RMA’s councils and committees act as consultants, judges, recruiters, reviewers, and advisors while carrying out the mission and contributing to the value of RMA membership. Read below to gain more information about these groups of volunteers who share their knowledge, time, and experience to help RMA.
RMA's Councils
Chapter Development Council
Council Chair:
Brett T. Lawrence, Platinum Bank, Oakdale, MN
Council Members:
- Theresa Arrighi, Truist, Richmond, VA
- Jesse Baza, Lone Star Capital Bank, San Antonio, TX
- Brandon Brown, First Western Trust Bank, Scottsdale, AZ
- Sarah Chadburn, Community National Bank, Newport, VT
- Nick Davis, MidFirst Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
- Elena Dawson, Raymond James Bank, St. Petersburg, FL
- Mark Dechert, Meridian Credit Union, Etobicoke, ON
- Derek Ezovski, Outsourced Risk Management Solutions LLC, West Hartford, CT
- Marisa Flynn, Mid Penn Bank, State College, PA
- Kim Glowish, Wells Fargo Bank NA, Fort Mll, SC
- Sammantha Ray, Kitsap Bank, Bellevue, WA
- Emmett Reidner, Enterprise Bank & Trust, St. Louis, MO
- Jessica Rempel, Scotiabank, Calgary, AB
- Brian Strauss, New York, NY
- Stephanie Tseng, Pacific Western Bank, Los Angeles, CA
Community Bank Council
Council Chair:
Tom MacDonald, Maine Community Bank, Westbrook, ME
Council Members:
- Rob Bender, The First National Bank of Elmer, Elmer, NJ
- Deanna Cavanaugh, Connecticut Community Bank NA, Norwalk, CT
- Lisa Chalkan, Peapack Gladstone Bank, Bedminster, NJ
- Bob Coffin, Penn Community Bank, Perkasie, PA
- Shannan Herbert, Stratyfy, Washington, DC
- Anna Hu, Central Pacific Bank, Honolulu, HI
- Crystal Humphreys, American National Bank of Texas, Terrell, TX
- Robin Ingari, American Bank, Corpus Christi, TX
- Scott Lawley, First Western, Denver, CO
- Murray McGough, Triumph Financial, Bettendorf, IA
- Nikki Sloan, Bank of Marin, Novato, CA
- David Stewart, Kleberg Bank NA, Kingsville, TX
- Bill Wilson, Nano Banc, Irvine, CA
Credit Risk Council
Council Chair:
Humberto M. Salomon, Citibank NA, New York, NY
Council Members:
- Heidi M. Andrion, Capital One National Association, New York, NY
- Saad P. Aslam, Citizens Bank, New York, NY
- Yvonne Bos, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
- Monique Hill, Bank of the West, San Francisco, CA
- Ellen Koebler, Wells Fargo, Charlotte, NC
- Blinn Latta, Bank of America, New York, NY
- Dameon Philpotts, First Republic, San Francisco, CA
- Steven H. Reynolds, Commerce Bank, Saint Louis, MO
- Michael Short, CoBank, Greenwood Village, CO
- Scott Stiverson, Associated Bank, Milwaukee, WI
- Amy Trapp, RBC Royal Bank, New York, NY
- Justin Windschitl, US Bank, Minneapolis, MN
Enterprise Risk Management Council
Council Chair:
Avani Parekh, TD Bank, Cherry Hill, NJ
Council Members:
- Lori Calhoun, Dollar Bank, Harrison City, PA
- Lisa Carbone, JMPC, Chatham, NJ
- Lisa Cuba, Forbright Bank, Chevy Chase, MD
- Steven Erickson, Raymond James Bank, St. Petersburg, FL
- Steffanie Jasper, PNC, Pittsburgh, PA
- Rajeev Lakra, Wells Fargo, New York, NY
- Nancy Lysinger, Capital One, Arlington, VA
- Kim A. Persaud, Citi, New York, NY
- Karelle Pinnock, Charles Schwab, San Francisco, CA
- John Sauer, Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
- Aprille Savarese, Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, UT
- Marcia Thompson-Young, BNY Mellon, Weehawken, NJ
- Oliver Williams, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
Global Markets Risk Council
Council Chair:
Paul Sassieni, Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL
Council Members:
- Cecile Davidian, Citibank, New York, NY
- Tiffany Eng, BNY Mellon, New York, NY
- Benjamin Genek, Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc, New York, NY
- Karsten Howes, National Bank of Canada, Montreal, QC
- Arthur Laichtman, Nomura, New York, NY
- Christine Li, Wells Fargo Bank NA, Charlotte, NC
- Ji Qin, HSBC, New York, NY
