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2025 Advanced School Faculty

April 27, 2025 - May 2, 2025
Emory Conference Center
Atlanta, GA

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Take a look at our lineup of top-tier faculty:

Michael Bacon

Founder and Managing Partner

Rezolvrizk LLC

John Blanton

Senior Vice President

Peoples Bank

Kevin Cole

Senior Examination Specialist

FDIC – Atlanta Regional Office

Suzanne Cumming

AVP/Branch Manager/Consumer and Commercial Lender

United Bank

Tricia DeLeon

Litigator

Holland & Knight LLP

Rosemarie Drake

Deputy District Director

Small Business Administration

Beverlea S. (Suzy) Gardner

Senior Examination Specialist and former Special Assistant to the Chairman of the FDIC, Division of Risk Management Supervision

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Lorenzo Garza

Vice President of Banking Supervision

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Richard Hamm

Owner

Advantage Consulting & Training

Jim Hitchcock

Vice President, Fraud Mitigation

American Bankers Association

Joseph Hoge

Commercial Credit Lead Expert for the South and Southeast regions of Community Bank Supervision

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Joseph Javitz

Executive Vice President/Chief Credit Officer

ConnectOne Bank

Charles LeFevre

Principal Consultant

Big Easy Advisors

Jeff Marsico

Founding Shareholder

The Kafafian Group

Joel Naroff

President

Naroff Economic Advisors

Rob Newberry

Senior Advisor

Abrigo

Kevin J. Nickodem

Former Commercial Banker and Credit Facilitator (retired)

David Notgrass, Ph.D.

Professor of Management in the Dr. Sam Pack College of Business

Tarleton State University

Jeff Patterson

Deputy Director of Rural Affairs

Small Business Administration

Vernon Roberts

Executive Coach, Instructor, Speaker, Author

David Rodarte

AVP, Credit Analyst Assistant Manager

Austin Bank

Martin 'Dev' Strischek

Principal

Devon Risk Advisory Group, LLC

Brandon R. Tomjack

Partner

Baird Holm LLP

Michael Wear

President

39 Acres Corporation

More faculty information coming soon.