Our Story

Clovis Quantum Solutions was founded on the principle that by having a flexible, lean operating model, but using highly experienced experts in their fields, we could provide top-level service at highly competitive rates. It also provides the flexibility to respond to challenges in the best way possible for the client. 

Clovis offers senior professionals with extensive, in-depth knowledge who have worked for regulators, in financial institutions, for Big Four consulting firms and for law enforcement. Unlike many consulting firms, Clovis does not do a bait and switch, with senior people negotiating to get a project only to leave junior employees to do the work. We staff our projects with people who have deep subject-matter expertise, many with decades of experience in their field, and keep them involved in all aspects of the work.

At Clovis, we harness the power of diverse groups of established experts you can trust to provide efficient, bespoke solutions. We operate at the cutting-edge of compliance, investigations, crisis management and reputation remediation, and can tailor the best solutions for you, whatever your size or needs.

Meet our Principals.
In addition to them, Clovis has an international roster of experts called upon as needed.

Annemarie McAvoy

FOUNDER and CEO

Annemarie McAvoy is a nationally-recognized expert in financial crimes, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Crypto-Currency and Anti-Bribery and Corruption compliance, internal investigations, fraud detection and crisis management. Her broad background gives her unique expertise, having been a federal and state prosecutor, an in-house attorney at major global financial institutions, and having worked at a Big Four accounting firm. She has received awards for her work from the US Secret Service, the US Customs Service and the US Department of Agriculture. She is called upon by the media as an on-air legal expert, and teaches classes on financial crimes at Columbia’s graduate School of International and Public Affairs that address issues including AML and Sanctions, compliance programs, human trafficking and transnational organized crime.

Since 2001 and continuing to today, Annemarie has provided consulting services in various areas, including financial crimes, cryptocurrency, corporate internal investigations, crisis management, AML and terrorist financing compliance, Sanctions issues, Anti-Bribery and Corruption compliance, and fraud detection and prevention. She has created and enhanced compliance programs, including for international banks, brokerage firms and crypto-currency exchanges.  In addition, Annemarie has conducted training, developed policies and procedures, analyzed programs and systems, given advice on how to be compliant with AML regulations and has conducted investigations.  She has been an expert witness in cases involving money laundering, fraud and financial crimes.  Annemarie has run AML projects for major US and foreign financial institutions and regulators, including program assessments, gap analysis, independent historical transaction reviews done for regulators, training, risk assessments, and the development of policies and procedures.

Annemarie earned her law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where she was a member of the National Moot Court Team and the Urban Law Journal, and her BA from St. John’s University, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude as valedictorian.

Suzanne Israel Tufts

PRINCIPAL

Suzanne Israel Tuft’s career has spanned multiple sectors, rendering her a multi-faceted executive and trusted advisor to C-suite executives, family organizations and to organizations ranging from small community-based groups to large government and private sector organizations.  She has also done work for non-profits. She has worked with over 300 US and NGO’s on issues ranging from Board recruitment, governance advisory, program development, management and legal consulting, internal investigations, and trainings, and has worked closely with Inspector Generals of several federal agencies. Suzanne is also a nationally recognized expert on small business creation, management and financing.

Suzanne has been a senior executive appointee in two US Presidential administrations.  She was Assistant Secretary for Administration at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she was confirmed with unanimous Senate consent.  She was also the Regional Director, Region II
of ACTION, the predecessor agency to the current National Service Corporation.  Her work has been acknowledged for its results and bipartisan efforts by Presidents, Cabinet Secretaries, and other federal, state and local leaders.  She previously was President and CEO of the American Women’s Economic Development Corporation (“AWED”), the nation’s first women’s entrepreneurship training center.  Under her leadership, AWED created emergency small business crises services within 72 hours of the 9/11 attacks, work for which she received bi-partisan executive branch and Congressional citations.

On the legal front, Suzanne has served as a consulting attorney for the law firm of Friedman, Kaplan, Seiler & Adelman, where she focused on complex commercial and financial litigation, internal investigations, board representations and employment law matters.  In addition, she has worked in the areas of audit and board of directors representation, along with white collar investigations.  She has also practiced white collar and complex commercial litigation with the law firms of Paul, Wiess, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and Weil Gothshal and Manges. She began her legal career as a paralegal at Williams and Connolly, where she assisted with investigations of government grants and in administrative and white collar regulatory proceedings.

Suzanne graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University where she created and was the first student to graduate with an A.B. Degree in Biomedical Ethics. She received her law degree from the University of
Virginia Law School, where she was awarded a Dillard Fellowship.

Rebecca Rakoski

 PRINCIPAL

Rebecca is a cybersecurity and data privacy expert. She creates proactive cybersecurity and data privacy measures for her clients, identifying and addressing data privacy and cybersecurity gaps.  With her extensive experience she is able to work with clients to create and tailor a security and privacy governance program that fits their specific needs in order to limit their exposure to hacking, ransomsware attacks and issues with regulators. Rebecca advises public and private corporations, as well as their boards, during data breaches and helps companies respond to regulatory compliance and enforcement actions. 

As a thought leader in the area of data privacy and cybersecurity, Rebecca serves on the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Cyber Task Force. Rebecca is Vice-Chair Elect for the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Bankruptcy Law Section and also served on the Complex Business Litigation Committee that drafted and revised the Court Rules involving electronic discovery in complex litigation matters. Rebecca has been appointed as a Discovery Special Master in several litigation matters by the New Jersey Superior Court.

Rebecca is on the Board of Governors for Temple University Health Systems on the Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Committee.  She also teaches Cyber Law as an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and Rowan University. 

Rebecca received her law degree from Widener University School of Law.