Cassandra “Cassi” Chandler has led a distinguished career as an innovative strategist, identifying and addressing cyber and fraud risks in the banking industry and as a Senior Executive within U.S. government services and the financial services industry. In addition to teaching at Pace, she is currently CEO of The Chandler Consulting Group, LLC and the President and managing partner of Vigeo Alliance, and serves as an independent federal monitor with the NYPD.
Prior to joining Pace, Chandler 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 risks and the operational effectiveness of enterprise coverage areas. She developed enterprise-wide teams and analytic processes to identify emerging cybercrimes, fraud trends and consumer risks. Before joining Bank of America, Chandler spent 23 years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where she directed criminal, terrorism, and cybercrimes investigations and foreign intelligence activities.
Chandler is the recipient of numerous awards, including 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. She earned her BA from Louisiana State University and her JD from Loyola University School of Law.