- Jason Rachlin, BMO Bank of Montreal, Toronto, ON
- Andrew Stevenson, State Street, London
- Mona Thong, RBC Financial Group, New York, NY
- Keith White, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, London, UK
Internal Audit Council
Council Chair:
TJ Haynes-Morgan, Raymond James Bank, Tampa, FL
Council Members:
- Kevin Bertscha, BNY Mellon, New York, NY
- Madelaine Deluca, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Columbus, OH
- Ann Diver, Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, Jersey City, NJ
- Kristine Gaeta, Charles Schwab & Co Inc, Chicago, IL
- Kristin Gantt, Citigroup, New York, NY
- Bruce Goldberg, Retired, Deloitte LLP, New York, NY
- Paul Jensen, State Street, Boston, MA
- Daniel Johnson, Credit Suisse Americas, New York, NY
- Becky Keesling, BOKF National Association, Tulsa, OK
- Monica Kim, Deutsche Bank AG, New York, NY
- Kevin Murray, UBS, New York, NY
- Colleen McCullum, Capital One National Association, Mc Lean, VA
- Dan Ravetier, Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc., New York, NY
- Richard Reynolds, PwC, New York, NY
- Stephanie Richard, Ally, Charlotte, NC
- Theodore Scallon, KPMG LLP, New York, NY
- Erwin Shilling, Wells Fargo Bank NA, New York, NY
Learning & Development Council
Council Chair:
Bob Smith, First Citizens Bank, Raleigh, NC
Council Members:
- Wasfi Bsisu, JP Morgan Chase, Chicago, IL
- Sari Daisey, The Bancorp, Wilmington, DE
- Joe Iraci, JP Morgan Chase, Staten Island, NY
- Mark Jensen, Western State Bank, West Fargo, N
- Roseanne Kern, Citizens Bank, Lincoln, RI
- Jenny Ketchepaw, Citizens Business Bank, Ontario, CA
- Mike Roemer, Discover, Riverwoods, IL
- Rose Sheldon, KeyBank, Lake Zurich, IL
Mid-Tier Bank Council
Council Chair:
Carol Severyn, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
Council Members:
- Dan Bley, Webster Bank, Cheshire, CT
- Monica Bowe, Busey Bank, Urbana, IL
- Lori Calhoun, Dollar Bank, Harrison City, PA
- Scott Evernham, Old National Bank, Evansville, IL
- Emily Nachlas, Western Alliance Bank, Phoenix, AZ
- Tamina O'Neill, Heartland Financial USA Inc, Dubuque, IA
- Jenny Senecal, Bell Bank, Minneapolis, MN
- Kevin Slane, Sandy Spring Bank, Olney, MD
- Dan Sullivan, Eastern Bank, Boston, MA
- Terence Young, WSFS, Wilmington, DE
Operational Risk Council
Council Chair:
Mary M. Kapferer, KeyBank, Cleveland, OH
Council Members:
- Erin Amerlan, Charles Schwab & Co Inc, Lone Tree, CO
- Michael Abriatis, PNC Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
- Caitlin Barre, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
- Jess Bonnet, Citizens Bank, Pittsburgh, PA
- Mike Breen, Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, OH
- Kevin J. Cavalieri, M&T Bank, Buffalo, NY
- Erika Crandall, Xpansiv, Lafayette, CA
- Uylonda Cunningham, First Horizon, Memphis, TN
- David A. Diehl, Texas Capital Bank, Richardson, TX
- Anand Dutta, Truist Bank, Atlanta, GA
- Pat Eglinton, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co, Raleigh, NC
- Michael Masella, Atlantic Union Bank, Henrico, VA
- Allyson Savin, Ally Bank, Charlotte, NC
- Ross Varner, Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, UT
Securities Lending Council
Council Chair:
Mark A. Whipple, INVESCO, New York, NY
Council Members:
- Justin Aldridge, Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
- Christel A. Carroll, Goldman Sachs Agency Lending, Boston, MA
- Glenn Horner, State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, MA
- Michael P. McAuley, Bank of New York Mellon, Boston, MA
- Tamela Merriweather, Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL
- Thomas Poppey, CFA, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, Boston, MA
- George Rennick, JPMorgan Chase & Co, New York, NY
- Jason P. Strofs, CFA, BlackRock Inc, San Francisco, CA
- Anthony Toscano, MUFG Bank, New York, NY
RMA's Committees
Academic Program Committee
Committee Chair:
