugh is an Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics and the Arthur M. Weimer Faculty Fellow in Business Law at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he also serves as the Director of the Institute for Corporate Governance. His scholarship focuses on white-collar and corporate crime, business and behavioral ethics, and federal sentencing policy. His work has appeared in top law and business journals, including the Northwestern University Law Review, Notre Dame Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, and the MIT-Sloan Management Review.

Todd Haugh on LinkedIn
Todd’s personal website

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Tyson Avery.

Tyson M. Avery serves as Lucid Motors’ Deputy General Counsel, Ethics and Compliance. He is responsible for leading, developing, and enhancing the global ethics and compliance department of a new, publicly traded luxury EV company. This includes mitigating regulatory risk in areas such as anti-corruption, sanctions, trade, anti-competition, and OEM-specific requirements. He also facilitates and directs a multi-departmental internal investigation program and leads the company’s third-party due diligence process.

In this episode of The Ethics Experts, Nick welcomes Kerri Salata.

Kerri Salata is a lawyer, ethics, and compliance professional who advises companies on how to meet their legal and regulatory requirements using creative, design-driven strategies. She is the founder of Kerri A. Salata, a legal professional corporation, and holds the CEO position at Comply With Me, a compliance consultancy firm known for its innovative approach to regulator-accredited compliance education.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrisalata