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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
Susan Costonis
Susan Costonis is a compliance consultant and trainer.
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 joined Glia Group, Inc., and BankersOnline in 2004, and currently serves as Executive Editor.
Andy Zavoina
Andy Zavoina, CRCM, is an Executive Vice President and Chief Relationship Officer with the Glia Group, Inc., best known for its interest in BankersOnl
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 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 is the Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance & Risk Officer for BankSouth headquartered on Lake Oconee inKathleen Blanchard
Kathleen Blanchard has over 32 years of experience in banking.
James W. Bruce, III
Jay Bruce is General Counsel of American Bank Systems and its subsidiaries,
Randy Carey
Randy Carey is a Compliance Specialist with PPDocs.com.
Paul A. Carrubba
Paul is a Partner in the law firm of Adams and Reese LLP.
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 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 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 Fisher is president and CEO of The Copper River Group.
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 is Editor of Compliance Action and President of Compliance Resources, Inc., a company offering comp
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 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
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 Orr is a leading financial services expert with vast regulatory, risk management, and security best practice knowledge and expertise.
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 is Of Counsel with the law firm Howe & Hutton, Ltd.
Don Pape
Donald Pape is of counsel to the Oklahoma City law firm, Phillips Murrah P.C.
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, 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 helps financial institutions tackle issues ranging from technology planning to risk management.
Honey Shelton
Honey Shelton brings the best of both worlds to her speaking and training engagements.
Charles Staats
Charles Staats is General Manager of AdvanceTec Safe Deposit Services Inc.
Barry Thompson
Barry Thompson has worked in the financial services industry for over three decades, holding the positions of security officer, compliance officer,
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 is senior partner with BankMarketingpros.com which offers business development help to
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