Lashonda Parks

LaShonda Parks has extensive experience in regulatory compliance and risk management. LaShonda currently holds the role of Deputy Chief Compliance Officer at First Trust since June 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Northern Trust Asset Management, where they served as a Senior Consultant Team Lead from March 2018 to May 2021 and as a Senior Consultant from June 2016 to March 2018. LaShonda also worked at HSBC as an AVP, Third Party Compliance Review Officer from October 2014 to June 2016. Before that, they gained experience at the National Futures Association, where they held the positions of Staff Examiner, II from September 2011 to September 2014 and Staff Auditor from January 2009 to September 2011. LaShonda's career in the field of regulatory compliance began at Wells Fargo as an Internal Auditor in 2008.

LaShonda Parks attended Michigan State University from 2003 to 2008, where they obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Accounting and Finance. In 2010, they obtained a Series 3 License from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, and in 2013, they became a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).