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Meet our gurus!

Some of the top banking industry experts are BOL Gurus. Their bios are found down below on this page. Many of the professionals who lend their time and talents to provide responses to our Guru Q&As also speak frequently at conferences, have developed products, and offer a variety of services. Look for CD ROMs of webinars, training videos, books, and other helpful resources by some of our gurus in our Banker Store.

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Each week, in each of our five main content sections on BankersOnline.com, we feature questions submitted by BOL users and answers written by BOL Gurus. Past Q&As are archived on the site and can be accessed through the search feature or via the subject matter index of articles and Q&As that appears in the left sidebar or each content section. Use the "Submit a question to the BOL Gurus" link above to submit a question of your own.

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Our Gurus

Rebekah Leonard

Rebekah is the owner of Elucidate LLC, a compliance training and consulting company.

Robin Guthridge

obin has a strong background in Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance, leadership, and sales management.

Kimberly Boatwright

Kimberly Boatwright is EVP and Director of Risk and Compliance at Compliance Resource, LLC and has more than a two decades of experience working in

Mary Beth Guard

Mary Beth Guard is one of the four co-founders of BankersOnline and is now Editor Emeritus, after more than 16 years of serving as Executive

John Burnett

John Burnett

John Burnett joined Glia Group, Inc., and BankersOnline in 2004, and currently serves as

Pauli Loeffler

Pauli Loeffler

Pauli Loeffler hails from the small town (population 4,222) of Bristow, Oklahoma in Creek County and is a third generation lawyer and mother of six

Hussam A Al-Abed

Hussam A Al-Abed

Hussam Al Abed is an Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Fraud and Security Consultant, Public Speaker and a Leading Trainer in the Banking Industry since

Jim Bedsole

Jim Bedsole

Jim Bedsole is the Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance & Risk Officer for BankSouth headquartered on Lake Oconee in

Kathleen Blanchard

Kathleen Blanchard has over 32 years of experience in banking.
James W. Bruce, III

James W. Bruce, III

Jay Bruce is General Counsel of American Bank Systems and its subsidiaries,

Randy Carey

Randy Carey

Randy Carey is a Compliance Specialist with PPDocs.com.
Paul A. Carrubba

Paul A. Carrubba

Paul is a Partner in the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP.

Patricia Cashman

Patricia Cashman

Patricia is a partner in Cashman Compliance Solutions, LLC.

Deborah Crawford

Deborah Crawford is the President of gettechnical inc.

Brian Crow

Brian Crow

Brian Crow is Executive Vice President at Thomas Compliance Associates, Inc. in Chicago, IL.

David A. Dickinson

David's banking career began as a field examiner for the FDIC in 1990. He later became a Loan Officer for a small bank.
Peter G. Djinis

Peter G. Djinis

Peter Djinis is the founder of the firm, Law Offices of Peter Djinis, which specializes in civil and regulatory matters involving federal anti-mone

Veneshia Ferdinand

Veneshia Ferdinand, CRCM is Director of Compliance Policy at Simmons Bank, Fort Worth TX.

Dan M. Fisher

Dan M. Fisher

Dan Fisher is president and CEO of The Copper River Group.

Ken Golliher

Ken Golliher

Ken Golliher is a principal with Pegasus Educational Services, LLC., a training firm organized in 1996 with headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky.

Lucy Griffin

Lucy Griffin

Lucy is Editor of Compliance Action and President of Compliance Resources, Inc., a company offering comp

Jack Holzknecht

Jack Holzknecht

Jack Holzknecht is the CEO of Compliance Resource, LLC. He has been delivering the word on lending compliance for 39 years.

Barbara Hurst

Barbara Hurst

Barbara Hurst is Executive Editor of the BANKERS' HOTLINE, a highly regarded newsletter written for fin

Richard Insley

Guru Emeritus - Thank you for lending your expertise to the BankersOnline.com community.

Dave McGuinn

Dave McGuinn

David P.

Jerod Moyer

Jerod is the leader of Banker's Compliance Consulting's seminar and training productions.

Kate Ogle

Guru Emeritus - Thank you for lending your expertise to the BankersOnline.com community.

Susan E. Orr

Susan E. Orr

Susan Orr is a leading financial services expert with vast regulatory, risk management, and security best practice knowledge and expertise.

Sam Ott

Sam Ott

Sam D. Ott is an attorney who specializes in banking and is of counsel with Phillips Murrah P.C.

Kelly Owsley

Kelly M. Owsley, CRCM is Director of Training Services for Compliance Resource, LLC. Kelly's career in banking began in 2000.

Gerard Panaro

Gerard Panaro

Gerard Panaro is Of Counsel with the law firm Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
Don Pape

Don Pape

Donald Pape is of counsel to the Oklahoma City law firm, Phillips Murrah P.C.
Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson

Jeff Patterson combines a unique blend of technical expertise, operational capabilities, risk management experience, and security awareness in a dy

Dan Persfull

Dan is Vice President and Compliance Officer for The Peoples State Bank with its main office located in Ellettsville, IN and supporting nine branch

Michele Petry

Michele Petry

Michele Petry, is President of the Glia Group, an Internet consulting and web strategy firm, and an Editor o

Rayleen M. Pirnie

Rayleen M. Pirnie, AAP, CERP, is the founder and owner of RP Payments Risk Consulting Services, LLC. based in Missouri.

Jimmy Sawyers

Jimmy Sawyers

Jimmy Sawyers helps financial institutions tackle issues ranging from technology planning to risk management.

Honey Shelton

Honey Shelton

Honey Shelton brings the best of both worlds to her speaking and training engagements.

Charles Staats

Charles Staats

Charles Staats is General Manager of AdvanceTec Safe Deposit Services Inc.

Barry Thompson

Barry Thompson

Barry Thompson is an international speaker, trainer, consultant, and writer.
Eryn E. Tribble

Eryn E. Tribble

Eryn Tribble is a certified Associated Business Continuity Professional (ABCP) who offers experience and expertise in Business Continuity Managemen

Rick Wemmers

Rick Wemmers

Rick Wemmers is senior partner with BankMarketingpros.com which offers business development help to

Susan Costonis

Susan Costonis is a compliance consultant and trainer.

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