Bankers Summit | An educational conference for Compliance, Finance, Lending and Risk Management Professionals

Jason Lane is vice president and acting director of government relations for the California Bankers Association and manages California state tax policy for the association, which involves analyzing legislation and regulatory activity, and the development of policy positions for the association. Lane is one of three lobbyists at CBA and, in addition to his primary focus on taxation, he also lobbies on behalf of the association on issues related to the state budget, and consumer lending legislation. Lane has significant expertise in handling legislative issues including taxation, data security, identity theft, and housing.

Brooke Ybarra is the Senior Vice President, Innovation & Strategy for the American Bankers Association, where she leads the Office of Innovation. In this role, Brooke supports banks to define innovation strategies and helps shape the technology marketplace by identifying promising startups that complement the banking industry. She also works with policymakers to advocate for policies that allow for and promote responsible innovation in banking. Brooke has experience in financial services as a consultant with Accenture (formerly First Annapolis Consulting) focusing on electronic payments issues. Brooke received her MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and completed her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University.

Mr. Sharp is the SVP Deputy Chief Risk Officer at Pacific Western Bank, a $40 billion commercial bank with 70+ branches in Central and Southern California, with a branch in Denver, CO and one branch in Raleigh, NC. Prior to the merger with Pacific Western Bank in April 2014, Mr. Sharp served in the positions of Chief Risk Officer and separately as the Chief Compliance Officer of CapitalSource Bank from its organization in July 2008. In his current role he is responsible for oversight of all Enterprise Risk Management activities, ESG, data governance, external credit review, model risk management, real estate appraisal review and regulatory exam management. 

Paul Dimapawi joined the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in July 2001. As an Assistant Vice President, Paul is responsible for overseeing the 12th District’s community bank portfolio and examination staff. In addition, Paul supports Federal Reserve System and Division initiatives as a member of several management groups and as an instructor for domestic and international classes. He holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration, with an emphasis in Finance from California State University, Long Beach and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.

Frank Bushnell is responsible for the overall administration and supervision of banking program licensees and examination staff in the San Francisco and Sacramento offices.

Frank joined the DFPI in 1993 as a financial institutions examiner in Sacramento and was promoted to senior financial institutions examiner in 2000. In 2006, he was promoted to assistant deputy commissioner. He graduated from Fresno State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and graduated with honors from the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado.

Walter J. Mix III is a former commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), formerly known as the California Department of Financial Institutions (DFI), and previously served as a banking executive at Union Bank of California.

Mark has over 25 years providing balance sheet and model risk management education and consulting to the community and mid-size banking space.

A frequent author and top-rated speaker on a wide array of risk management topics, Mark facilitates educational programs and workshops for numerous financial institutions, industry and state trade associations, and regulatory agencies. He is also a member of the Financial Managers Society’s Finance Council.

Calvin is a recognized industry expert with 35 years of experience in federal supervision related to risk management practices and processes, compliance management systems, fair lending and general consumer protection issues.

Mark Fischer is currently a Managing Director in PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Senior Vice President of PNC Bank. Mark leads the Western region for the Financial Institutions Group, and maintains his own account coverage of depositories in Texas, California and the Pacific Northwest. He joined PNC in 2004 as a summer intern and part-time in his 2nd year of graduate school, splitting time between Debt Capital Markets and M&A Advisory.

Mr. Alvarez is a cybersecurity expert with more than 20 years of national security and law enforcement experience across the private and federal sectors, assisting organizations with cybersecurity investigations, incident response, and cyber preparedness and strategy.

Doug is a bank, insurance and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) auditor with fourteen years of experience at RSM. Prior to joining RSM, Doug gained 11 years of accounting experience and practiced operational auditing with various clients focusing on small business clients seeking standard Committee of Sponsoring Organizations (COSO) internal control practices for their various businesses. During Doug’s 25 years as an auditor, he worked with the banking, insurance, manufacturing and real estate industries.

