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Risk Committee

CBA’s Risk Committee focuses on best practices for risk management at CBA member banks, the identification of legislative and regulatory issues, and implementation of the heightened standards.
The Committee addresses issues and challenges facing retail banks in the management of risk, customer satisfaction, and compliance and building out the first and second lines of defense as top priorities. Members address risk management practices and changes in regulatory expectations, and operational considerations in implementing heightened standards. Comprised of banking leaders in first and second lines of defense, the group shares resources and best practices to help industry peers deploy change and adapt their people, processes and technology in support of the risk management activities.
The Committee's goals are to:
- Establish best practices around building out and managing the first and second lines of defense;
- Recommend effective ways to manage risk and its framework;
- Understand and communicate the risk culture; and
- Educate regulators and members of Congress.
Questions?
For more information about the mission and goals of CBA's Risk Committee, contact Andre' Cotten or call (202) 552-6360. For information about participating on this or other CBA Committees, contact Kevin O'Connor or call (202) 552-6376.
Risk Committee Members
Ricardo Serrano
Chair
Senior Control Officer
BBVA USA
Homewood, AL
Bill Simpson
Vice Chair
Consumer Services-Business Risk Management
Regions Financial Corporation
Birmingham, AL
Dawn Aronoff
SVP, Director of Risk Services and Banking
Comerica Incorporated
Auburn Hills, MI
Laheeb Betti
FVP, ERM/Operational Risk Director
Flagstar Bank
Troy, MI
Shelley Brown
Chief Risk Officer
Woodforest National Bank
The Woodlands, TX
Karl Byers
Operational Risk Group Senior Manager
Bank of the West
Lafayette, CA
Anne Chapin
Senior Vice President, Head of Strategies and Administration Risk Management
Wells Fargo and Company, Inc.
Fontana, CA
Theresa Connolly
SVP, Senior Risk Officer – Consumer Lending
TIAA Bank
Providence, RI
Jennifer Cook
Director, Risk Strategy & Governance
BMO Harris Bank
Chicago, IL
Lisa Cuba
SVP, Director of Enterprise Risk Management
Atlantic Union Bank
Capitol, VA
James Cummans
Director- Corporate BSA, Compliance & Fraud
TCF Financial Corporation
Plymouth, MN
Brian Donohue
EVP & Chief Risk Officer
Crescent Bank & Trust
Metairie, LA
Lana Dontsis
Director, Critical Risk Processes and Oversight
Discover Financial Services, Inc.
Riverwoods, IL
Ginny Eves
Assistant Vice President & Risk Officer
State Farm Bank
Bloomington, IL
Philip Gaglia
Chief Risk Officer
First Interstate BancSystem
Billings, MT
Rosemary Gaidos
Executive Vice President, Head of Consumer Banking Risk
Citizens Financial Group
Warwick, RI
Stacey Guardino
Group Vice President & Risk Management Program Director
M&T Bank Corporation
Buffalo, NY
Timothy Harden
Director Business Controls, Senior Vice President
Fifth Third Bancorp
Cincinnati, OH
Harsha Kapur
EVP - Risk, Controls and Compliance
KeyBank
Cleveland, OH
Julia Kaufmann
Retail Lending Operational Risk Manager
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA
Regina Lawrence
Senior Vice President, Director Consumer Lending Risk, CRCM
Hancock Whitney Bank
New Orleans, LA
Kate Liestman
Sr. Director, Risk Management
Ameriprise Bank, FBS
Minneapolis, MN
Arindam Majumdar
Managing Director-Enterprise Risk Analytics
Bank OZK
Little Rock, AR
Stephen Merritt
Chief Administration Officer - Compliance
Ally Bank
Charlotte, NC
Ryan Morrison
Santander Bank, N.A.
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Leslie Nannen
Senior Vice President
Bank of America
Dallas, TX
Ernest Piccioli
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer
Truist Financial Services
Winston-Salem, NC
Subodh Rai
Chief Risk Officer – U.S. Retail Bank and Mortgage
Citigroup Inc.
New York, NY
John Rainwater
Consumer Policy and Quality Control Manager
First Horizon National Corporation
Memphis, TN
Sherry Schneider
Enterprise Risk Director-Community Bank
Old National Bancorp
Evansville, IN
Edward Seksay
General Counsel and New Markets Tax Credit Program Manager
Rockland Trust Company
Rockland, MA
Judy Steiner
Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer
Banner Bank
Bellevue, WA
Lachelle Thigpen
Consumer & Business Banking Sr. Segment Risk Officer
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated
Columbus, OH
Nicole Wadlinger
SVP - Head of Sales Practices and Conduct Risk
TD Bank
Portland, ME
Justin Windschitl
Senior Vice President, Chief Risk Officer – Consumer and Business Banking
U.S. Bancorp
Minneapolis, MN
Paul Zelissen
Head Enterprise Risk
Sallie Mae
Newark, DE