About TRACE

As the Associate Director of Business and Legal Operations, Lisa oversees TRACE’s operational legal matters, including all commercial contracts, and contributes to business-related strategies, policies, and procedures.

Lisa brings over a decade of legal experience to her role. Prior to joining TRACE, Lisa worked as an attorney at Towne Park, LLC, and as a manager in SC&H Group’s Contracts Compliance Consulting practice group, where she audited and conducted risk assessments of Fortune 100 companies’ third-party supplier relationships. She also worked as a contracts administrator in the procurement department of the Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation.  Lisa is a certified mediator and trained collaborative law practitioner.

Lisa earned her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, where she served as Class President and the Managing Editor of the Maryland Journal of International Law, and her B.A., summa cum laude, from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland where she double-majored in Political Science and Religious Studies. Lisa is admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland.

Monica Bounds brings to TRACE over fifteen years of human resources management experience working in the fields of healthcare, real estate, and research/global consulting. Her areas of expertise include recruitment/onboarding, HRIS, benefits administration, and employee relations.

Prior to joining TRACE, Ms. Bounds held the position of Human Resources Manager for a Washington D.C. healthcare non-profit where she was responsible for recruitment, employee relations, training, benefits, compliance, performance management, and a HRIS implementation. Previously, she was a Human Resources Business Partner at Corporate Office Properties Trust. She also worked in the Human Resources and Marketing teams at the Corporate Executive Board, now a subsidiary of Gartner.

Ms. Bounds holds both a Master of Science in Administration and Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Southeast Missouri State University. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Beverly brings more than 20 years of experience in information technology to TRACE. As IT Manager, she oversees the continued development of an innovative, robust and secure technology environment.

Prior to joining TRACE, Beverly was the Chief Information Officer at Aveníu Brands, a U.S. subsidiary of Raventós Codorníu, one of world’s oldest winegrowing businesses located in Spain.

Fluent in three languages, Ms. Gryder was born in Canada and holds an MBA in Information Security from James Madison University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Waterloo, a Bachelors of Education from Western University and a Double Honors Bachelor of Arts degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.

Kathy Luthcke is the Finance Manager at TRACE where she oversees every aspect of the accounting and financial process of the organization. She is responsible for all tax filings, financial reporting requirements, payroll and cash management. 

Ms. Luthcke brings over 20 years of public accounting experience to her role. Early in her career, she worked with local and regional CPA firms where she had experience with both for-profit and non-profit companies. She developed her own practice before joining the team of one of her clients and has now been with TRACE over five years. 

Ms. Luthcke earned her BS in Accounting from the Robert H Smith School of Business, University of Maryland. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) as well as a Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA).  She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Illya Antonenko is Director of Compliance Resources and Data Protection Officer at TRACE. As an international anti-corruption attorney with 18 years of experience at law firms and in-house, he leads TRACE's legal compliance resources team, offers compliance advisory services to member companies, and monitors TRACE’s processes and operations for compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and ensuring that the rights of data subjects are protected. 

Prior to joining TRACE, Mr. Antonenko practiced law for over 15 years at leading law firms in Washington, D.C. His practice included assisting clients with FCPA compliance matters, investigations, enforcement actions, cross-border transactions, and general corporate issues. His career also included an in-house position as the Associate General Counsel at a global manufacturing company. While in-house, he worked closely with an independent compliance monitor and the U.S. Department of Justice in a post-FCPA enforcement context.

Mr. Antonenko received his Juris Doctor degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 2002. He has been admitted to the state bars of the District of Columbia and Maryland. He is a native speaker of Ukrainian and Russian.

Robert Clark is the Manager of Legal Research at TRACE, where he oversees a team of lawyers responsible for the production of analytical content. Mr. Clark brings to TRACE more than ten years of experience performing careful and thorough legal analysis in both the public and private sectors. He has served as a staff attorney for the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago and as law clerk to the Hon. Terence T. Evans in Milwaukee. He has also worked as a commercial and appellate lawyer specializing in business-bankruptcy litigation, first with the boutique firm of Friedman Dumas & Springwater LLP in San Francisco, then as a founding partner of Dumas & Clark LLP. Before attending law school, he spent four years working as a research analyst for the City of Chicago Board of Ethics.

