Overview
Katie joined the Financial Services Group at CLA in 2021 after 20 years in financial services, primarily in community banking, spanning lending, regulatory compliance, and enterprise risk management. Her roles have included Loan Officer, Vice President of Compliance, and Director of Enterprise Risk Management. Her background includes launching two secondary-market mortgage divisions, leading enterprise risk management programs, overseeing third-party risk management in a complex community bank with national FinTech partnerships, and administering a model risk management program.
Katie has served on multiple management committees and brings a broad, practical perspective to client work. She supports financial institutions through consulting and outsourcing engagements, helping teams strengthen governance, manage risk, and execute change effectively.
Technical experience
- Regulatory compliance, including designing, implementing, and sustaining a risk-based compliance management system
- Examination management, including coordination, issue tracking, remediation, and regulator communication
- Mortgage portfolio and secondary-market origination/operations, including quality control program management
- Third-party risk management oversight, including due diligence and governance for FinTech partnerships that move, store, and/or lend money on the institution’s behalf
- Enterprise risk management program development, implementation, administration, and ongoing oversight
- Model risk management program development, implementation, administration, and ongoing oversight
- Enterprise-wide training curriculum and program design, implementation, and maintenance
- Identity and access management, segregation of duties controls, and business continuity planning
- Corporate insurance program administration and stakeholder coordination
- Regulatory change implementation and change management, including project management, process design, and continuous improvement
Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Western Governors University
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Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), American Bankers Association
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Certified Enterprise Risk Professional (CERP), American Bankers Association
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Advanced Certificate in Risk Management, American Bankers Association
- Bachelor of Science (BS) - Business Administration & Management, Western Governors University
In the community
- Independent Community Bankers Association (ICBA) Instructor, Enterprise Risk Management Institute