Executive Committee for Cannabis Banking Leadership
Executive Committee for cannabis banking leadership
ACB’s Executive Committee brings together leaders from across banking, compliance, payments, lending, legal, fintech, data, insurance, cannabis operations, and professional services.
This advisory group helps strengthen ACB’s education, standards, events, memberships, resources, and year-round conversations for the cannabis financial services industry.
The ACB Executive Advisory Committee spans all aspects of financial services and cannabis banking across the nation. Expertise across the cannabis financial services industry
The Executive Committee reflects the cross-disciplinary reality of cannabis banking: no single role can address the full picture alone.
Banking & credit unions
Program leadership, treasury, credit union strategy, cannabis banking operations and institutional perspective.
Compliance & risk
BSA/AML, due diligence, monitoring, fraud, risk assessment, policy, and program oversight.
Payments & fintech
Payments strategy, merchant services, treasury innovation, fintech tools, and emerging rails.
Professional services
Legal, consulting, data, monitoring, insurance, advisory, and cannabis industry support.
Meet the Executive Committee
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Michael Beird
VP of Treasury Services at Southwest Capital Bank and Co-Founder at ACB
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Dana Chaves
Director of Strategic Business Development, Lüt
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Kevin McKechnie
Executive Director HSA at the American Bankers Association
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David Peterson
Chief Innovation Officer at First National Bankers Bank
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Frank Smith
Senior Director of Cannabis Sales at Pima Federal Credit Union
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Jacqueline Vigil
AVP Cannabis Banking, U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union
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ACB’s work spans cannabis banking education, certifications, membership, standards, CBX, accreditation, publications and partner resources. The Executive Committee gives ACB access to a broad range of operational, regulatory, commercial and industry perspectives.
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