Barbara I. Keller, CAMS, CFCS, is an independent anti-money laundering/financial crime consultant with more than 13 years of experience in the anti-money laundering/counter the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) field. Currently, she provides consulting services on financial institution compliance with regulatory requirements. Her work also includes conducting research and writing articles and conducting training on AML/CFT regulatory issues.

Ms. Keller retired from federal service in August 2013. She spent the last four years of her federal career as the deputy associate director for compliance and enforcement at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), where she oversaw the activities of the compliance and enforcement offices. In this role, she worked to better ensure industry compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) through supporting, overseeing, and working in partnership with the federal and state agencies and organizations directly examining financial institutions for BSA compliance, and through enforcement, sought to sanction egregious violations of the BSA, obtain corrective action, and deter future non-compliance. Ms. Keller also worked with law enforcement and the financial industry to improve BSA compliance among financial institutions.

Prior to joining FinCEN, Ms. Keller spent 26 years with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), Congress’s watchdog agency, in increasingly responsible positions. For the last 10 years of her GAO career, Ms. Keller was an assistant director with the Financial Markets and Community Investment team where she managed assignments on financial market topics mostly dealing with BSA/AML and various international issues.

Ms. Keller is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist. She graduated cum laude with a B.S. in Languages from Georgetown University and holds an M.A in Public Administration from the University of Virginia.