Senior Leadership Team
Ellen Zimiles
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Ellen Zimiles, Daylight’s co-founder and CEO, has more than 23 years of litigation and investigation experience, including 10 years as a federal prosecutor. Before forming Daylight, Ellen was a principal at a "Big Four" accounting firm, where she coordinated the forensic practice across all industry segments and was practice leader for the financial services industry. She is a leading authority on anti-money laundering programs, fraud control and public corruption matters. Ellen speaks frequently on these matters before banking, legal, compliance and academic audiences. She served as the independent financial auditor for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as part of a federal court consent agreement.

Before her Big Four experience, Ellen was an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of New York for more than 10 years. She served in the civil and criminal divisions and was chief of the forfeiture unit for more than six years. Ellen was responsible for many high-profile money laundering, fraud and forfeiture cases. In recognition for her contributions as a federal prosecutor, Ellen received the United States Department of Justice’s John Marshall Award for Outstanding Service and the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Integrity Award. Ellen earned a bachelor's degree at Brooklyn College and a law degree at Syracuse University College of Law, where she served as an editor of the law review.

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Joseph A. Spinelli
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer

Joseph Spinelli, Daylight's co-founder and COO, is a leading authority on white-collar crime with more than 30 years of forensic experience. He joined a “Big Four” accounting firm as a principal in 1994, founding its forensic practice. During his 12-year tenure there, Joe was office coordinating partner for the Northeast and public services industry leader.

Before his Big Four experience, he spent eight years as New York State's first inspector general, leading fraud, abuse, waste and corruption investigations for all New York State agencies and authorities. Joe also served as assistant director of criminal justice for the state of New York, with responsibilities for the investigation of criminal complaints and fraud allegations throughout state government. His efforts resulted in a wide array of high-profile criminal convictions for fraud and corruption.

Prior to his appointment as Inspector General, Joe served as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in both the New York and New Haven field offices. Joe also served as independent private sector inspector general for Miami-Dade County and was an independent fiscal monitor during the post-Sept. 11 recovery effort at the World Trade Center, with investigative, compliance and monitoring responsibilities. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ricker College and a law degree at John Marshall Law School. In 2004, Joe was elected to the board of regents of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, an international professional association with 30,000 members.

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Andrea Bonime-Blanc
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary

Andrea is the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Daylight Forensic & Advisory LLC. Andrea supervises the legal, compliance and governance matters of the firm. She brings over two decades of legal, transactional and compliance experience at leading international law firms and companies.

Prior to joining Daylight, Andrea served as Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer for Bertelsmann, where she established and launched the global ethics and compliance program for 100,000 employees in 60 countries for operations covering publishing, music, magazines, television, manufacturing and technology. Andrea previously served as General Counsel and Head of Compliance, External Relations, and Environmental, Health & Safety for the global division of PSEG. In addition, she practiced law at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP and King & Spalding LLP where she specialized in international project financing.

Andrea serves on the Board of Directors of the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA) and is Chair of its Global Strategy Committee. She is co-leader, co-author and co-editor of the new ECOA publication “The Ethics and Compliance Handbook: A Practical Guide from Leading Organizations”. Andrea has written and edited several books and articles. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Conference Board’s Global Council on Business Conduct, is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for the International Commission of Jurists. Over the years, Andrea has leveraged her upbringing in Europe and fluency in Spanish to work throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Andrea is adjunct faculty at NYU’s School for Continuing and Professional Studies. She holds a Joint J.D. in Law and PhD in Political Science from Columbia University.

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Dennis Sheehan

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-554-2604
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Dennis Sheehan
Chief Financial Officer

Dennis Sheehan, chief financial officer with Daylight in its New York headquarters, brings the firm almost 30 years of experience advising financial services companies.

Before joining Daylight, Dennis was a senior advisor to private equity firm FTVentures and served on the advisory board of one of FTVentures’ portfolio companies, EXL Services. He also served as the president and chief executive officer of a leading provider of financial services outsourcing solutions where he was a member of the board of directors. While at there, Dennis was responsible for nine discreet businesses, all of which provided services to the financial services industry.

Dennis was previously executive vice president and chief financial officer for Concord Holding Corp., where he played a major role in taking Concord public and arranging its sale.  He held several senior positions with The Equitable Life Assurance Corp., including president and CEO of Equico Securities, a wholly owned broker/dealer with approximately 7,000 registered representatives. Dennis also served as chief financial officer for PaineWebber’s asset management business for three years and served on the New York Stock Exchange’s Listed Company Advisory Committee.

Dennis was an adjunct professor at Adelphi University’s graduate school. He holds a bachelor degree from Iona College and an MBA from New York University.

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Thomas Bock

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-554-2629
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Thomas Bock
Executive Director

Thomas Bock is an executive director with Daylight in its New York office. He previously was a director at a "Big Four" accounting firm, where he directed teams performing anti-money laundering services on behalf of large financial institutions.

