CFPB Announces Advisory Board and Council Members

CFPB Director Kathleen Kraninger announced appointments to the Consumer Advisory Board, and three advisory councils. 

Consumer Advisory Board (CAB)

• Chair of the CAB – Brent Neiser, Senior Director, National Endowment for Financial Education (Denver, CO) 
• Nikitra Bailey, EVP, Center for Responsible Lending (Durham, NC)
• Nadine Cohen, Managing Attorney, Greater Boston Legal Services (Boston, MA)
• Sameh Elamawy, CEO, Scratch Services, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
• Manning Field, COO, Acorns (Irvine, CA)
• Clint Gwin, President & CEO, Pathway Lending (Nashville, TN)
• Ronald Johnson, Former President, Clark Atlanta University (Atlanta, GA)
• Tim Lampkin, CEO, Higher Purpose Co. (Clarksdale, MS)
• Eric Kaplan, Director – Housing Finance Program, Milken Institute (Washington, DC)
• Sophie Raseman, Director of Product, Brightside (San Francisco, CA)
• Rebecca Steele, President/CEO, National Foundation for Credit Counseling (Washington, DC)
• Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman Consumer and Business Banking, U.S. Bank (Minneapolis, MN)

Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC) 

• Chair of the CBAC – Aubrey Hulings, VP, Operations Manager, The Farmers National Bank of Emlenton (Emlenton, PA)
• J. Erik Beguin, Founder, CEO and President, Austin Capital Bank (Austin, TX)
• Maureen Busch, VP Compliance and CRA Officer, The Bank of Tampa (Tampa, FL)
• Patrick Ervin, EVP, Independent Bank (Troy, MI)
• Shan Hayes, President and CEO, Heartland Tri-State Bank (Elkhart, KS)
• Bruce Ocko, Senior VP Director of Mortgage & Consumer Lending, Bangor Savings Bank (Bangor, ME)
• Valerie Quiett, SVP and Chief Legal Officer, Mechanics and Farmers (M&F) Bank (Durham, NC)
• Heidi Sexton, EVP/Chief Compliance and Risk Officer, Sound Community Bank (Seattle, WA)

Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC)

• Chair of the CUAC – Sean Cahill, President & CEO, TrueSky Credit Union (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Arlene Babwah, VP Risk Management, Coastal Federal Credit Union (Raleigh, NC)
• Teresa Campbell, President & CEO, San Diego County Credit Union (San Diego, CA)
• Rick Durante, VP, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Government Affairs, Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union (Chadds Ford, PA)
• Doe Gregersen, Vice President & General Counsel, Landmark Credit Union (New Berlin, WI)
• Brian Holst, General Counsel, Elevations Credit Union (Boulder, CO)
• Racardo McLaughlin, VP Mortgage Originations/Operations (TwinStar Credit Union, Lacey, WA)
• Rick Schmidt, President & CEO, WestStar Credit Union (Las Vegas, NV)

Academic Research Council (ARC) 

• Michael Baye, Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
• Karen Dynan, Professor of the Practice of Economics, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Terri Friedline, Associate Professor, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
• John Lynch, Jr., Director of the Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, University of Colorado Boulder (Boulder, CO)
• Brigitte Madrian, Dean/Marriott Distinguished Professor, Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
• Tom Miller, Professor of Finance and Jack R. Lee Chair, Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
• Joshua Wright, Professor, Scalia Law School at George Mason University (Arlington, VA)