ESRA RIGGS - FUNDRAISING CHAIR

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​Esra Riggs MBA, CFSA, CIDA is a seasoned Risk Management, Compliance and Internal Audit leader with 29 years of experience in the Financial Services Industry.

She is the Director of Columbia Threadneedle's Global Operations and Investor Services (GOIS) & Data Business Risk & Control program, delivering operational, regulatory and financial risk management support to various business units in North America, EMEA and APAC.

Esra is no stranger to TAAM, she has served as the Treasurer, Vice President and President of the TAAM board in the past. She has designed and hosted many cultural exhibits for TAAM, 5 of which have won the best exhibit "Excellence" award at the annual Festival of Nations. She has founded and tought at the Turkish Language and Culture School.

Esra and her husband Trent and daughter Leyla have been proud members of TAAM community since the couple moved to Minnesota in 2004.

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