Carissa Saffert is a Risk Management Analyst for WESTconsin Credit Union where she is the lead for the organization’s Business Continuity Program, in addition to assisting with Third Party Vendor Management. She received her Credit Union Enterprise Risk Management Expert (CUERME) certification in December 2022. Saffert has been working in the financial industry for 14 years and comes from a Bank Secrecy Act background, where she also earned her Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification in November 2018, and recently earned her Advanced CAMS – Risk Management (CAMS-RM) certification. Saffert graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire with a BA in Psychology. In her free time, she enjoys reading, kayaking, and hiking with her dog, Lola.