John Byrne, Arts '78

Centreville, VA

John Byrne is the Executive Chairman of the Advisory Board of AML RightSource. He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University’s School of Policy and Government at the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TRACC). Byrne is an internationally known regulatory, policy and legislative expert, and one of the leading AML community voices for over 40 years. He has received numerous awards, including the first Director's Medal for Exceptional Service from the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) Distinguished Service Award for his career work in the compliance field, the ACAMS Lifetime achievement Award (2023), as well as several awards for writing columns and blogs and for his podcast, AML Now. Byrne also serves on Ӱ’s Commercial Banking Board and co-created the AML Partnership Forum in 2022. He received the “Distinguished Alumnus of the Year Award” for the College of Arts and Sciences from Ӱ in 2024.