Team

Amy McDougal is Founder and President of CLEAResources, LLC. Her professional passion is helping organizations do right by their shareholders, employees, clients, customers, and communities by mitigating business risks associated with ethics and compliance failures.

Experience

• Federal criminal and civil litigation.
• Advisor to executive management on personnel, compliance, and ethics matters.
• A broad roster of clients that includes privately- and publicly-held companies both large and small, commercial and federal contractors, and government agencies.
• Development, implementation, auditing, and management of all aspects of compliance and ethics programs. These include risk assessment, internal policy, employee training at all levels, code of conduct development, and monitoring and investigative protocols.
• Company compliance with relevant state and federal laws and regulations.
• Development of a simple, innovative compliance management tool that enables clients to use a single spreadsheet to monitor changing risks and plan appropriate mitigation action.

Ms. McDougal presents and authors widely on compliance and ethics topics. Recent publications include:

• “Wearing Two Hats: the Dual Roles of In-House Counsel and Compliance Officer” published in the Association of Corporate Counsel Docket and National Contract Management Association’s Contract Management magazine.
• “Should In-House Counsel be Navigating the Choppy Waters of Compliance?” published by the American Bar Association Business Law Section
• “The Role of Incentives in Compliance and Ethics Program Effectiveness” published by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.

Background

• Certified by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics as a Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP).
• Special Assistant United States Attorney and Air Force Judge Advocate (attained the rank of Major) before beginning civilian career as in-house employment law and compliance counsel.
• Served as General Counsel and Vice President of Compliance and Ethics Services at Watermark, LLC before founding CLEAResources.
• Graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory of Music. Earned a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance.
• Holds a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Licensed in Georgia, the District of Columbia, and Tennessee. Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Georgia.