Andy Sandler

Andy Sandler is an entrepreneur, business leader and advisor, lawyer, and philanthropist. He leads Temerity Capital Partners, the Sandler family office and private investment company, which invests in and advises early-stage companies developing new technologies in financial services and achieving positive social impact. Andy owns and operates Asurity Technologies which focuses on mortgage compliance technology and RiskExec, a leading fair lending analytics SaaS software provider. He is a senior partner at the Mitchell Sandler law firm and recently founded Asurity Advisors, a financial services industry consulting firm. Andy owns three professional baseball teams: the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers and Lexington Legends. He is actively engaged in mixed use and hotel development projects in each of the communities where he owns a team.

Andy was named a Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year finalist for representing the Navajo Nation in its breach of trust litigation with the United States. Andy and his colleagues achieved a $554 million settlement for the Navajo Nation. HousingWire Vanguard recognized Andy as “one of the biggest names in the housing industry” and Legal Times has named him as a Legal Visionary for his law firm leadership.

Andy is the founder of The Sandler Family Foundation which focuses its philanthropy on health and welfare, social entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, and inclusive democracy. He holds J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and Wharton School of Business, an M.A. from the University of Warwick (Rotary Foundation Fellow), and a B.A. from Union College.

Andy and his wife Andrea, managing partner of the Mitchell Sandler law firm, find their greatest joy spending time together with their family and friends at their Florida beach home and Virginia farm and traveling.

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Patti Joyner

Patti Joyner is Managing Director of Asurity Academy, Asurity’s recently launched training and professional development arm. With over 40 years of banking experience, Patti is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), who brings deep expertise in regulatory compliance, risk management, compliance program development, professional development training, and litigation support.

Patti is a frequent presenter for many state and regional compliance associations and the American Bankers Association, where she has served as a faculty member at its prestigious Stonier Graduate School of Banking as well as National, Intermediate, and Graduate Compliance Schools.  Additionally, Patti has been a featured speaker on a variety of compliance topics, appearing on webcasts and conference panels. Patti works with bankers across the country at large and small institutions alike to deliver compliance training to a broad array of audiences, including Boards of Directors. And regulatory and law enforcement agencies frequently invite her to speak at their events. Patti was named the winner of the ABA’s annual Distinguished Service Award for 2018 in recognition of her contributions to the nation’s banking industry.  Patti is a highly acclaimed keynote speaker, as well as a published compliance resource for many regional and national publications.  Her high energy style and sense of humor combine to provide entertaining, effective, successful and compliant solutions that will engage audiences and answer their questions.

Patti’s ability to transform complex requirements into simple, digestible, and practical solutions is rooted in a deep conviction that “excellence is not optional,” which readily translates into effective solutions for community bankers. She has the unique ability to balance without compromising compliance or business results.

Drawing on her industry knowledge and recognized domain expertise, Patti regularly partners with legal teams to achieve successful litigation outcomes.

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Founder Insyde.ai, AI GPT solutions for the mortgage industry
Insyde.ai is at the forefront of providing cutting-edge AI and GPT solutions tailored specifically for the financial sector, including mortgage lenders. Since 2023, Insyde.ai innovative tools have been successfully implemented by lenders to transform their internal and sales operations.

With Insyde.ai, lenders can deploy their own private, secure, and compliant GPT systems, empowering all employees to seamlessly access internal documents and data through advanced AI Large Language Models (LLM). Insyde.ai solutions enable loan officers to deliver exceptional borrower services by integrating client and loan data, facilitating a wide range of use cases such as identifying loan opportunities and effortlessly providing loan status updates. Moreover, Insyde.ai’s GPT technology streamlines operations by automating and expediting internal support for product guidelines, internal policies, and procedures. Experience the future of financial services with Insyde.ai, where innovation meets excellence. (www.insyde.ai)

CIO NFM Lending
As NFM’s Chief Information Officer, Christos Bettios has enterprise-wide responsibility for all systems and technology. In addition to maintaining and enhancing our systems, Christos is responsible for developing and deploying industry-leading innovations focused on providing exceptional customer experience and enhancing the loan officer origination activities with automation.

