Amanda AtkinsChief Executive Officer
Afinia Capital Group ![]()
Amanda Atkins is the CEO of Afinia Capital Group. Afinia is backed by Deutsche Bank, Eos and Atkins Capital and assists insurance companies release capital and streamline mature or discontinued liabilities. Concurrently, she is the CEO of Atkins Capital, a consulting firm which provides financial,strategic...
Managing Associate
AURIEMMA CONSULTING GROUP INC![]()
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Marianne Berry is a Managing Associate at Auriemma Consulting (ACG). ACG specializes in the credit, debit, and private label card markets. Ms. Berry has done research, marketing, and new product development at Fortune 100 companies, including HBO, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Chase Manhattan, and Verizon....
Richard BialekChief Executive Officer
Bialek Group ![]()
Rich Bialek is CEO of BialekGroup, providing corporate development and strategy consulting services, partnership, market and product development, and assistance in raising expansion capital. Clients include: American Express, Capital One, Dun and Bradstreet, Discover, MasterCard, JP Morgan Chase, Providian,...
Principal
Global Capital Access ![]()
Maureen Bolton is the Principal of Global Capital Access, a structured finance advisory firm specializing in developing securitization programs for domestic and international clients and advising hedge funds and private equity firms on making strategic investments and acquisitions. Ms. Bolton advises...
Bill BradwayFounder & Managing Director
Bradway Research, LLC ![]()
Bill Bradway is the Founder and Managing Director of Bradway Research. Previously, Mr. Bradway lead the Banking Practice at Financial Insights, a strategic advisory firm to banks, insurance companies, asset management firms, securities brokerages, and diversified financial institutions globally. The...
Sanford BrownManaging Partner, Dallas/Ft. Worth
BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP ![]()
Sanford M. Brown is the Managing Partner of Bracewell & Giuliani’s offices in Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas. He specializes in the representation of financial institutions specialty finance companies in matters involving state and federal laws and regulations. Mr. Brown also provides counsel to financial...
Anthony Catanach, Jr.Director
DI2 Associates, LLC![]()
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Anthony H. Catanach Jr., PhD, is a Professor in the Strategic Initiatives Group of the Villanova University School of Business. He also is a Director at DI2 Associates, a Pennsylvania based accounting and reporting consulting firm. Dr. Catanach has expertise in the areas of business risk management...
Ronald CathcartFormerChief Enterprise Risk Officer
WASHINGTON MUTUAL, INC. ![]()
Ronald Cathcart, was until April 2008, the Chief Enterprise Risk Officer for Washington Mutual, the largest thrift in the US with $300B in assets, a 2200 branch network and nationwide lending/administrative offices engaged in consumer and commercial banking services, credit cards, commercial real estate...
President
Chatham Mortgage Partners Inc. ![]()
Joseph Chatham is the President of Chatham Mortgage Partners, a California based residential mortgage brokerage and consulting firm. 2009 marks, Mr. Chatham’s, 20th year in the mortgage origination industry, mostly as a mortgage broker. His experience includes, but is not limited to, brokerage management...
Robert ClarkeSenior Partner, Financial Services
BRACEWELL & GIULIANI LLP ![]()
Robert Clarke is a Senior Partner and founder of the Financial Services Practice at Bracewell & Giuliani LLP in Houston, Texas. He regularly assists major banks in matters involving state and federal banking laws, regulations and supervisory agencies, mergers and acquisitions of financial institutions,...
President
DONALDSONS INC ![]()
John Donaldson is the President of Donaldsons Volkswagen-Subaru, a $50M new car franchise dealer in Long Island, which he has been operating since 1986. They sell and lease an average of 2300 new and used (80% new, /20% used) vehicles per year as well as parts and service. Mr. Donaldson's family has...
John DouglasPartner
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL ![]()
John Douglas is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group at Davis Polk, heading the firm’s bank regulatory practice and focusing on bank restructuring and resolutions and other issues arising from the current banking and financial crisis. He has been involved in some of the most difficult andsensitive...
Paul EqualePresident
EQUALE AND ASSOCIATES ![]()
Paul Equale leads Equale & Associates, where he consults on legislative, regulatory and headline risk associated with business, legal and financial services issues in Washington DC. His specialty areas include financial services legislative and regulatory reform, including the consumer financial protection...
Managing Associate
AURIEMMA CONSULTING GROUP INC![]()
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Ed Falco is currently a Managing Associate with Auriemma Consulting Group. Mr. Falco has extensive experience in the card industry and has experience ranging from complex product configuration problems to TSYS and FDR platform support to portfolio migration between banks to traditional operationsproblems....
Managing Partner and Principal
Finkin Capital Advisors ![]()
Nathaniel Finkin is the Managing Partner and a Principal of Finkin Capital Advisors, a firm started in 2008 that provides consulting and advisory services in the areas of debt and equity arrangements, capital structure, cash flow management, efficiency, human resources, marketing, and business development....
Product Development
Transactis, Inc. ![]()
Eric Fox, PhD, is currently the VP of Strategy at Transactis, an electronic payments & presentment company. Previously, Mr. Fox was with Capital One Financial Corporation, where he spent six years, most recently as the GM of the Payment Networks and Co-Brands division managing all aspects of the company's...
Principal Consultant
Garrett, Watts & Co ![]()
Joe Garrett is the Principal of Garrett, Watts and Company, a San Francisco-based advisory firm offering mortgage banking consulting to banks, warehouse lenders, thrifts and mortgage companies. Mr. Garrett served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Sequoia National Bank and as Chairman, President...
Howard GlaserPrincipal
The Glaser Group ![]()
Howard Glaser is the Principal of the Glaser Group in Washington, DC, where he specializes in analyzing federal action affecting the mortgage, housing and financial services sectors. Mr. Glaser is an expert on the expanding subprime lending crisis, Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, mortgage insurance, and FHA....
President
Granada Advisors ![]()
Christopher Goode is the President of Granada Advisors, a mortgage market consulting firm. He has over 20 years of experience in the mortgage industry especially residential lending capital markets pricing and operations. From 2001 until 2004, Mr. Goode was the Senior Vice President of TransactionManagement...
FormerTreasurer
BANKUNITED FINANCIAL CORP ![]()
David Green, PhD, CFA, was most recently, Treasurer of BankUnited, with over $13 billion in assets and 85 branches, it is the largest banking institution headquartered in Florida. Dr. Green was responsible for the investment portfolio, funding and derivatives, secondary marketing, FTP, and Asset/Liability...