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Great Women in Compliance: Bets Lillo on Compliance and Boards of Directors

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. In this episode, Lisa Fine visits with Bets Lillo about her experience on a corporate Board of Directors and how to utilize an ethics and compliance background to maximize your opportunities to serve on a Board of Directors.

Bets is an engineer and corporate executive with a rich background in sales, technology, finance, operations, and M&A. She is a recognized expert in risk management. She brings a unique perspective on the role and value of compliance professionals in enterprise transformation, believing that they can bring extraordinary value to boards due to their broad understanding of business operations. She emphasizes the importance of compliance professionals being effective because of their experience in an influence and collaboration context, as they focus on being creative, recognizing ethical decision-making, and reducing risk. She also encourages compliance professionals to enhance their qualifications by obtaining a board certification from a credible organization. Join Lisa Fine and Bets Lillo on this episode of the Great Women in Compliance podcast for her insights into how to become a viable candidate for board service and how to succeed in that role.

Key Highlights:

  • Maintaining Operations and Compliance During Transformation
  • The Strategic Value of Compliance Professionals
  • Elevating Compliance Professionals on Board: Expert Listeners and Observers
  • Building Relationships for Board Opportunities
  • Transitioning to Corporate Boards through Nonprofit Experience

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Great Women in Compliance – Marlene Olsavsky and Kim White on Working with Stakeholders

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Today Lisa Fine and Ellen Hunt visited Marlene Olsavsky and Kim White.

Kim White and Marlene Olsavsky are both seasoned professionals with extensive experience in the ethics, compliance, and business leadership fields. Kim, with over 20 years of experience in the ethics and compliance field, believes in promoting collaboration, compliance, and diversity through proactive communication and building strong relationships with business leaders. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the strategies and goals of business leaders and involving all parts of the team in driving them forward. Marlene, with 27 years of experience at Marlene Olsavsky’s Global Leadership, views compliance as essential for the success of a business. She emphasizes the importance of education, ownership, and accountability in promoting compliance within the organization and believes in setting expectations with leaders across the organization and acting on compliance issues with a sense of urgency and trust. Join Lisa Fine and Ellen Hunt as they delve deeper into these perspectives with Kim White and Marlene Olsavsky on this episode of Great Women in Compliance.

Key Highlights:

  • Kimberly White’s Leadership in Ethics and Compliance
  • Marlene Olsavsky’s Global Leadership at Pearson
  • The Crucial Partnership for Organizational Success
  • The Crucial Partnership Between Compliance and Business
  • Real-World Examples: A Tactical Approach to Compliance
  • Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Workplace
  • Embracing Growth Through Lifelong Learning

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Great Women in Compliance – Hayley Tozeski – From Big Law to Big Compliance

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Today Hemma visits with Hayley Tozeski on her career in compliance.

Hayley Tozeski is a seasoned professional in strategic compliance and risk management in business conduct, with a rich background in big law and financial crime enforcement. Hayley’s perspective on the subject is that it is vital to prioritize and allocate resources effectively, advising companies on strategic investments of money, time, and resources in managing risks. She believes that a clear strategy is essential for the company and its stakeholders to understand the timeline and pace of development in managing ethics and compliance risks. Additionally, Hayley emphasizes the importance of addressing underlying business processes and building a solid foundation before implementing an ethics and compliance program, viewing strategy as the key to connecting different pieces of the program and ensuring that they are aligned and effective. Join Hemma Lomax and Hayley Tozeski on this episode of Great Women in Compliance to delve deeper into these insights.

Key Highlights:

  • Strategic Resource Allocation in Compliance Management
  • Building Strong Ethics and Compliance Programs
  • Effective Risk Management through Data Analytics
  • Strategic Risk Management for Ethical Business Conduct
  • Driving integrity through values, leaders, and champions
  • Supporting Youth Transitioning from Foster Care
  • Connecting and Learning Through Mentoring

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Great Women in Compliance – Mary Shirley Checks in with a GWIC Year End Wrap Up

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Today Lisa and Hemma visited with GWIC co-founder Mary Shirley about her move to the West Coast, her new role, and what she sees down the road for compliance in 2024 and beyond.