Prior to joining NFM in 2017, Christos has been responsible for technology management, product development, and solutions implementation for some of the biggest names in the mortgage industry, including: US Bank, First American Title – Mortgage Services, and Fannie Mae. Christos has dedicated his career to leveraging innovation to improve the mortgage loan life cycle. He has been directly involved in technology strategy and implementation of regulatory and investor guidelines while at Fannie Mae and with large lenders, such as CitiMortgage, Bank of America, US Bank, NYCB, and JPM Chase, as well as many smaller originators, community banks, and credit unions. Christos led the deployment of MISMO standards for underwriting, closing collaboration, and investor delivery and was one of the early developers and adopters of digital mortgage and electronic loan closings.

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Carl Pry

Carl Pry, a Senior Advisor at Asurity Advisors, is a seasoned executive with banking law, corporate finance, and regulatory compliance experience in Fortune 500 institutions, regional banks and industry consulting firms. Carl advises clients on commercial compliance, fair lending, corporate treasury and risk management.

Over the last 30-plus years, Carl has held senior leadership positions including Managing Director at Treliant LLC, Senior Vice President and Compliance Manager for the Compliance and Control Division at KeyBank, Manager of Finance and Performance Management Service Line at Accenture, and Vice President of Regulatory Services at Kirchman Corporation. With strong knowledge and experience as a banking attorney and officer, Carl is a frequent contributor to and currently serves as Co-Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for the ABA Bank Compliance magazine. As a featured speaker for numerous banking, compliance, and state bar associations, he has led training sessions across the country. Carl has served as an instructor at FDIC examiner school and back-up instructor for NCUA examiner school. He has authored training programs covering consumer and commercial compliance, audit, quality control, tax, privacy and risk management.

Carl has authored scores of articles on regulatory and financial issues, developed testing and support materials for BAI’s Anti-Money Laundering Professional certification, and served as subject matter expert for web-based compliance and audit educational testing programs for banking training firms. He is the author of “Internet Banking Manual”, a comprehensive guide to business planning, risk analysis and maintaining a presence for financial institutions on the Internet. For LexisNexis, he also authored “The New RESPA Rule: Navigating New Disclosures” and “The Evolution of Reg. Z: Increased Duties and Responsibilities for Lenders.”

Andrea Mitchell

Andrea is a nationally recognized adviser to banks, financial services companies, and third-party service providers on enforcement, regulatory, and compliance matters. She represents clients throughout the country on fair lending, fair servicing, and responsible banking issues, including matters that involve claims of disparate impact; disparate treatment; and unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices (UDAAP). Her work in this area includes advising on redlining, pricing, underwriting, steering, product development, sales and marketing, social media, limited English proficiency, artificial intelligence and machine learning, overdraft and other deposit account practices, credit reporting, servicing, collections, and loss mitigation.

She frequently advises clients on board governance and bank regulatory issues, including supervisory appeals, merger and acquisition strategy, supervisory relations, and examination management. She also assists banks with applications to change primary bank regulators and with their transitions into Consumer Financial Protection Bureau jurisdiction upon crossing $10 billion in assets.

Andrea also has conducted internal investigations and served as lead counsel on dozens of government investigations and enforcement matters.

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Dr. Anurag Agarwal

Dr. Anurag Agarwal is the Co-Founder & President of RiskExec.

He is a recognized expert in fair lending, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), Community Reinvestment Act (CRA), and related areas. As the main architect, designer, and developer of the platform, Anurag continues to lead the development of the RiskExec line of compliance technologies.

During his career, Anurag has consulted with and advised large financial institutions in the areas of compliance, fair lending, statistical analysis, and regulatory risk management.

Chris Willis

Chris is the co-leader of the Consumer Financial Services Regulatory Practice Group at the firm. He advises financial services institutions facing state and federal government investigations and examinations, counseling them on compliance issues including UDAP/UDAAP, credit reporting, debt collection, and fair lending, and defending them in individual and class action lawsuits brought by consumers and enforcement actions brought by government agencies.

Chris also leverages insights from his litigation and enforcement experience to help clients design new products and processes, including machine learning marketing, fraud prevention and underwriting models, product structure, advertising, online application flows, underwriting, and collection and loss mitigation strategies.

Chris brings a highly practical focus to his legal advice, informed by balancing a deep understanding of the business of consumer finance and the practical priorities of federal and state regulatory agencies.

Chris speaks frequently at conferences across the U.S. on consumer financial services law and has been featured in numerous articles in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Washington Post, American Banker, National Law Journal, BNA Bloomberg, and Bank Safety and Soundness Advisor.