Mr. Clark holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago, from which he graduated with honors, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He also received a master's degree in religious studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School, and a J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.

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Lauren Higgins has specialized in compliance and specifically anti-bribery compliance for over 15 years. She has been both on the consulting side helping companies develop due diligence and compliance solutions and the in-house side, most recently leading the compliance and ethics function for a multinational company headquartered in the UK. She has created and managed programmes in response to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act, the Modern Slavery Act, the Criminal Finances Act, as well as helped with trade compliance and GDPR compliance. She also has particularly focused experience in building out systems and solutions for third party intermediary management for multinationals.

Lauren has spoken at many of TRACE’s compliance events, and is part of our TASA faculty. She is an American-British dual citizen based in the UK, and can speak French.  She has direct experience working in Compliance across five continents.   

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David Ireland has specialized in international business development throughout his 25-year career, first as a Canadian diplomat serving five years in Tokyo and then with private companies as Director of International Business Development in Toronto, Boston and Ottawa, as well as with the Australian trade development agency AUSTRADE, where he provided tailored consultancy services to Australian firms seeking to export to the Andean region. David has managed customer accounts and led business development activities in Latin America, West Africa, Western Europe and Japan.

Fluent in five languages and familiar with many cultures and business environments, David has extensive business-to-government experience in emerging markets; he worked with TRACE to ensure compliance of third party agents for his previous employer, a TRACE member.

David was born and educated in Canada: he pursued his graduate studies in International Political Economy at the Norman Paterson School in Ottawa following completion of his BA in Economics from Queen’s University. David is based in Paris and will support TRACE member companies and clients in Europe.

David Ireland est spécialiste en développement des affaires internationales depuis 25 ans. Il a commencé sa carrière en tant que diplomat canadien, dont 5 années à l’Ambassade du Canada à Tokio, suivi de postes de Directeur du Développement des affaires internationales chez des société privées à Toronto, Boston et Ottawa ainsi qu’à l’Agence austalienne de développement du commerce international AUSTRADE où il a fourni des services de consultant aux entreprises australiennes cherchant à exporter à la région andine. David a géré des comptes-clients et a dirigé des activités de promotion du commerce international en Amérique latine, l’Afrique de l’ouest, l’Europe occidentale et au Japon.

Maitrisant cinq langues avec une bonne compréhension de nombreuses cultures et milieux d’affaires, David a une grande expérience B2G (du privé auprès des gouvernements) dans les pays en voie de développement. David a collaboré avec TRACE afin d’assurer la conformité des agents tierces de son employeur précédent, un membre de TRACE.

David est né et a été éduqué au Canada: il a entammé ses études de maitrise en Economie Politique Internationale à l’Ecole Norman Paterson à Ottawa suite à ses études de premier cycle (BA) en sciences économiques à l’Université Queen’s (Kingston, Canada). David est basé à Paris, et appuie les membres de TRACE et les clients en Europe.

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Office: +63.917.541.7131

As Regional Consultant for the Asia Pacific, Michelle regularly advises multinationals and SMEs on anti-bribery compliance solutions and other regulatory matters, utilizing her extensive experience in government service, corporate law and litigation. Prior to joining TRACE, Michelle was the General Counsel of the Araneta Group of Companies, a diverse group of corporations anchored on food, leisure, real estate and property development. She also worked at the Romulo Law Office, specializing in compliance issues, domestic and international arbitration, cross-border transactions, capital markets and commercial litigation. She served briefly at the Philippines’ executive and judicial departments, and was Chief of Staff at a high-profile congressional campaign, giving her unique insight into corruption challenges in the region.

Michelle earned her J.D. from the Ateneo de Manila School of Law and her LL.M. in International Law (Hugo Grotius Scholar) from the NYU School of Law.