Nick Adams currently serves as the U.S. Chief Privacy Officer at BMO Harris, and prior to the BMO acquisition of Bank of the West served as Bank of the West’s Senior Counsel for Data Protection Privacy since 2018. Before that, we was with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld for almost 10 years as a litigator and privacy practitioner, and clerked with the US Department of Justice. In addition to cybersecurity and privacy, he has covered financial crimes, intellectual property, and hemp policy for Bank of the West Legal.

Merry is a Principal in Wolf’s Advisory Group and serves on the Firm’s Internal Audit Team, where she provides internal audit, consulting, and risk management services to clients. She also oversees the Firm’s data analytics team—combining operational and technological knowledge to perform model validation reviews, conversion testing, and incorporate analytics into audits. With over 13 years of experience in the field, Merry works with clients to provide full internal audit services, supplement internal audit capabilities, assist with specialized reviews, and develop risk-based audit plans with outsourced and co-sourced internal audit departments.

David Rosenthal, MAI, FRICS has over 40 years of experience providing commercial real estate appraisals, appraisal reviews and appraisal consulting for financial institutions, attorneys, corporations, and public agencies throughout California. He is a founding principal of Curtis-Rosenthal, Inc., a commercial real estate appraisal firm with over 200 years of collective appraisal experience among its team of professionals. Mr. Rosenthal has testified as an expert witness in the Federal, Municipal and Civil Court Systems. Prior to founding Curtis-Rosenthal, Inc., Mr. Rosenthal was a corporate lending officer at Security Pacific National Bank.

Maura built and chaired the California real estate departments for two major national law firms before launching O’Connor Cochran LLP. She was the first woman chair of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation’s Board of Directors and continues to serve on its Executive Committee. Maura was named one of the top 10 real estate lawyers in Southern California by Real Estate Southern California.

Robb Woldman began his career at the Los Angeles branch of the Fed in 1989. Over his thirty-plus year career, Robb’s avid interest in both payments and technology has seen him serve in various other roles at the Fed including stints in Information Technology, and Electronic Payments/Automated Clearing House (ACH). Robb received his certification as an AAP (Accredited ACH Professional) in 1999, and presently serves as FRB Board Advisor to MACHA.

• Manager of the national credit risk review team with engagement oversight, quality assurance responsibility, and execution of proposed scope of work to prospective and existing clients.
• Project leader for commercial loan review services for financial institutions ranging from small community institutions to large, super regional financial institutions.

Stephanie Shea is a Shareholder in the Firm’s Orange County office and a member of the Commercial Finance practice group. Ms. Shea specializes in compliance with federal and California consumer finance laws and regulations, fair lending statutes and the flood insurance regulations. Her principal practice is advising community banks, credit unions, savings associations, and other lenders on complying with the various consumer finance laws and regulations throughout the entire credit process – from marketing to servicing. She can advise on all consumer credit products, including auto loans, credit cards, HELOCs, mortgage loan.

Theresa has practiced public accounting since 2007 and works in the firm’s Financial Services Practice and the Public Company & SEC Services group. She provides auditing, accounting, final reporting, and consulting services to various financial institutions and fintech companies, including SEC reporting companies.

Kassie has practiced public accounting since 2014, specializing in financial institution audits. She manages and participates in financial statement audits, with related management recommendations for enhancing internal controls for public and private companies with a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (FDICIA) environment.

Sean Kiester has been in banking for 35 years, all at Fremont Bank. He started on the ground floor as a teller in 1988 while attending Cal-State Hayward (now East Bay) where he earned a B.A. in Mass Communications.

Through the years, Mr. Kiester has worked in various areas of the Bank — from client call centers, to IT (where he started Fremont Bank’s first Help Desk in 1997), to desktop support and server administration, before transitioning into project management. In 2010, Mr. Kiester managed the Bank’s Corporate Services Department, creating efficiencies in treasury services.

Jacob Rivkin is a senior manager in the Crowe Financial Crimes and Digital Security practice and the offering owner of the Firm’s delivery of domestic and global anti-money laundering (AML) and Sanctions independent testing and internal audit services. Jacob is an experienced manager of engagements for some of the Firm’s largest and most complex clients. He specializes in the areas of financial institution risk management, auditing/internal controls, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory compliance.