Lisa Rice

As President and CEO, Lisa Rice leads the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)’s efforts to advance fair housing principles, preserve and broaden fair housing protections, and expand equal housing opportunities for millions of Americans. NFHA is the trade association for over 170 fair housing and justice-centered organizations and individuals throughout the U.S. and its territories, and is the nation’s only national civil rights agency solely dedicated to eliminating all forms of housing discrimination.

Ms. Rice is a published author contributing to several books and journals addressing a range of fair housing issues including — The Fight for Fair Housing: Causes, Consequences, and Future Implications of the 1968 Federal Fair Housing Act; Designed for the Future: 80 Practical Ideas for a Sustainable World; Discriminatory Effects of Credit Scoring on Communities of Color; and From Foreclosure to Fair Lending: Advocacy, Organizing, Occupancy, and the Pursuit of Equitable Credit.

She played a major role in crafting sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and in establishing the Office of Fair Lending within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She also helped lead the investigation and resolution of precedent-setting fair housing cases which have resulted in providing remedies for millions of people as well as the elimination of systemic discriminatory practices involving lending, insurance, rental and zoning matters. She has received numerous honors and awards including the National Housing Conference’s Housing Visionary Award and was named as one of Time’s 2024 Closers. Ms. Rice also serves on various Boards and Advisory Councils.

Lauren Wallace

Lauren Wallace is the Chief Legal Officer at RadarFirst, where she brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of technology, law, and business. Her career includes leadership roles in both global corporations and innovative startups, advising companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Nike on enterprise technology transactions, data protection, and regulatory compliance. Prior to joining RadarFirst, she led Wallace Tech Law LLC, served as outside counsel to Nike on GDPR and privacy governance, and held executive legal roles at ZOOM+Care, Avatron Software, and Tonkon Torp LLP. She began her career in corporate development at Apple and in enterprise sales at Microsoft, giving her a uniquely integrated perspective on legal strategy and product growth.

A recognized expert in digital privacy and AI governance, Lauren is a Fellow of Information Privacy and holds advanced certifications from the International Association of Privacy Professionals, including CIPP/US, CIPM, and the AI Governance Professional credential. She earned her J.D. from Lewis & Clark Law School and a B.A. in Psychology from Bard College. Lauren is deeply engaged in the Portland business and nonprofit community and frequently speaks on the operationalization of privacy, responsible AI, and emerging regulatory trends. At RadarFirst, she ensures that the company’s solutions and strategies evolve in lockstep with legal, technological, and environmental change—empowering organizations to make confident, compliant decisions at scale.

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Courtenay Dunn

Courtenay R. Dunn is Senior Director of Government Affairs for Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), a leading global provider of data, technology, and market infrastructure, and ICE Mortgage Technology TM. In this role, Dunn oversees the companies’ government relations, regulatory and legal affairs initiatives. Dunn currently serves on the National Housing Conference National Advisory Council and the Mortgage Bankers Association Affordable Homeownership Advisory Council. Dunn was honored as a 2022 Housing Wire Woman of Influence for her work with ICE. Previously, Dunn served as Counsel for ICE, and oversaw litigation and corporate law and governance matters for MERS.

Dunn has been in the mortgage industry for over 18 years and presents frequently on matters involving mortgage, technology, and privacy. Prior to joining ICE, she worked as an attorney in private practice in Philadelphia handling all aspects of mortgage litigation.

Dunn has dedicated her professional and community volunteer efforts domestically and internationally to the rule of law, legal and social rights. She is an American Bar Foundation Fellow and an active member of several mortgage, technology, and finance-related trade associations. Dunn is a prior recipient of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division “On the Rise” award, which recognizes high achievement, innovation, vision, leadership, and legal and community service, and the Lawyer on the Fast Track award, a peer-nominated and industry voted award for professional, personal, and civic work to improve the legal landscape among others. She earned a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, and graduated summa cum laude from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. in Political Science, and minors in English and French.

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John V. Levonick

John V. Levonick is a Senior Partner at Garris Horn LLP, where he leads the firm’s practice in financial technology, cybersecurity and privacy. John advises banks, non-bank lenders, technology enabled service providers and fintech firms on the responsible use of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain, in support of commercial governance, risk, compliance, and regulatory readiness. As a former Chief Executive Officer, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, John has a deep understanding of legal frameworks, technological innovation and business requirements, as he works at the intersection of law and technology to help clients modernize their operations while managing legal and compliance risk in a practical, commercially viable manner.

