Cassandra Cassi Chandler

Background

About Cassandra Cassi Chandler

Cassi Chandler has led a distinguished career as an innovative strategist and investigator, identifying and addressing intelligence, financial crimes, cyber and fraud risks, along with regulatory and reputational risks in the federal government and the banking industry. She is currently President & CEO of Vigeo Alliance, which partners with businesses to grow emerging leaders, retain diverse talent and build an inclusive culture that thrives. Cassi also serves as an independent federal monitor with the NYPD and she is an Adjunct Professor for Intelligence and Terrorism courses at Pace University’s Masters in Public Safety and Homeland Security Graduate Program. She is a member of the Board of Trustees at Loyola University New Orleans and an instructor at the Pacific Coast Banking School. Previously, Cassi was Senior Vice President for Business Operations at Bank of America, where she was responsible for building an integrated framework to identify, evaluate and assess emerging regulatory risks and the operational effectiveness of enterprise coverage areas. She developed enterprise-wide teams and analytic processes to identify cybercrimes, fraud trends and consumer risks. She also served on the Global Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board. Before joining the bank, Cassi spent 23 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where she directed white collar crimes, financial crimes, terrorism, cybercrimes investigations and foreign intelligence activities. She led the FBI’s training division, redesigned the Bureau’s health care fraud and its criminal and domestic terrorism intelligence programs, and was appointed to the U.S. Senior Executive Service as the agency’s first black female Special Agent Assistant Director and the Bureau’s first female National Spokesperson and director of Public Affairs. She retired as Special Agent in Charge of the Norfolk, Virginia FBI Field Office. Cassi has received awards such as the Senior Executive Service Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive under President George W. Bush, the National Center for Women & Policing’s “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” award and the Norfolk NAACP Trailblazer Award. She served on the U.S. Marine Corps Red Team, which monitored the Corps’ assessment of expanding infantry officer roles to women and has served on many charitable and diversity boards. Cassi earned her BA from Louisiana State University and her JD from Loyola University School of Law. She is a member of the League of Women Voters, Rotary Club International, and serves on the Board of the LSU Alumni Association.