Ms. Wells leads LACERA’s ethics and compliance program. She has more than 20 years of experience building ethics, compliance, governance, and risk programs in large, regulated, and mission-driven organizations. Her programs are built to be practical and measurable programs, so they meet regulatory expectations and help people make sound decisions.
At LACERA, Ms. Wells sets the Ethics and Compliance strategy and Annual Work Plan, which are reviewed by executive leadership, LACERA’s Boards, and the Audit, Compliance, Risk, and Ethics Committee. She advises leaders and staff on ethical standards, laws and policies, and on how to spot and manage compliance risks. The program she oversees covers risk assessments, policy reviews, vendor monitoring and privacy controls, ethics reporting, investigations and enforcement, and the training and communications that promote an ethical culture.
Before joining LACERA, Ms. Wells served as Executive Vice President and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer for Confirm, a global workforce enablement company. There, she built the company’s first enterprise-wide ethics and compliance program and advised leadership and the Board on global compliance strategy, governance, and regulatory expectations. She previously served as Assistant Director of Institutional Compliance at the University of Southern California and held governance, risk, and compliance roles at Sempra. Ms. Wells is a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Ashford University.
