Main Sessions

Mark Bower, CPA

Mark Bower is an accomplished Financial Services Chief Financial Officer with a proven track record of driving asset and revenue growth for banks ranging from $100 million to $1 billion. He brings extensive expertise in corporate governance, strategic planning, enterprise risk management (ERM), balance sheet management, and overall bank operations …

Dale Sheller

Associate Partner, The Baker Group

Dale Sheller is Senior Vice President in the Financial Strategies Group at The Baker Group. He joined the firm in 2015 after spending six years as a bank examiner with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Sheller holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and a master’s degree in business administration from Oklahoma State University…

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Tom Cox

Tom Cox is a principal with 35 years of experience including C-level leadership. Tom has a proven track record of driving results. His career spans multiple industries (management consulting, hospitality, financial services, real estate and manufacturing) and functional disciplines (general management, sales, finance and accounting, purchasing and supply chain) …

Anna Kooi, CPA

Anna Kooi leads Wipfli’s financial services practice. A partner with almost 25
years of experience in serving a variety of public and private clients in the
financial services industry, Anna has advised clients ranging from startups
to Fortune 10, bringing deep industry knowledge to clients …

Joseph Paroubek, CPA

Joe Paroubek brings more than 15 years of experience to his financial institution clients, with specific skills in external audit and accounting and control issues that specifically impact financial institutions. Joe also has extensive commercial loan review experience. He has worked with large banks to develop internal control narratives and testing programs to assist them with FDICIA compliance requirements …

John Hurlock

John Hurlock is the President of SMARTER Risk Management.  In this arena John is focused on credit risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and strategic risk. Prior to starting SMARTER Risk Management, John was the National Director for Enterprise Risk Management and Compliance for Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions. And prior to Sheshunoff …

Dr. Ed Seifried

Dr. Seifried is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the Executive Consultant for the Sheshunoff CEO Affiliation Programs…