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Grace Brasington

Grace is a risk and compliance management expert and financial services industry leader with over 30 years of global corporate and consulting experience. At banks, FinTech companies, and consulting firms, her oversight responsibilities have included risk and compliance, fair and responsible banking, CRA, deposit operations, financial crime, consumer banking, payment systems, information technology, complaints management, mortgage, consumer and commercial lending, and business strategy. Areas of focus have included risk assessments, risk mitigation and management, artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, data management, compliance management systems, and organizational transformation.

In her current role, Grace leads the Asurity Advisory practice as Executive Managing Director. In this capacity, she provides input and strategic direction relative to the Risk Exec product and leads the go to market activities for advisory service offerings.

Grace’s corporate roles have included Chief Compliance Officer of SunTrust Banks and Chief Risk Officer of Lender Processing Services (now Black Knight Financial Services, a leading FinTech company). At IBM’s Watson Financial Services Division, she led the design, development, implementation, and acquisition strategies of a number of technologies focused on regulatory compliance, risk management, and financial crime. Her consulting positions have included Partner at Guidehouse (formerly Navigant Consulting), where she led client development and relations regarding FinTech, financial crimes, and fraud. At KPMG, she was Director of the Southeast Risk Advisory Practice, focused on enterprise banking clients.

Grace is a frequent speaker on emerging technology, recently including a keynote on RegTech compliance implications at an American Banker event, as well as addressing international conferences and meetings of regulators on subjects including artificial intelligence for risk management, cognitive technology in boardrooms, and building trust and confidence in big data.

Grace earned a BS in Finance and Management from Florida State University. She has been recognized by the industry on several occasions for her technology innovation and was awarded Industry Academy Membership by IBM in 2018.

Olivia Kelman

Olivia Kelman focuses her practice on representing clients in litigation, compliance, and enforcement matters, with a concentration on fair and responsible lending and servicing. She regularly advises clients seeking to identify and mitigate fair lending risk, or in defending fair lending claims, in areas relevant to the client’s business, including redlining, branching, pricing, underwriting, marketing, steering, servicing, modeling, and reasonable accommodations. With a deep understanding of the business practices of a wide variety of financial services and housing industry participants, Olivia is recognized for crafting tailor-made solutions to manage risk that appropriately balance business considerations and ever-changing regulatory requirements.

Michael Carbone

Michael Carbone has served as Deputy Enterprise Chief Compliance Officer at Flagstar Bank since March 2024, where he has responsibility for Fair Banking, Second line oversight practices, and compliance governance and reporting; and previously served as Interim BSA Officer.

Prior to Flagstar, Mr. Carbone was the Chief Compliance Officer at City National Bank (RBC’s US consumer and commercial bank) and was responsible for transforming its Enterprise Compliance program into one that aligns with OCC large bank supervision expectations including the development of a Fair and Responsible Banking function; Consumer, Commercial, and Wealth Management Advisory functions; and compliance monitoring, testing, governance, reporting, training, and regulatory change routines.

Previous to his time at CNB, Mr. Carbone served as Director of Compliance at Citizens Bank, N.A. where he oversaw the Commercial Banking, Finance, and Corporate Functions; and as Head of Enterprise Risk Management and Head of Corporate Compliance at Santander Bank, N.A. where he developed and implemented the ERM program, managed Governance and Board Operations, and developed and implemented the Corporate Compliance function. Earlier in Mr. Carbone’s career, he worked at Royal Bank of Scotland/Citizens in a compliance oversight role covering Securities, Investments, and Commercial related businesses; and at Bank of America, within its Global Wealth and Investment Management division.

Mr. Carbone holds a J.D. from Roger Williams University School of Law and a B.A. in History and Education from Providence College. He is an ABA Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), a member of the MA and RI Bars, holds several FINRA licenses, and previously served as a Board Member for 501(c)3 company – Working on Walking.

Jon Seward

With nearly 25 years at the U.S. Department of Justice in the Civil Rights Division, Jon has a wealth of experience in evaluating policies and practices by lenders that have resulted in fair lending investigations and settlements. Throughout his career, Jon has been at the forefront of efforts to promote equitable access to credit for all communities.

With a profound understanding of redlining issues, Jon has navigated the complexities of fair lending enforcement across multiple presidential administrations, including those of Presidents Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden. His involvement in joint investigations and cases with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has provided him with valuable insights into addressing fair lending violations across a spectrum of lenders, ranging from large institutions to mid-size and small lenders. Jon’s commitment to compliance and his wealth of experience in making referral and targeting decisions have been instrumental in shaping fair lending enforcement strategies.

