Experience

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  ERNST&YOUNG

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Senior Advisor

    • May 2014 - May 2017
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Responsible for providing regulatory compliance advisory services and strategic and tactical solutions to the firm's clients to assist them in managing their regulatory responsibilities.

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  Treliant Risk Advisors

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Senior Advisor

    • Apr 2012 - Dec 2013
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Provided regulatory compliance advisory services and strategic solutions to the firm's clients assisting them in managing their regulatory responsibilities.

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  Wells Fargo

  • Chief Compliance Officer

    • Oct 2009 - Mar 2012

    Responsible for designing and implementing effective strategic regulatory compliance risk management solutions for the global Wells Fargo organization.

  • Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc. and Wells Fargo Consumer Credit Group

    • Oct 2003 - Oct 2009

    Led the Enterprise Risk Management Group in designing and managing the regulatory compliance risk programs of Wells Fargo's Home Mortgage, Consumer Credit and Credit Card groups.

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  KPMG LLP

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Partner/Managing Director

    • May 1996 - Oct 2003
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Co-managed the consumer bank regulatory compliance practice of the consulting group of this Big Four firm. Designed and delivered efficient and cost-effective strategic and tactical solutions to institutions of all sizes in helping them manage their consumer financial services compliance progr...

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  Barefoot, Marrinan & Associates

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Executive Vice President and General Counsel

    • Mar 1991 - May 1996
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Co-executive manager of a highly- regarded regulatory compliance consulting firm working with a wide range of financial institutions to assist them in strategically assessing and addressing the effectiveness of their compliance programs.

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  First Bank System

  • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Vice President, Senior Legal Counsel & Director of Bank Regulatory Compli...

    • May 1972 - Feb 1991
    • Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

    Was responsible for managing the legal and compliance staff supporting the Consumer and Small Business function of this multi-state Bank Holding Company.

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  Northwestern National Bank

  • St. Paul

  • Trust Officer

    • Jun 1970 - May 1972
    • St. Paul

    Provided professional trust and estate probate administration services and advice to bank clients.