WASHINGTON– The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has named members of its Credit Union Advisory Council, as well as new members of three other councils.
The agency noted in spring 2019 Director Kathleen Kraninger announced a series of changes designed to enhance the Bureau’s advisory committee charters, including expanding the focus of the meetings to cover broad policy matters; increasing the frequency of in-person meetings from two times a year to three times a year for the councils; elevating the ARC to a director-level advisory committee and increasing its meeting frequency; and increasing term lengths from one year to two years, among other enhancements.
Named to the Credit Union Advisory Council were:
- Chair of the CUAC - Racardo McLaughlin, VP Mortgage Originations/Operations, TwinStar Credit Union in Lacey, Wash.
- Monica Davis, SVP-risk management, Union Square Credit Union in Wichita Falls, Texas
- Michelle Dwyer, president/CEO, Franklin First Federal Credit Union in Greenfield, Mass.
- Rick Durante, VP, director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Government Affairs, Franklin Mint FCU in Chadds Ford, Penn.
- Doe Gregersen, VP/general counsel, Landmark Credit Union in New Berlin, Wis.
- Brian Holst, general counsel, Elevations Credit Union in Boulder, Colo.
- Jose Iregui, vice president of Loan Servicing and Collections, Langley Federal Credit Union in Newport News, Va.
- Jeremiah Kossen, president & CEO, Town and Country Credit Union in Minot, N.D.
Consumer Advisory Board (CAB)
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Chair of the CAB - Eric Kaplan, Director – Housing Finance Program, Milken Institute, Washington
• Joaquin Altoro, CEO, Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority in Madison, Wis. - Nikitra Bailey, EVP, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, N.C.
- Lorray Brown, attorney/consumer law attorney, Co-Director, Michigan Poverty Law Program, Ypsilanti.
- Nadine Cohen, Managing Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services, Boston
- Mae Watson Grote, Founder and CEO, The Financial Clinic, Brooklyn
- Tim Lampkin, CEO, Higher Purpose Co., Clarksdale, Miss.
- Leigh Phillips, president and CEO, EARN DBA SaverLife, San Francisco
- Jean Setzfand, senior vice president, AARP, Washington, D.C.
- Rebecca Steele, president/CEO, National Foundation for Credit Counseling, Washington, D.C.
- Tim Welsh, vice chairman-Consumer and Business Banking, U.S. Bank, Minneapolis
Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC)
- Chair of the CBAC – Valerie Quiett, SVP and Chief Legal Officer, Mechanics and Farmers (M&F) Bank, Durham, N.C.
- • John Buhrmaster, president & CEO, First National Bank of Scotia, Scotia, N.Y.
- Patrick Ervin, EVP, Independent Bank, Troy, Mich.
- Shan Hayes, president and CEO, Heartland Tri-State Bank, Elkhart, Kan.
- Ronette Hauser-Jones, Mortgage Division President, Great Plains Bank, Oklahoma City
- Bruce Ocko, Senior VP Director of Mortgage & Consumer Lending, Bangor Savings Bank, Maine
- Kristina Schaefer, General Counsel & Chief Risk Officer, Fishback Financial Corporation/First Bank & Trust, Brookings, S.D.
- Brad Williamson, CEO & President, Islanders Bank, Friday Harbor, Wash.
Academic Research Council (ARC)
- Chair of the ARC - Joshua Wright, Professor, Scalia Law School at George Mason University, Arlington, Va.
- Michael Baye, Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind.
- Vicki Bogan, Associate Professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
- Terri Friedline, Associate Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Tom Miller, Professor of Finance and Jack R. Lee Chair, Mississippi State University, Starkville
- Michael Staten, Professor and Associate Dean, University of Arizona, Tucson
- Anthony Yezer, Professor of Economics, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.