Mark Jensen, Western State Bank/North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Committee Members:
- Bert Baker, Central Bank/Texas A&M University Advisory Board, Houston, TX
- Kent Belasco, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
- Ray Grigelevich, Bank of Canton/Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
- Gail Lawrence, Wells Fargo, Charlotte, NC
- Denise Maple, University of Illinois, Whitewater, WI
- Robert Messer, American Bank of Texas, Terrell, TX
- Ed Schreiber, retired Zionsbancorp/University of Utah, Park City, UT
- Marie-Christine Tessier, National Bank of Canada, Montreal, Canada
- Jack Wixted, retired SunTrust (Truist), Naples, FL
Canadian Bankers Committee
Committee Members:
- Anastasia Dionyssiou, TD Bank Group, Toronto, Ontario
- Oya Ege, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
- Jean Philippe Gagnon, National Bank of Canada, Montreal, QC
- Alua Nurkeyeva, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Toronto, Ontario
- Diana Saunders, Bank of Montreal, Toronto, Ontario
- Amrall Sultan-Kahn, Scotiabank, Toronto, Ontario
Chapter Leadership Development Committee
Committee Chair:
Derek Ezovski, Outsourced Risk Management Solutions LLC, West Hartford, CT
Committee Members:
- Indre Anelauskas, Protiviti, Los Angeles, CA
- Gerald Baroudi, Business Finance Group, Gambrills, MD
- Scott Carpenter, Truist, Glen Allen, VA
- Christopher Colella, Commercial Bank of California, Irvine, CA
- Ogadi Fields, Frost Bank, Houston, TX
- Amber Hull, Northwest Farm Credit Srvcs ACA (CoBank), Medical Lake, WA
- Suzy Morris, Peoples National Bank NA, Mount Vernon, IL
- Beth Packel, Firstrust Bank, Conshohocken, PA
- Holly Pepin, Norway Savings Bank, Kennebunk, ME
- Alexander Pominville, Grand River Bank, Grandville, MI
- Manal Ruhl, Ephrata National Bank, Ephrata, PA
- Babette Stone, Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc, Raleigh, NC
- Jared Taylor, Bank of Utah, Bountiful, UT
Compliance Committee
Committee Chair:
Mike Abriatis, PNC, Pittsburgh, PA
Committee Members:
- Roy D'Sa, Huntington Bank, Columbus, OH
- Grant Harbrecht, Truist, Charlotte, NC
- Lisa Hershey, DTCC, New York, NY
- Anne Predieri, Wells Fargo, Charlotte, NC
- Joel Ramos, Busey, Urbana, IL
- Lincoln Taylor, Zions Bancorporation, Salt Lake City, UT
- Sean Walther, Huntington Bank, Columbus, OH
Consumer Risk Committee
Committee Chair:
Justin Windschitl, U.S. Bank National Association, Minneapolis, MN
Committee Members:
- Cristina Brounce, Bank of America, Newark, DE
- George F. Buchanan III, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
- David Clarke, Commerce Bank, Kansas City, MO
- Joseph Claricurzio, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Wilmington, DE
- Matthew Crennan, Dime Community Bank, Hauppauge, NY
- Duane L. Elmer, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Keller, TX
- Anthony J. Hejna, Key Bank, Cleveland, OH
- Denis McLaughlin, PNC Bank NA, Pittsburg, PA
- Ram Narayan, Capital One, McLean, VA
- Micheline Peters, Wells Fargo, Atlanta, GA
- Ed Robicheaux, USAA, McKinney, TX
- Pankaj Seth, Bank of the West, San Ramon, CA
Country Risk Committee
Committee Chair:
Victoire De Groote, HSBC Bank PLC, London
Committee Vice-Chair:
Alistair Scarff, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Hong Kong
Committee Members:
- Nehad Chowdhury, Citigroup, Long Island City, NY
- Rodolphe Constanza, JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, London
- Talinn Demirjian, State Street Bank and Trust Company, Boston, MA
- Richard Hamilton, Wells Fargo Bank NA, San Francisco, CA
- Preston Keat, UBS AG, London
- Atoosa Kremenstein, Bank of New York Mellon, New York, NY
- Laura Rattner, Macquarie Group, New York, NY
Financial Technology and Automation Committee
Chair:
Eric Lytle, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., San Francisco, CA
Members:
- Anthony Camarota, Brown Brothers Harriman, Boston, MA