Most recently, she wrote “Living Your Best Compliance Life: 65 Hacks & Cheat Codes to Level Up Your Ethics & Compliance Program (CCI Press 2023).” In “Level Up,” Mary utilized many of her experiences and others in putting together practical and insightful hacks to help new and experienced compliance professionals going forward.  Mary also shares some new “hacks” that have been shared with her since the book was published.

Mary is known for “sending the elevator back down,” as well as lifting our ethics and compliance community up. She emphasizes the importance of incorporating diverse perspectives into compliance programs and building a culture of compliance. She did that in the book by crowdsourcing ideas from the compliance community and sharing these ideas with all of us. By leveraging the knowledge and experiences of others, Mary helps compliance professionals continuously enhance their compliance programs.

Join Lisa Fine, Hemma Lomax, and Mary Shirley on this episode of the Great Women in Compliance podcast to delve deeper into these insights.

Key Highlights:

  • Practical Tools for Compliance Leadership
  • The Power of Collaboration for Personal Growth
  • Expanding Incentives for Team Recognition
  • Embracing New Challenges in Teaching
  • The Vibrant and Active Lifestyle of California

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Great Women in Compliance – Lisa Beth Lentini Walker on Compliance Career Connections

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Today Lisa Fine visits with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker on her career in compliance and how compliance career connections can help one’s journey in compliance.

Lisa Beth Lentini Walker is a renowned figure in the ethics and compliance field, currently serving as the Associate General Counsel, Corporate Legal and Assistant Secretary at Marqeta, and the CEO and founder of Lumen Worldwide Endeavors. With a rich background as a securities lawyer and a Chief Compliance Officer, Lisa Beth has a unique perspective on ethics and compliance. She believes in the power of values and intentions in shaping one’s professional journey and emphasizes the importance of networking and connections in the compliance industry. Her philosophy revolves around putting values into action and helping organizations align their actions with their ethical principles. She has made a significant impact in the field through her work and the Compliance Career Connection, a platform she started to support and connect professionals in the field. Join Lisa Fine and Lisa Beth Lentini Walker on this episode of the Great Women in Compliance podcast to learn more about her insights and experiences.

Key Highlights:

  • Lisa Beth’s Impact on Ethics and Compliance
  • Lisa Beth’s Journey in Ethics and Compliance
  • Embracing Pauses for Personal Growth and Success
  • Aligning Choices with Core Values and Goals
  • Designing a Fulfilling Life Through Reflection

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Great Women In Compliance – Jessica Hayden on Sliding Doors

Welcome to the Great Women in Compliance Podcast. Today Hemma Lomax visits with Jessica Hayden, a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and held senior compliance roles at 21st Century Fox, Disney, and Comcast Corporation. This past year she took a step back from corporate life to work on refugee assistance, writing, and moving her family (once again) overseas. Jessica is a seasoned compliance professional with a diverse background in global ethics and international living experiences, having honed her skills in the compliance function through a career in law, including expertise in litigation and the FCPA world.

Her perspective on her global ethics career and international living experiences is one of adaptability and seizing opportunities. She has navigated her career alongside her husband’s Foreign Service career, finding unique opportunities in each country they have lived in, such as working on freedom of speech and freelance journalism in Azerbaijan. Hayden sees her international experiences open doors and explore different areas of law. She also recognizes the challenges and hardships that come with living in different countries, such as the evacuation from Ukraine and has used these experiences to gain perspective and find her purpose in helping others through pro bono immigration cases. Join Hemma Lomax and Jessica Hayden on this episode of the Great Women in Compliance podcast to learn more about her fascinating journey.

