Erika Santana

Compliance Advisor

Erika Santana is a compliance advisor at CIBC Private Wealth with over 5 years of industry experience. In this role, she is responsible for enhancing compliance processes, updating policies and procedures, conducting regulatory research and performing testing and analysis to support effective reporting and adherence to evolving industry standards.

Previously, she served as a corporate paralegal for CIBC Private Wealth’s Legal Department. Prior to joining the firm, Erika served as a legal analyst at Accel Entertainment Gaming, where she handled regulatory and compliance matters. Beforehand, she served as a litigation paralegal while supporting personal injury attorneys at McCready Law and Susan E. Loggans & Associates.

Erika earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and pre-law from Governor State University, and she earned her Paralegal Certificate in corporate law and litigation from the University of Loyola, Chicago. Erika is currently enrolled in the Compliance and ERM, MJ, program at Loyola University Chicago.