Meet AARP Fraud Experts Fighting to Protect You

Kathy Stokes, Director of Fraud Prevention, Fraud Watch Network

Kathy Stokes is a nationally recognized leader in the consumer fraud arena. As Director of Fraud Prevention Programs with AARP, Kathy leads AARP’s social mission work to educate older adults on the risks that fraud represents to their financial security. Since 2019, she and her team have vastly expanded AARP’s leadership in this space, including the creation of a new victim support program, a multi-year campaign to end the use of gift cards in fraud, and the formation of a national effort to fundamentally transform how our country addresses consumer fraud. Kathy currently serves on the advisory council to the Board of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators and on the advisory council to the Senior Issues and Diminished Capacity Committee of the North American Securities Administrators Association.

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Amy Nofziger, Director of Victim Support, Fraud Watch Network

Amy Nofziger is the director of fraud victim support with AARP, a role she has held for nearly two decades. She leads a team of fraud specialists and dozens of volunteers who help victims of fraud though the AARP Fraud Watch Network Helpline. Her experience includes a term on Colorado's Elder Abuse Task Force, during which the state passed a mandatory elder abuse reporting law. Due to her experience and expertise, she receives frequent public speaking invitations and has presented across the country and on television to consumers and professionals on consumer fraud. Amy is a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Doug Shadel, Strategic Director, Fraud Watch Network

Doug Shadel, strategic director for the AARP Fraud Watch Network, is the former State Director for AARP Washington. As a former fraud investigator and lead researcher for AARP’s Fraud Watch Network, Shadel has authored numerous articles, academic studies, and books about how scammers conduct their operations and who is most likely to become a victim. He has served as an expert witness in criminal fraud trials for the U.S. Department of Justice, testified before Congress on the rise of fraud in the U.S., and writes a regular column for AARP the Magazine.