About the Speakers

Tom Montag

Tom Montag is COO of Bank of America and a member of the company’s executive management team. He joined the bank in 2008 and has been instrumental in its success, especially during the decade following the financial crisis. Tom is co-chair of the bank’s Sustainable Markets Committee, serves as the executive sponsor of the Hispanic Executive Leadership Council and co-founded the Black Executive Leadership Council. Prior to joining the bank, Tom was a partner at Goldman Sachs and a member of their management committee. Tom will retire from Bank of America at year-end.

Wally Adeyemo

Wally Adeyemo was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury on March 26, 2021.
He has spent the majority of his career in public service, convening governments, companies, and organizations to move together toward achieving common goals.

Adeyemo comes to the Treasury Department from the Obama Foundation, where he served as President beginning in August 2019. Before joining the Obama Foundation, Adeyemo served as a Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and at Blackrock. He held a number of roles in public service before this. In the Obama-Biden Administration, Adeyemo served as Deputy National Security Adviser for International Economics and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council, where he worked as President Barack Obama’s Senior International Economic Advisor and was responsible for coordinating the policymaking process related to international finance, trade and investment, energy, and environmental issues. Adeyemo also served as President Obama’s representative to the G7 and G20. Adeyemo has also held several senior management positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff under Secretary Tim Geithner and Secretary Jack Lew, as well as chief negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s provisions on macroeconomic policy.

In addition to his work on macro-economic policy, Adeyemo also served as the first Chief of Staff at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In that capacity, he helped to build the bureau’s initial executive leadership team and served as a member of the CFPB Executive Committee, helping to protect American consumers from unfair, deceptive, or abusive consumer financial practices.

Adeyemo was previously a member of the Aspen Strategy Group, which promotes widespread economic opportunity and the competitiveness of America. He also served on the boards of Demos, a New York-based think tank focused on social, political and economic equity issues, as well as on the Golden State Opportunity Foundation, which works to provide financial security to low-income working people throughout California; and Just Homes, a faith-based affordable housing initiative based in Washington, DC.

He holds a B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

David Szuchman

As SVP and Head of Global Financial Crimes Compliance and Customer Protection, David is responsible for fulfilling PayPal’s commitment to combat money laundering, terrorism financing, and related financial crimes around the world. Since joining the company in 2016, David has led the transformation of PayPal’s enhanced anti-money laundering and sanctions programs and practices as well as the evolution of the company’s brand risk management and internal investigations functions. In 2019, David expanded his role to oversee consumer risk, resolution and protections, and the customer identification program, expanding the organization to over 3,000 employees across more than 20 sites globally. This expanded remit provides an opportunity to further the company’s efforts to fight fraud, protect PayPal’s customers, and partner with law enforcement globally.

Prior to joining PayPal, David was an Executive Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Investigation Division at the New York County District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office where he was responsible for supervising the Rackets Bureau, Major Economic Crimes Bureau, Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau, Counter Terrorism Program, Financial Frauds Bureau, Tax Crimes Unit, Public Corruption Unit and the Asset Forfeiture Unit. Under David’s leadership and supervision, the investigation division initiated and concluded significant cases against numerous large financial institutions. He also assisted the District Attorney with major initiatives such as the Global Cyber Alliance and the efforts surrounding encryption.

Before he became Chief of the Investigation Division in 2012, David served as Chief of the Cybercrime and Identity Theft Bureau for New York County’s DA’s Office assisting in developing policies and investigative strategies, maintaining relationships with outside agencies and helping to supervise investigations throughout the Division.

David began his legal career at the New York County DA’s Office in 1997 and has subsequently held several notable governmental positions including serving as a federal prosecutor assigned to the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section within the U.S. Justice Department. In 2008, David was appointed as the Director of Consumer Affairs for the State of New Jersey.

David graduated from the University of Vermont with a bachelor's degree in political science, and received a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law.