Jon’s contributions to civil rights enforcement have earned him prestigious awards and recognition throughout his career. He was honored with the John Doar Award in 2022, the Civil Rights Division’s highest accolade, in recognition of his exemplary service. Additionally, Jon was a finalist for the 2020 Service to America Medals, specifically the Paul Volcker Career Achievement award, a testament to his outstanding enforcement efforts in ensuring equitable access to credit for residents of minority communities. He has also been the recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2013, one of the highest honors within the Department of Justice, and the Assistant Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 2022, 2012, and 2011, further highlighting his exceptional contributions to the DOJ’s mission.

Jon lives in Maryland with his wife of 37 years. He has two children and enjoys spending time with his granddaughter and granddog.

Linda Ezuka

Linda Lewis Ezuka is the Founder of CRA Today and the CRA Hub, an exclusive membership for bank professionals to master the art of the CRA, get exam ready and transform communities through the power of economic development. Linda also hosts the CRA Podcast, a podcast to elevate conversations around the Community Reinvestment Act.

Ms. Ezuka has over 30 years of community development experience, with emphasis in CRA compliance, training, community development finance and CDFI initiatives. Linda has led CRA programs within large banks and have consulted with banks of all sizes and regulators.

Ms. Ezuka currently serves on the board and investment committee of the HMSA Foundation and on the Advisory Board of the Patsy T. Mink Center for Business and
Leadership and has served chairwoman of the board for the YWCA of Oahu, Hospice Hawaii and HCRC CDFI. Linda is a past CDFI New Markets Tax Credit and CDFI Reader, a Pacific Century Fellow, SBA Financial Services Advocate of the Year Awardee and Pacific Business News 40 Under 40 honoree.

Linda is the author of the book: Outstanding: A Practitioner’s Guide to Exam Readiness.

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Daniella Casseres

Daniella serves on Mitchell Sandler’s management committee and leads the firm’s mortgage regulatory practice group.

She advises mortgage lenders, financial institutions, and consumer finance companies on regulatory compliance and enforcement matters, bringing the insight of a former banking regulator at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to her work. As the head of Mitchell Sandler’s mortgage practice group, she regularly counsels clients on state and federal laws relating to fair lending, advertising, licensing, and privacy. She has particular experience helping mortgage lenders and others comply with the requirements of the Truth in Lending Act, the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, the Fair Housing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Bank Secrecy Act, and state regulatory requirements.

Daniella has served as lead counsel to clients in federal and state regulatory investigations and enforcement matters involving the:

• Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Department of Justice

• New York Department of Financial Services

• California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

• Various other state financial regulators

Shannon Thomason

Shannon Thomason is Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for Central Bank.  She recently moved into this position and oversees the fair banking and governance and strategy team within the compliance department as well as mortgage loan quality control.  She has also held positions as the Chief Compliance Officer, Compliance Manager and Compliance Officer for an affiliate bank during her thirteen years with the company.  Central Bank is $20 billion bank headquartered in Jefferson City, Missouri operating in Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, Iowa and Arkansas as well as an online mortgage presence.

Prior to her employment with Central Bank, Shannon spent 10 years with Great Southern Bank based Springfield, Missouri in various capacities in compliance and internal audit.  She holds certifications as a CRCM and CERP.  She is married to Lin, has two children, Raegan, 22 and Alex, 19 and a bernedoodle named Ozzie.

Outside of work, Shannon works with Abundant Blessings, a non-profit organization in Nixa that provides clothing and shoes to children in need and foster children in our community.

Loretta Williamson

Loretta Williamson is a Senior Vice President and Director of Inclusive Lending and Homeownership Equity for Truist Financial Corporation. She leads a team responsible for identifying and deploying profitable growth, forward-thinking strategies that focus on the shifting demographics driving home ownership. Those strategies include analyzing data science with a concentration on inclusive lending across the socio-economic spectrum.

She has been with Truist for 11 years and served in the mortgage and banking industry for 27 years. Loretta partners with various non-profit organizations and Trade Associations to promote and deliver homebuyer education classes to potential homebuyers while also volunteering by providing financial education to adults and college students. In 2022, she was named one of the Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia by “Women We Admire.”

Loretta currently serves as a director on the board of the Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation, a non-profit organization based out of Richmond, Virginia focused on affordable housing, and a Council Member with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Affordable Housing Council.