Key Highlights

  • Navigating International Compliance Careers with Cultural Awareness
  • The Power of Choice: Navigating Living Abroad
  • Building Trust in Global Professional Relationships
  • Finding Purpose Through Evacuation and Resilience
  • Balancing Motherhood and Career Growth
  • Discovering Hidden Gems in Every Job

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Great Women in Compliance – The Art and Sciences of Story – Building

Come join us for a story or two and tap the shoulder of the storyteller in you. Sarah Hadden and Hemma Lomax were simply enchanted by a presentation by Michelle Beistle and Ashley Dubriwny on the art of story building at the SCCE Compliance and Ethics Institute in Chicago earlier this year and couldn’t wait to share this experience with the GWIC community. Michelle and Ashley literally wake up every day to save the planet in their roles as compliance professionals at The Nature Conservancy (TNC). They have a magnificent talent not only for spinning together an engaging story that awakens the senses and achieves impact, connection, and relevance but also for helping others recognize that we all have it in us to create inspiring and poignant stories. With the help of some simple building blocks and concrete steps, Michelle and Ashley show us that all humans are innately capable of using everyday experiences to build relevant and engaging stories and to share powerful and memorable messages. Inspiration is everywhere. You won’t want to miss this masterclass opportunity to unlock the power of story building for your compliance program and beyond.

Michelle Beistle joined TNC in April 2019 as the Chief of Ethics & Compliance. She is responsible for implementing and managing TNC’s global Ethics program. Michelle leads a global team that works to promote and foster a culture of integrity across the organization. Michelle is an experienced leader known for collaboration, problem-solving, and strategic business acumen. She is a Certified International Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP-I), has years of experience creating and sustaining ethical cultures, and speaks frequently on ethics.

Ashley Dubriwny is the Director of Ethics and compliance for North America and Micronesia at the Nature Conservancy. Her areas of professional focus include global communications, Code of Conduct, and partnership building with staff and leaders. Ashley has been part of the Conservancy’s North America Staff Enrichment Planning team since 2014 and is a High Impact Conversations Coach. Ashley has 20+ years of human resources experience with specialized training in performance management, leadership development, and coaching. She holds an M.Ed. in Curriculum Design and Adult Instruction and a graduate certificate in Leadership from eCornell.

The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is on the Compliance Podcast Network with a selection of other Compliance-related offerings.  GWIC is also sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights, where we have a page where you can hear every episode.  If you are enjoying this episode, please rate it and/or provide a review.

Corporate Compliance Insights is a much-appreciated sponsor and supporter of GWIC, including affiliate organization CCI Press publishing the related book; “Sending the Elevator Back Down, What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020). If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

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Great Women in Compliance: Audrey Harris – The Woman in the Arena

Audrey Harris, this week’s guest, shared a quote with us that is very meaningful to her. It is from Theodore Roosevelt, about “The Man in the Arena. Since this is #GWIC, we have expanded this to the women in the arena. That is the woman who is actually in the arena, not the critic or the person who waits to offer suggestions or say what can be done better after the hard calls are made and who strives to do the work and…spends herself on a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if she fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that her place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither knows victory nor defeat.”

Audrey Harris is the woman in the arena. She is Managing Director, of  Global Anticorruption, Compliance, Ethics & Non–Financial Risk at Affiliated Monitors, Inc., was formerly at two world-class law firms, and has also been a Chief Compliance Officer. She has made hard decisions in real-time and now helps organizations do the same.

In this episode, Lisa and Audrey talk more about what the woman in the arena does and why Ethics and Compliance Officers are truly the people in the arena. Audrey will also provide insight on the most recent US Department of Justice statement, whether it really is the “Monaco Memo 3.0,” and her views about what is significant in the memo and the guidance it provides.

 The arena for GWIC next week is US Thanksgiving, so we are off but will see you with a great episode on November 29.

