Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Bobbie manages & oversees the collection, analysis, and reporting of data required for the Community Reinvestment Act, as well as support commitments made by the Bank to community groups.��� Responsible for managing staff responsible for day-to-day CRA, CRA Sunshine and HMDA data collection and reporting.� Bobbie’s prior experience includes having worked as a Commissioned Compliance Examiner at the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas and Chicago and at the FDIC.� In the past, Bobbie has taught CRA Advanced Techniques, the Compliance and Fair Lending Schools at the Federal Reserve Board.� Additionally, she has worked within the private banking industry at Chase and State Farm Banks. �

Karrie Truglia joined VPC in 2015 and is a Principal. She is primarily responsible for sourcing, analyzing, executing and management of direct private debt and equity investments in the specialty finance sector. Ms. Truglia also actively works to further develop VPC’s debt capital markets area focused on strategically portfolio financings.Previously, Ms. Truglia was a Director in Global Securitized Products at Citigroup focused on asset backed security financing and complex capital markets solutions for global and domestic financial services organizations. She also worked in other management positions at Bear Stearns & Co., Assured Guaranty and BMW Financial Services.Ms. Truglia received a B.S. in Accounting & Finance with honors and an MBA from Mt. St. Mary’s College

Jennifer Whip is managing director at Garrett, McAuley & Co. Previously she was the primary executive at Fannie Mae responsible for business development in the single-family division.

Yafit Lev-Aretz is a research fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU.

Shane is the Director of Omni-Channel Trust and Identity Solutions at VASCO.� He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience with over 15 years in banking, technology, and holistic platform consulting.� Most recently he has been a key contributor to the strategy and development of a major enterprise security and business intelligence project at BB&T.�While at bank Shane was a key contributor to the overall vision, strategy and development for a centralized omni-channel commercial platform. �Prior to BB&T he held a position as a Director of Platform and Emerging Technologies at Bank of America where he focused on business continuity and user experience.�� At VASCO Shane is focused on supporting Fintech and banking platform partnerships, security innovation and transformation, market insights, diverse industry engagement, business strategy and client needs assessment.�

Paula is the general counsel/chief compliance officer at Better Mortgage. Previously she served as senior litigation counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Enforcement Bureau. Prior to joining the CFPB she was a litigation partner at Mayer Brown and early in her career was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York.

Jim Harper is the senior fellow at the Cato Institute.

Mr. Schweid runs the Electronic Services Division at Coconut Grove Bank.� In this role he is responsible for all aspects of the Bank’s digital banking and card based services for individuals, private banking and business clients.� This includes determining the strategic direction the Bank takes with regards to product specifications, sales strategies, vendors, and daily execution for clients.� He is also responsible for managing the call center team.In addition to his role at Coconut Grove Bank, Mr. Schweid is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank’s Faster Payments Taskforce.� This taskforce has been assembled by the Federal Reserve Bank with the objective of assessing alternative approaches for implementing safe, ubiquitous, faster payment systems within the U.S.� As part of the taskforce, Mr. Schweid is leading the sub workgroup focused on defining the current landscape of the payments industry and the next steps to launching potential improvements.Before joining Coconut Grove Bank, Mr. Schweid ran Treasury Management, Corporate Services, and was a Regional Manager at City National Bank and Seacoast National Bank.� In both positions he ran various sales teams and negotiated partnerships and contracts with vendors of all types.� Previously he worked in the investments area at Great Western Bank and Prudential Securities.�Mr. Schweid’s background includes an undergraduate degree in business/finance from Eckerd College, and an M.B.A. from Florida International University.� He is also the current President of the South Florida chapter of the Association of Financial Professionals (SFAFP) and past President of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center.

Bob Mark is a managing partner at Black Diamond Risk Enterprises.

Shirley Leung is commercial and corporate litigation associate at Blank Rome LLP.