- Colin Gifkins, Bank of America, New York, NY
- Lauren Kozora, Pershing, LLC, Jersey City, NJ
- Patrick Morrissey, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Malvern, PA
- Charles Post, Cimplifi, Pittsburgh, PA
- Nicolas Roc, BlackRock Inc, New York, NY
Foreign Banking Organization's Committee
Committee Members:
- David Bawden, Scotiabank, New York, NY
- David Berninger, Industrial and Commerical Bank of China, New York, NY
- Laurance Bressler, MUFG Union Bank N.A., New York, NY
- David Downie, Royal Bank of Canada, Jersey City, NJ
- Deborah Gravinese, TD Bank Group/TD Securities, New York, NY
- Lia Mirovics, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, New York, NY
- Pierre Osterrath, Societe Generale, New York, NY
- Lloyd Plenty, HSBC North America Holdings, New York, NY
- Manuel Rodriguez, Banco Santander SA, New York, NY
Journal Editorial Advisory Board
Committee Members:
- Jason Alpert, Wells Fargo, Tampa, FL
- Tol Broome, Truist, Charlotte, NC
- Liming Brotcke, Ally Bank, Detroit, MI
- Matt Bryant, Frost Bank, San Antonio, TX
- George F. Buchanan III, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
- James J. Clarke, Clarke Consulting, Villanova, PA
- Fred Daniels, Citizens Trust, Atlanta, GA
- Eric Holmquist, Phoenixville, PA
- Jacob Kosoff, Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
- James Lentino, WinTrust, Rosemont, IL
- Shelly Liposky, BMO, Montreal, QC
- Maureen McCarthy, Brookline Bank, Boston, MA
- Robert R. Messer, American National Bank of Texas, Terrell, TX
- Kevin D. Oden, Kevin D. Oden Associates LLC, San Francisco, CA
- Richard J. Parsons, Retired, Bank of America, Nashville, TN
- Shelly Pressman, Societe Generale, Paris, FR
- M. Robert Rose, Brookline Bank, Boston, MA
- Ned Sergew, US Bank National Association, Charlotte, NC
- Kathleen S. Swift, Heritage Bank, Portland, OR
- Michael L. Weissman, Levin Ginsburg, Deerfield, IL
- Elisabeth Wilson, Atlantic Union Bank, Richmond, VA
Model Validation Consortium Advisory Board
Advisory Board Chair
Aaron Benson, Zions Bancorp, Salt Lake City, UT
Members:
- Jeff Broecker, Forbright Bank, Chevy Chase, MD
- Liming Brotcke, Ally Bank, Sandy, UT
- Kiyomi Carbone (Content Chair), Rockland Trust Company, Rockland, MA
- Adam Chin, TowneBank, Portsmouth, VA
- Vinit Jagdish, Western Alliance Bank, Phoenix, AZ
- Angela Jenkins, ANBTX, Terrell, TX
- Jessica Jiang, Texas Capital Bank, Dallas, TX
- Nikolai Kukharkin, MUFG Bank, New York, NY
- Sally Mayo, East West Bank, Pasadena, CA
- Tony Mieloch, Bremer Bank, Saint Paul, MN
- Jill Murphy, Mechanics Bank, Walnut Creek, CA
- Yu Pan, U.S. Bank, Minneapolis, MN
- Arnold Pashi (Events Chair), The Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
- Bri Pentecost, Banner Bank, Walla Walla, WA
- Agus Sudjianto, Wells Fargo, San Francisco, CA
- Trevor Woolley, Berkshire Bank, Jersey City, NJ
Technology Risk Committee
Committee Co- Chairs:
Jeff Ciavone, Fort Myers, FL
Joshua Henrich, US Bank, Richfield, MN
Committee Members:
- Rob Boutell, Huntington National Bank, Columbus, OH
- Paul Clarke, TD Bank (US), Cherry Hill, NJ
- Denise Cramer, M&T Bank, Buffalo, NY
- Erika Crandall, Xpansiv, Lafayette, CA
- Robert Hach, Key Bank, Cleveland, OH
- James Johnson, Comerica, Dallas, TX
- Mathew Maizel, Toronto Dominion (CA), Toronto, ON
- Joshua McDermott, TIAA Bank, Jacksonville, FL
- Kenneth Robbins, Ally, Charlotte, NC
- Stuart Strepman, Charles Schwab, Aurora, CO
- Carol Weaver, Texas Capital Bank, Richardson, TX
Women in Risk and Assurance Committee
Committee Chair:
Colleen McCullum, United Community Bank, Charleston, SC
Council Members:
- Gabrielle Aryeetey, KeyBank, Cleveland, OH
- Caitlin Barre, Regions Bank, Birmingham, AL
- Jennifer Cutrali, Fairfield County Bank, Fairfield, CT
- Megan Haffey, Truist, Charlotte, NC
- Susan Harris, Edward Jones, St Louis, MD
- Jenn O'Reilly, SmartBiz Loans, San Francisco, CA
- Karen Teschner, Sovereign Bank, Oklahoma City, OK