The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is on the Compliance Podcast Network with a selection of other Compliance-related offerings. GWIC is also sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights, where we have a page where you can hear every episode. If you are enjoying this episode, please rate it and/or provide a review.

Corporate Compliance Insights is a much-appreciated sponsor and supporter of GWIC, including affiliate organization CCI Press publishing the related book; “Sending the Elevator Back Down, What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020). If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

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Great Women in Compliance – The State of the Profession

As we move towards the end of 2023, and after the major conferences of the year, it seemed like a good time to reflect on the state of the profession.  Gwen Hassan, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at Unisys and host of the #HiddenTraffic podcast, and Kim Yapchai, member of the Board of Directors for DirectWomen and former Senior Vice President, Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer at Tenneco joined Ellen Hunt and Lisa Fine talk about where the ethics and compliance profession has been, where we are today, and where we are going.  They discuss what makes them optimistic, and what gives them pause.

The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is on the Compliance Podcast Network with a selection of other Compliance-related offerings. GWIC is also sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights, where we have a page where you can hear every episode. If you are enjoying this episode, please rate it and/or provide a review.

Corporate Compliance Insights is a much-appreciated sponsor and supporter of GWIC, including affiliate organization CCI Press publishing the related book; “Sending the Elevator Back Down, What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020). If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review.  Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast.

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Great Women in Compliance – Renee Rajkumar – The Heart of Compliance

Today’s episode features Renee Rajkumar, a Risk and Compliance Manager at the University of Arts, London. Hemma was very excited to host her long-time friend and compliance mentor to talk about how compliance is the conscience of the organization. Renee shares tips on how to overcome negative perceptions of the compliance function, how to build trust, motivate risk awareness and compliance, and how to leverage the strengths of your business partners while doing so. Learn about a new form of AI in compliance called “Added Intelligence” – first coined here. Grab a blanket and a cup of tea and tune in to hear how, with a little love and care, compliance can be the heart and pulse of an organization – and create the conditions where our internal business partners are the best source of compliance intelligence and risk management.

Hailing from the warm island of Trinidad and Tobago, Renee is enthusiastic about life and the happiness of people. She believes in the value of genuinely caring for others. This is the basis of Renee’s career background. Indecisive in the earlier days of her career, Renee worked in process operations, quality, marketing, and advertising health and fire safety and has now ended up in risk and compliance. Renee’s unique skill set and approach bring fresh and easy energy to risk and compliance.

Renee is also the founder of Portal Coaching Limited, which she launched at the start of the COVID lockdown. She is trained in NLP, solution-based coaching, business coaching, and hypnotherapy. Renee started Portal Coaching Limited to work with companies and individuals to help them gain clarity on who they are, their purpose, work situations, and relationship issues. She calls herself a Liberator and has set many people free of their worries and negative thought patterns. Renee draws on these principles in her various training with a seamless cross-application into coaching and Compliance.

The Great Women in Compliance Podcast is on the Compliance Podcast Network with a selection of other Compliance-related offerings. GWIC is also sponsored by Corporate Compliance Insights, where we have a page where you can hear every episode. If you are enjoying this episode, please rate it and/or provide a review.

Corporate Compliance Insights is a much-appreciated sponsor and supporter of GWIC, including affiliate organization CCI Press, publishing the related book, “Sending the Elevator Back Down, What We’ve Learned from Great Women in Compliance” (CCI Press, 2020). If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review. Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

If you enjoyed the book, the GWIC team would be very grateful if you would consider rating it on Goodreads and Amazon and leaving a short review. Don’t forget to send the elevator back down by passing on your copy to someone who you think might enjoy reading it when you’re done, or if you can’t bear parting with your copy, consider it as a holiday or appreciation gift for someone in Compliance who deserves a treat.

You can subscribe to the Great Women in Compliance podcast on any podcast player by searching for it, and we welcome new subscribers to our podcast.

Join the Great Women in Compliance community on LinkedIn here.