Valerie A. Szczepanik

Valerie A. Szczepanik is the Director of the Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology (FinHub) Office at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Before that, she was the Senior Advisor for Digital Assets and Innovation and an Associate Director in the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance. She also served as Assistant Director in the SEC Division of Enforcement’s Cyber Unit. Ms. Szczepanik served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

She clerked for federal judges on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and, prior to clerking, practiced patent law. Ms. Szczepanik received her Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University and her Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

Sunayna Tuteja

Sunayna joined as the Chief Innovation Officer for the Federal Reserve System in 2021.

She brings 10+ years of global experience leading change and innovation at the nexus of finance, technology and policy. Most recently, Sunayna was the Global Head of Emerging Tech & Strategic Partnerships at TD Ameritrade. This practice was inclusive of commercializing frontier tech, building and investing in the next generation of products and experiences in collaboration with partners in big tech, fintech, start-up and the VC ecosystem in North America and Asia. When she’s not nerding out on all things innovation, you can find Sunayna adventuring the skies in her Cessna.

Jarod Koopman

Jarod Koopman was named the Cyber Crime Director for IRS-Criminal Investigation in June 2016. In this capacity, Jarod established a new investigative section within CI and continues to focus priority on this emerging trend. His primary function is the oversight and management of all cyber-related activities at a national level. This consists of close interaction with public/private sector, industry and other law enforcement partners both domestic and international.

Jarod began his IRS career in 2001 as a Special Agent in Rochester, New York before taking over as the Supervisor there in 2010. He was selected for the Accelerated Senior Leadership Program (ASLP) the following year. In 2012, he went to Washington DC as a Senior Analyst in Refund Crimes where he focused on Virtual Currency and Identity Theft before being selected as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the Chicago Field Office in 2013. From June 2014 until his current role, Jarod served as the Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office. As such, he oversaw and directed all CI investigative activities in the state of Michigan. Under his leadership, the Detroit FO successfully produced outstanding results and efforts that garnered recognition at both the regional and national levels.

In the past five years as the Director, IRS-Criminal Investigation has continued to expand their capabilities and solidified its role as the prominent force in cryptocurrency tracing and dark web activities. Notable investigations include Liberty Reserve, Silk Road I and II, Alphabay, Btc-e, Mt Gox, Welcome2Video, OneCoin, Helix, Bitcoin Fog, xDedic and Backpage.

Jarod is currently serving as the Acting Executive Director over the newly formed Cyber and Forensic Services section. This section was created as part of the CI reorganization and design efforts to align priorities and services.

Michele Korver

Michele Korver is FinCEN’s Chief Digital Currency Advisor in the Office of the Director. With more than twenty five years of law enforcement and federal trial experience, Michele previously served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami, Florida and Denver, Colorado. Immediately prior to joining FinCEN, Michele worked at the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division as Digital Currency Counsel, where she launched the Department’s Digital Currency Initiative, providing subject matter expertise on prosecutions and forfeitures involving cryptocurrency, advising federal prosecutors and government agencies nationwide on complex legal issues in criminal and civil cases, and working on regulatory and policy matters affecting DOJ interests. Michele started her career as a financial investigator with the United States Secret Service and a law clerk to a United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of Florida.

Frank Nonnenmacher

Frank Nonnenmacher is Paxful’s Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, where he oversees the company’s full compliance strategy. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and has experience in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining Paxful, Frank started his career in law enforcement as a Financial Investigator in the New York District Attorney’s Office for two years, and then as a Contractor in the District of New Jersey United States Attorney’s office in the Economic Crimes Unit. In both roles, he specialized in white collar crimes and securities fraud assisting investigations as a forensic accountant. Afterwards, Frank transitioned into the private sector doing compliance at Standard Chartered Bank as an investigator and intelligence officer, enhancing his knowledge and understanding of global risks when it comes to financial crimes. He has utilized this experience with an interest in crypto to develop new methodologies to apply for crypto-based compliance.