Thursday, November 20, 2008

RMA Announces Certification of 37 Credit Risk Professionals

The Risk Management Association (RMA) today announced the names of 37 individuals who earned its prestigious RMA Credit-Risk-Certified (RMA-CRC) designation.

Philadelphia, Pa. (June 6, 2007) —The Risk Management Association (RMA) today announced the names of 37 individuals who earned its prestigious RMA Credit-Risk-Certified (RMA-CRC) designation. Commercial banking credit risk professionals with at least three years of experience who pass a five-hour, 126-question (130-question for Canadians) computer-based exam receive the designation.

The CRC is the only industry-wide certification available to commercial banking credit risk professionals, including lenders, credit analysts, credit officers, and credit risk managers.

To maintain the designation, credit professionals must complete 60 continuing education credits every three years. For more information about the CRC designation, visit www.rmahq.org or call RMA Customer Care at 800-677-7621.

Those passing the RMA-CRC exam are:

Carrie S. Allison, Charlotte, N.C.
Steven P. Barnes, Montreal, Que.
Ricki D. Bartlett, Edmonton, Alta.
Harry J. Brooks, Houston, Tex.
Deanna S. Cavanaugh, Hartford, Conn.
Jennifer Crymes, Irving, Tex.
Adam W. Dauner, Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
Martin B. Dwyer, Waterloo, Iowa
Christopher J. Elliott, Charlotte, N.C.
Patrick L. Griggs, New Orleans, La.
Anna Gronlund, Syracuse, N.Y.
Thomas J. Hughes IV, Chanhassen, Minn.
Suk Yin Hung, Toronto, Ont.
Lyle H. Jeansonne, Shreveport, La.
Brian Jensen, Lisle, Ill.
Russell L. Joralemon, Orlando, Fla.
Thomas J. Kern, Metairie, La.
George A. Kinnear, Providence, R. I.
Dan R. Lambright, Stony Plain, Alta.
Katherine M. Long, Evansville, Ind.
Michelle Mitchell, Los Angeles, Calif.
Blaine J. Morrison, Tampa, Fla.
Scott Neiderheide, Troy, Mich.
Chris W. Oldham, Brookfield, Conn.
Jennifer S. Ramirez, South Bend, Ind.
Lissette Rivera-Pauley, Mableton, Ga.
Victor Rodriguez, Studio City, Calif.
Lawrence A. Roselle Jr., Cocoa Beach, Fla.
Heidi M. Rubertone, Hamden, Conn.
Mark A. Russell, Akron, Ohio
Deborah Schneider, Syracuse, N.Y.
Daniel J. Scott, Tampa, Fla.
Anna C. Smathers, Canton, N.C.
Thomas H. Stickney, Middletown, Conn.
Thomas W. Trigg, Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Thomas A. Wagoner, Shepherdsville, Ky.
Paula R. Williams, Stillwater, Minn.

About RMA
Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., RMA has 3,000 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the Association by 18,000 risk management professionals who are chapter members in financial centers throughout North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. Visit RMA on the Web at www.rmahq.org.

Contact:
Kathleen M. Beans
RMA Public Relations Manager
kbeans@rmahq.org
215-446-4095