A committee of experienced bankers reviewed all of the 2010 issues of The RMA Journal and selected the following winners.

First Place

James MacLean
NC Bancgroup
“Does Your Bank Need an M & M Committee?” June 2010

Second Place (tie)

Dev Strischek
SunTrust Banks
“The Ins and Outs of Lending Inside the Box,” February 2010

Second Place (tie)

Peter G. Weinstock
Hunton & Williams, LLP
 “Acquisitions of Failed Banks Present Risk and Opportunity,” December 2010/January 2011

Third Place

Marge Jaketic & Dev Strischek
SunTrust Banks
“Total Operating Exposure: A Balancing Act,” February 2010

Honorable Mention

Jim Clarke
Clarke Consulting
“A New Regulatory Focus on Interest Rate Risk,” July/August 2010

Kyle Nye
Bank of America, retired
Spilled Milk: “The Frost Shop Meltdown,” July/August 2010

Donald C. Parkhurst
SunTrust Banks
“Navigating the Marine Finance Niche," November 2010

P. Henry Mueller
Retired, Citibank
“When the Music Stopped,” April 2010

RMA gratefully acknowledges the members of the Journalistic Excellence Committee who evaluated the articles published in 2010 and carefully selected the winners.

C. Richard Bobo, American Security Bank & Trust, Hendersonville Tennessee
W. Kendall Chalk, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Frank DiLorenzo, SunTrust Banks, Inc., Miami, Florida
David Eikner, First National Bank of Omaha, Ft. Collins, Colorado
Richard A. Hamm, Advantage Consulting & Training, Huntsville, Alabama
Leton A. Harding, First Bank & Trust Co., Abingdon, Virginia    
William Horner, The Ridgewood Group, LLC, Plymouth, Michigan
Sandra Jansky, BB&T, Maitland, Florida
David D. Keim, First National Community Bank, Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Kathleen King, PNC Bank, Laurel, Maryland
Mary Ann Lawrence, KeyBank, Cleveland, Ohio
Mark Oswalt, Wells Fargo, Birmingham, Alabama
Ned Sergew, Citibank, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lori L. Shelley, Univest National Bank & Trust, Souderton, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Tallmadge, Consultant, New York, NY
Mary Jo Taylor, Northwest Savings Bank, Owings Mill, Maryland
Mark Zoeller, Zoeller Credit Services, Coarsegold, California