While at the "Big Four" accounting firm, Tom developed and implemented an anti-money laundering transaction monitoring and case management tool used to help several global financial institutions assess millions of transactions pursuant to look-back analyses regulators requested under Bank Secrecy Act Suspicious Activity reporting laws.

Before his "Big Four" experience, Tom served as a financial fraud investigator for Republic National Bank of New York. In this role, he conducted branch investigations, performed due diligence for private banking proposals and implemented fraud-prevention systems to minimize new account fraud and check fraud.

Tom received a master's degree in economic crime management from Utica College of Syracuse University and holds a bachelor's degree in computer information from Manhattan College. He is also a certified fraud examiner (CFE).

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Carmina Hughes

1155 Connecticut Avenue, NW
4th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-552-8402
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Carmina Hughes
Executive Director

Carmina Hughes is an executive director with Daylight in its Washington office. She is an attorney with 27 years of investigation and litigation experience in the financial services industry and law enforcement.

Before joining Daylight Forensic, Carmina worked as a principal specializing in anti-money laundering compliance and investigatory engagements with the forensic practice at a "Big Four" accounting firm.

Prior to joining the private sector, She served as special counsel for enforcement and special investigations at the U.S. Federal Reserve System’s Board of Governors. At the Federal Reserve, Carmina was responsible for conducting money laundering and fraud investigations, bringing enforcement actions against banks and individuals, shaping domestic and international anti-money laundering policy, and implementing the USA PATRIOT Act and Bank Secrecy Act.

Carmina also spent 16 years as an assistant United States attorney for the District of Maryland, where she was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all types of federal crimes including white collar fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud, money laundering and violent crimes. She held various supervisory posts in the office such as chief of general crimes, chief of priority crimes and deputy chief of the criminal division. Before that, Carmina was an assistant attorney general for the state of Maryland, handling criminal appeals and representing state officials in correctional litigation matters.

She has a bachelor's degree from Bethany College and earned her law degree from the University of Maryland.

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Salvatore LaScala

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-554-2611
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Salvatore LaScala
Executive Director

Salvatore LaScala is an executive director with Daylight in its New York office. He has more than 15 years of investigative and forensic experience specializing in anti-money laundering, USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations and compliance matters.

Sal also has expertise with anti-money laundering transaction monitoring and interdiction software applications related to development, implementation and business rule and case management enhancement. As an executive director, he is responsible for client service and product development.

Before joining Daylight Forensic, he was a managing director in the forensic practice of a "Big Four" accounting firm, where he served as a product leader for anti-money laundering, OFAC and FCPA client services. Before his Big Four experience, Sal was a special agent with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division and practiced law in New York state.

Sal earned his law degree from Quinnipiac University School of Law in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He holds an accounting degree from Iona College, in New Rochelle, N.Y., and is a certified fraud examiner (CFE).

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Scott Moritz

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-554-2626
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Scott Moritz
Executive Director

Scott Moritz is an executive director with Daylight in its New York office. He has more than 20 years of complex investigative, forensic accounting and law enforcement experience. As an Executive Director, Scott is responsible for client service, marketing, and corporate security.

Before joining Daylight Forensic, Scott was a director at a "Big Four" accounting firm, where he served as both director of corporate intelligence and leader of the data governance and privacy protection team for the forensic practice.

Scott also previously served as senior managing director and anti-money laundering practice chairman at a global investigative firm. Mr. Moritz served as a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation for nearly 10 years. He is nationally recognized for his money laundering and asset forfeiture investigations expertise.

Scott earned a bachelor's degree from Jacksonville University and graduated from the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va. He is a certified fraud examiner (CFE), certified anti-money laundering specialist and certified information privacy professional.

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Carmen Oveissi Field

1 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10020
Phone: 212-554-2606
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Carmen Oveissi Field
Managing Director

Carmen Oveissi Field is a managing director with Daylight in its New York office. She is a domain expert on electronic discovery and a frequent expert speaker on the topic. She has more than 14 years of experience in information technology, with a focus on supporting complex electronic discovery matters.

Before joining Daylight, her consulting engagements included the design and implementation of litigation labs, the design and management of global data collection projects, the creation of electronic discovery plans and the auditing of electronic discovery vendor processes. She also co-developed an electronic discovery litigation readiness assessment tool with ARMA International and Net Diligence.

Carmen previously conducted penetration testing for financial institutions, designed, proposed and implemented security solutions for NASA headquarters, developed and implemented secure information technology solutions for IBM Global Services and completed security analyses and remediation in multiple industries.

She holds a master’s of science in information management from the University of Washington and a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies of biomedical ethics from the University of Virginia. She is a member of the ARMA International e-discovery Advisory Group, the Georgetown University CLE Advisory Board for e-discovery Institute and is active in the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production and the Working Group on International Electronic Information Management and Disclosure.

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