Mariam G. - Counsel, Compliance & Ethics, CCEP/CIPP/CAMS

Washington, United States

Experience

Jan 2025 - Dec 2025

1 year

Jan 2024 - Present

2 years

Prepare comprehensive regulatory responses for clients facing inquiries from federal and state regulators.
Develop audit and compliance programs with tailored policies and procedures and workforce training.
Facilitate successful client engagement with external auditors through SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, and PCI.
Guide internal investigations, due diligence, and EEO consulting and reporting.
Conduct post-training evaluations of frontier capabilities in closed-weight models, applying legal, compliance, and regulatory expertise through RLHF making models better, smarter, and more useful in the real world.

Jan 2022 - Dec 2024

3 years

Fostered a culture of compliance and integrity with company trainings and creating compliance & ethics hotline.
Led cross functional teams of engineers, data scientists, analysts, and infrastructure security technologists through matters of first impression in product development efforts, providing real time guidance as teams built, tested, and deployed customer-facing health information systems. Tackled issues such as privacy obligations and data rights, data management and protection, and information disclosure.
Advised product teams on consumer protection rules, reviewed marketing & sales materials for regulatory compliance.
Created strategic roadmap for overlapping regulatory areas. Designed the enterprise risk framework; expanded anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud compliance programs; created processes for privacy and security reviews; and led a cross-functional team in conducting audits of Finance and Engineering (PCI, SOC 2, HIPAA, NIST, ISO).
Assessed programs and controls against shifting industry and regulatory demands: ERISA, GDPR, PCI DSS, UDAAP, TILA, Reg Z, GLBA, FCRA, etc.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2022

7 years

Built Compliance division from the ground up: developed policies, programs, and plain-English communication tools (no legalese); offered a hands-on approach to leadership and employee engagement.
Minimized risk and exposure by drafting policies for ethics and investigations, and by leading anti-fraud projects. Introduced an insider threat hotline and teamed with HR to define EEO implications.
Modernized massive retirement system for the uniformed services.
Encouraged agency adoption of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by drafting unique procurement supplement, Thrift Federal Acquisition Supplement (T-FAS), for self-funded federal government agency, aligning TSP with government contracting standards and best practices.
Instituted corporate governance and operational best practices from across fiduciary and employee benefits industry. Streamlined procedures, documented workflows, and found lower-cost procurement alternatives.
Supported monthly public board meetings and drafted board minutes for General Counsel & Board Secretary. Collaborated with external stakeholders (employee unions, BlackRock, State Street) in preparation of board meeting materials, and developed due diligence framework for maintenance of corporate records.

Jan 2016 - Dec 2016

1 year

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

2 years

Offered legal guidance and policy recommendations on a broad range of topics, including military compensation, force planning, non-disclosure issues, and fiscal law.
Awarded Commissioner’s Medal for contributions to this significant modernization effort.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2015

3 years

Offered legal guidance and policy recommendations on a broad range of topics, including military compensation, force planning, non-disclosure issues, and fiscal law.
Awarded Commissioner’s Medal for contributions to this significant modernization effort.

Jan 2013 - Dec 2013

1 year