Shari Savlick

Shari has 20 years industry experience— 18 with Merrick Bank on the acquiring side—and is responsible for regulatory merchant compliance and operational integrity for the Merchant Services business unit of Merrick Bank. She has been a MAC member for 15 years, and has extensive experience in matters related to regulatory compliance, PCI DSS compliance, underwriting and risk analysis of registered high-risk merchants, third-party oversight and registration requirements, project management, section 6050W of the IRS code, data integrity, CPP/breach/suspected breach events, and enterprise risk management.

Prior to joining Merrick Bank in 2004, Shari held various positions at CardWorks Servicing (issuing side) and the American Institute of Physics, publishing division. She studied Linguistics at SUNY Stony Brook, and Business Management Economics at SUNY Empire State College. Shari currently lives on Long Island with her husband and two small children