Shari Savlick

Shari has 25 years industry experience— 22 years with Merrick Bank on the acquiring side— heading the Merchant Compliance department, she is responsible for regulatory merchant compliance and operational integrity for the Merchant Services business unit of Merrick Bank. She has been a member of the Association of Payment Professionals (previously known as MAC) for more than 15 years, currently serving as Immediate-President of the Board. Shari has extensive experience in matters related to regulatory compliance, policy governance, PCI DSS compliance, underwriting and risk analysis of registered high-risk merchants, third-party diligence, oversight, and registration requirements, project management, section 6050W of the IRS code, data integrity, CPP/breach/suspected breach events, and enterprise risk management.