Eulonda Kay Lea

Progressed through increasing levels of responsibility with leadership roles in team supervision, program management, and staff training. Managed investigations and served as a subject matter expert on money laundering, income tax evasion, refund fraud, political corruption, narcotics trafficking, and other white collar crimes.

Selected Accomplishments:

• Championed best practices by reviewing and improving procedures related to undercover operations, financial crimes, refund fraud, and international tax compliance.
• Created and delivered comprehensive training programs to groups of up to 400.
• Recognized for seamless transitions and effective leadership in numerous temporary assignments: managed 80 special agents, supervisors, and support staff as Assistant Special Agent-in-Charge of the Charlotte Field Office; managed daily operations of IRS-CI foreign posts in Colombia, Mexico, Barbados, Panama, and Canada as Special-Agent-in-Charge International Operations, West; directed internal and external messaging strategies as Director of Communications; advised on money laundering policy and served as IRS-CI representative on the Financial Action Task Force during tenure as Treasury

Department Liaison in the Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes.

• Initiated and executed training and policy/procedure solutions to improve effectiveness of investigative operations; partnered with attorneys, analysts, and other colleagues to ensure regulatory compliance and practical effectiveness.
• Served as member of State Department Rule of Law Experts Group
• Selected to conduct financial investigative techniques training as part of the International Law Enforcement Academies.
• Produced videos for IRS, including YouTube channel: Why Tax Professionals Need a Security Plan and What to Do After a Tax Professional Data Breach.