Loretta lives in Midlothian, Virginia with her daughter. Outside of work, Loretta enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, meditating, and reading.

Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. As a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with leading market share in many high-growth markets, Truist is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and offers a wide range of services including retail, small business and commercial banking; asset management; capital markets; commercial real estate; corporate and institutional banking; insurance; mortgage; payments; specialized lending; and wealth management. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.

Timothy Stokes, CRCM

Tim Stokes is a Managing Director with Asurity Advisors. Tim brings with him 25 years of experience in consumer financial regulations, risk management and mitigation, and bank operations. Given his prior service in executive leadership roles at banks and financial technology companies, regulatory agencies, as well as professional service advisory firms, Tim possesses the experience that enables him to bring both tactical and strategic solutions to a wide array of client engagements.

Tim has assisted with the development and execution of remediation and settlement action plans for several large clients in response to regulatory or legal enforcement actions related to Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices (UDAAP), Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, consumer complaints, and the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA). He also served as Chief Compliance Officer and Fair Lending Officer secondment roles for mid-size banks. Tim has assisted clients with the development and implementation of Compliance Management Systems and Operational Risk Management Programs. Additionally, he has overseen the review and testing of governance, risk, and compliance frameworks for Financial Technology companies (fintechs) to ensure their products and services, operations, and compliance practices were aligned with regulatory expectations and partner bank requirements.

Prior to consulting, Tim was the Chief Compliance Officer of a Texas based community bank and the Vice President of Operations and Compliance at a mid-size credit union. In both roles, Tim was responsible for the development and implementation of the institutions’ compliance programs, regulatory exam management and response, and day-to-day management of Compliance Department activities.

Tim also served as a Senior Regulatory Outreach Specialist with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In his role with FinCEN, he was instrumental in the development and launch of the agency’s BSA e-filing system. He also served as the designated liaison between FinCEN and the prudential regulators’ anti-money laundering divisions.

Tim has spoken at the American Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Conference and conducted webinars on regulatory risk assessment and risk management for the Consumer Bankers Association. Tim holds a B.S. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Houston and is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager.

Lynn Woosley

Lynn Woosley is a Managing Director with Asurity Advisory. She is a seasoned executive with extensive risk management experience in consumer protection, regulatory compliance, consumer and commercial credit risk, credit and compliance risk modeling, model governance, regulatory change management, acquisition due diligence, and operational risk in both financial services and regulatory environments.

Over the last three decades, Lynn has held leadership positions including Senior Vice President and Fair and Responsible Banking Officer; Group Vice President for Wholesale Transaction Modeling; and First Vice President for Portfolio Management within the Enterprise Risk Management division of a top 10 bank. Prior to joining the private sector, Lynn served as Senior Examiner and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. She also has 6 years’ experience in financial services consulting.

With strong knowledge and experience across multiple risk disciplines, Lynn has been a featured speaker for several banking, compliance, and CRA conferences across the country. Lynn has authored numerous articles and presentations on financial institution risk management and consumer protection issues. She has also developed training materials related to fair lending, fair housing, UDAAP, credit risk management, credit scoring, and consumer protection topics.

Lynn holds a BBA and an MBA from Middle Tennessee State University and an MS Finance from Georgia State University. She is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and a Commissioned Examiner of the Federal Reserve System. Lynn has also served as both Chair and Vice-Chair of the Consumer Bankers Association’s Fair and Responsible Banking Committee.

Chase Sorrick

Chase Sorrick is the Fair Lending Director at FNBO where his team leads second line functions related to HMDA and Fair Lending. Previously, he has held other second-line roles in Regulatory Change Management and UDAAP Prevention.

Thomas Healy

Thomas Healy was named Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Discover Financial Services in June 2024. In this role, he is responsible for managing our Compliance Program, including all aspects of the Corporate Compliance function.

Before joining Discover, Thomas worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years, holding various leadership roles. His depth of experience includes regulatory and compliance adherence, risk management, anti-money laundering, lending, privacy information security, and regulatory relations. He has a depth of experience in strengthening and maturing compliance programs in a heightened regulatory environment, as well as navigating numerous corrective action plans to address significant regulatory actions. He spent the last two years at USAA, most recently as Vice President Enterprise Compliance. Prior to this, Thomas held leadership roles at Ally, Bank of America, and Farmers & Merchants Bank.

Thomas earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Tennessee Technological University and holds a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager certification from the Institute of Certified Bankers.

