2003 Regulatory Compliance Schools

A Sampling of Instructors

 Mary-Lou Heighes

Mary-Lou Heighes has been involved in the credit union movement since 1989. Her areas of expertise involve marketing, collections, general operations, lending, and of course - compliance. She is a CUNA-certified Credit Union Compliance Expert, and is President of Compliance Plus, Inc. which provides compliance, training, and consulting services to credit unions. Prior to starting Compliance Plus, she had worked in the California/Nevada Credit Union League's Research and Information Department for 7 years answering credit union compliance and operational questions on the Research and Information Hotline. Ms. Heighes was responsible for the TOPs and TIPs bulletins, which inform CCUL/NCUL member credit unions of statutory and regulatory changes affecting credit unions. In addition, Ms. Heighes worked closely with the League's legal department and continues to assist the state government affairs department, providing an operational slant to proposed legislation and regulation and other areas affecting credit union operations. For 5 years she conducted the League's Regulatory Compliance Seminar, and she has been well received as a featured speaker at Chapter meetings, Regional Learning Centers, the Nevada Regulatory Summit, AACUL I&C&C Conference, the North Carolina CU Network, CUNA's E-Commerce School, E-Lending Schools, and RegTrac Specialized Compliance Institute.

 Woody Hodgdon

Woody Hodgdon is the National Compliance Manager at HP Employees Federal Credit Union in Palo Alto, California. His office is in the Loveland, Colorado branch. HPEFCU serves Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies employees in the United States and Puerto Rico. Prior to accepting his current job, Woody spent 17 years at HP Rocky Mountain Federal Credit Union in Loveland, Colorado where his jobs included managing both the Collections and Compliance Departments. He spent three years as an agent for CUNA Mutual in northern Colorado prior to starting his management career with credit unions. Woody has been involved in credit union management, operations, and compliance issues for more than 25 years and has held jobs as Vice President of Operations, and Branch Manager. He attended Colorado State University and is a graduate of Western CUNA Management School in Pomona, California. He is also a 1981 graduate of the Regulatory Compliance School and routinely attends update sessions.

 Tyler F. Parker

Tyler F. Parker is a nationally recognized speaker on financial institution operational and compliance topics, who over the last fifteen years has taught compliance programs for 45 Credit Union Leagues, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and numerous credit unions and banks.

A member of the Washington bar, Mr. Parker received his Bachelor of Arts from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington, and his Juris Doctor and Masters in Business Management from Willamette University, Salem, Oregon.

 R. Todd Sherpy

R. Todd Sherpy is a shareholder in the South Carolina law firm of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A. Todd and his team, which includes two Certified Credit Union Compliance Experts, are dedicated to serving all legal needs of Credit Unions, and have attained a national reputation for their legal-auditing, compliance and bankruptcy/collections work. The firm represents approximately 182 Credit Unions in 15 states; and provides compliance auditing, training and consulting services to Credit Unions throughout the United States. Todd dedicates a large portion of his time to teaching Credit Unions, having made presentations in 40 States and participating as an instructor through CUNA & Affiliates Compliance, Collections and Credit Counseling, Consumer Loan Officer and Economics and Investments Schools and Conferences. Todd is the author of CUNA's RegTrac Compliance Modules on Consumer, Real Estate Lending, and Member Business Lending; CUNA's White Paper on Privacy; The Georgia and South Carolina Credit Union Leagues' Guides to Web/Electronic Banking Compliance and The Credit Union's Guide to Compliant Marketing; CSG's Volunteers Achievement Program on Directors' Liability, and many other Credit Union resources. Todd is also the editor of the periodical "Credit Union Legal News©."

 RaAnn Wood

RaAnn Wood is the Research Analyst with the League's Research and Information department. In her position, she monitors and analyzes developments in the regulatory arena and evaluates the impact of technical, operational and regulatory issues on credit unions. In addition to her work on white papers and procedural bulletins, RaAnn assists member credit unions with compliance questions via the research and information hotline. She has nineteen years of experience in financial service industries including credit unions, thrift and loan companies, savings banks and in mortgage banking. RaAnn has an extensive background in real estate lending and compliance issues. She has prepared and delivered public presentations to credit union professionals on regulatory compliance, preventing fraud in the mortgage marketplace, real estate lending compliance, share account administration as well as other operational issues.




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