Thursday, November 20, 2008

Councils & Committees

Councils

Committees

Board of Directors 2008–2009
Sonny B. Lyles, Chair Sterling Bank Houston, TX
Helga Houston, Vice Chair Bank of America Charlotte, NC
Gerald J. Dent, Immediate Past Chair Zions Bancorporation Salt Lake City, UT
J. Tol Broome, Jr. BB&T Commercial Finance Winston–Salem, NC
Mark Chauvin TD Bank Financial Group Toronto, ON
David R. Coxon Southern Community Bank Fayetteville, GA
Thomas E. Freeman SunTrust Atlanta, GA
Malcolm D. Griggs Bank of America Charlotte, NC
Leton L. Harding First Bank & Trust Company Abingdon, VA
Robert C. Matthews Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Kansas City, MO
Michael P. McAuley State Street Bank & Trust Boston, MA
Mark W. Midkiff Wachovia Bank Charlotte, NC
Mark W. Nelson Columbia State Bank Tacoma, WA
Charles C. O'Brien Morgan Stanley New York, NY
Bryan Osmar RBC Financial Group Toronto, ON
Kenneth J. Phelan Wachovia Corporation Charlotte, NC
M. Robert Rose Sovereign Bank Boston, MA
Mary E. Sellers Bank of Hawaii Honolulu, HI
Carol Sergeant Lloyds TSB Bank, PLC London, UK
Kathryn Sommer Pacific Coast Bankers' Bank San Francisco, CA
Yousef A. Valine Wachovia Corporation Charlotte, NC
Jack Wixted PNC Financial Services Group Pittsburgh, PA

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Agricultural Lending Committee
This committee provides guidance, feedback, and direction to achieve RMA’s mission toward improving credit risk management skills. It also increases the access to credit and industry information of those credit providers involved in agricultural production and agribusiness lending.

Kenneth D. Danilson

PHI Financial Services

Johnston, IA

Pieter Kleinschmidt

CIBC

Calgary, AB

Remi Lemoine

Farm Credit Canada

Regina, SK

Todd Martin

US Bank

Denver, CO

Ken Newton

John Deere Credit

Johnston, IA

Douglas E. Wilhelm CoBank ACB

Denver, CO 
 

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Award for Journalistic Excellence Committee
This Committee selects the most outstanding articles published in The RMA Journal® during the preceding calendar year. The authors of judged articles must be employed by RMA member banks when their article is published. The first-place award winner receives free registration to the RMA Annual Risk Management Conference; awards also are mailed to all winners and are listed in The RMA Journal.

Dick Bobo

GreenBank

Franklin, TN
Sandra Jansky Old Southern Bank Orlando, FL

Polly Daly

  Weston, MA
Kathleen M.B. King

PNC

Laurel, MD
Frank DiLorenzo

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

Jacksonville, FL
Richard K. McCrea

Fidelity Bank

Atlanta, GA
David E. Eikner

First National Bank.

Fort Collins, CO
Carl A. Morita

American Saving Bank FSB

Honolulu, HI

R. Allen Ermentrout II

  Atlanta, GA
Mark Oswalt

Wachovia Bank

Birmingham, AL

Richard Hamm

Advantage Consulting & Training

Huntsville, AL
Ned Sergew

Wachovia Bank

Charlotte, NC
William Horner

Comerica Bank

Detroit, MI
David B. Yates

National City Bank of Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, PA

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Canadian Committee

The mission of this committee is to provide a forum for the Canadian chapter presidents to exchange experiences and ideas for strengthening RMA's contribution to risk management excellence in Canada.

Judy L. Mathieson, Chair (Manitoba Past President)

Scotiabank

Winnipeg, MB
Canada

Ross Backman
(Atlantic President)

RBC Royal Bank

Halifax, NS
Canada

Karen E. Dunk-Green
(Toronto President)
TD Bank Financial Group Toronto, ON
Canada

Robert C. Hunt
(Atlantic Vice President)

Green Hunt Wedlake Inc

Halifax, NS
Canada
Mary Anne McGrath
(Toronto Vice President)

Scotiabank

Toronto, ON
Canada

Kelly Keeler
(Calgary President)

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Calgary, AB
Canada
Marshall W. Curtis
(Vancouver President)

HSBC Bank Canada

Vancouver, BC
Canada

Wendy Ivey
(Calgary Vice President)

Scotiabank

Calgary, AB
Canada

Gary Lindsey
(Vancouver Past President)

The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank)

Vancouver, BC
Canada

Joanne Simes
(Manitoba President)

Cambrian Credit Union

Winnipeg, MB
Canada

Carol McGinn

Editor – Canadian Quarterly Newsletter

 

Guy J. Bradet
(Manitoba Vice President)

Business Development Bank Canada

Winnipeg, MB
Canada
François Gingras
(Montreal Representative)

Scotiabank

Montreal, Qc
Canada
RMA Staff    
William F. Githens Director, Member Relations  
David Arata Northeast Regional Manager  
Laura Martin Central Regional Manager  
Erin Jester Western Regional Manager  
Lisa Poirot Manager – Chapters & Community Banks