Britt Faircloth

Britt Faircloth is an industry expert with over 25 years of banking experience including roles in the retail branch system, operations, and compliance. As a former consultant, she served institutions of all sizes with her deep knowledge base in HMDA, CRA, Fair Lending, and UDAAP. Currently Britt is the Senior Director of the Office of Fair and Responsible Banking at Citizens Bank where her team manages second line functions related to HMDA, Fair Lending, UDAAP, Complaints, SCRA, and ADA.

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Ken Scott

Ken Scott is a Partner at Relman Colfax, having joined the firm in 2022. He is focused on counseling financial institutions on best practices for complying with fair lending and consumer protection laws, and on navigating financial technology issues.

Prior to joining the firm, Ken served two tours of duty as a Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, where he investigated and litigated fair housing and fair lending cases. Ken has also worked at a number of large financial institutions, where he served in positions ranging from fair lending counsel to head of consumer fairness compliance. While in law school, Ken participated in the Criminal Justice Clinic where he represented indigent clients. Ken also served in the U.S. Air Force.

Ken sits on the Board of the National Fair Housing Alliance and has presented at numerous conferences on fair lending and consumer protection issues.

Edward Kramer

Ed Kramer is a Senior Advisor on the Asurity team. Ed brings decades of financial services experience and a wealth of expertise in regulatory and compliance matters, the mortgage and software industries, and business management and development.

Mr. Kramer serves as a Director of  ICE Mortgage Technology (IMT). IMT combines the innovation and expertise of Black Knight, Ellie Mae, Simplifile and MERS, as the only provider focused on automating the entire mortgage process – from consumer engagement through loan registration and every step in between. IMT offers the only digital network that applies robust data connections across the industry to virtually every loan in the market.

Ed is also the Independent Director of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS). He has served in that capacity since April 2011. MERS serves as the mortgagee in the land records for loans registered on the MERS® System, and is a nominee (or agent) for the owner of the promissory note.The MERS® System is a national electronic registry system that tracks the changes in servicing rights and beneficial ownership interests in mortgage loans that are registered on the System.

From April 2016 to March 2020 he was a member of the Senior Advisory Board for Treliant, LLC, a multi-disciplinary compliance, risk management and strategic advisory firm for the financial services industry and consumer-oriented businesses.

Mr. Kramer was Executive Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Wolters Kluwer Financial Services from late 2006 to the end of 2015. Prior to this position, Mr. Kramer was Deputy Superintendent of Banks in charge of the Consumer Services Division of the New York State Banking Department, which is responsible for performing consumer compliance and fair lending examinations and administering the Community Reinvestment Act. The division also coordinates economic development and CRA outreach activities with banks and community organizations.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Kramer served as First Senior Vice President and Director of Residential Mortgage Lending at The Dime Savings Bank of New York, and was Executive Assistant to the Superintendent of Banks.

Mr. Kramer is a member of the Northeastern Regional Board of Directors of Operation Hope, Inc. and serves on the Advisory Board of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City (NHS). He is a lecturer at Pace University Center for Governance, Reporting & Regulation.

Mr. Kramer received his MBA in Management, with distinction, from Pace University.

Sarah Brons

Sarah Brons is Senior Vice President of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Products and Services for RiskExec, Inc. Sarah brings in-depth community development and CRA compliance expertise developed through experience in bank examining, bank CRA program development, and industry engagement.

Sarah joined RiskExec from American Express where she served in the American Express National Bank Center for Community Development as Director leading the CRA Grant and Service Programs.
She previously held Community Development Officer and CRA Officer positions in two other large banks.

Prior to joining her roles in banks, Sarah served as a bank examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency where her responsibilities included conducting CRA exams for banks of all sizes.

Sarah earned her BSBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Jesse Taylor

Jesse Taylor rejoined the RiskExec team summer of 2022 after her previous tenure with the company from 2015 to 2019. She brings with her over a decade of experience in Compliance having served in Fair Lending leadership roles at both depository and non-depository institutions.

Jesse’s experience includes completion of ground-up build-outs of fair lending analytic programs at multiple institutions, including facilitation of full-scope model validation projects in partnership with Quantitative Analytics and Model Risk departments. She has executed and supervised completion of risk assessments and fair lending reviews for underwriting, pricing, steering, redlining, branch distribution, marketing and servicing as well as assisted in examination preparation and response to multiple regulatory entities.