CUNA Compliance Certification Training for Staff eSchool
Instructors

Instructors

  Kim Bohannon, CUCE

As the North Carolina Credit Union League's (NCCUL) vice president of compliance and risk management, Kim analyzes laws and regulations pertaining to the credit union industry, and provides information and technical guidance to credit unions on how to properly implement those laws. She is also responsible for providing comment letters to federal agencies on proposed regulatory changes.

Kim began her credit union career with Navy Federal Credit Union. In 1996, she moved to First Carolina Corporate Credit Union, before moving to NCCUL in 1997. She holds the Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE) designation and is also a member of the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.

  Valerie Brooks, CUCE

Valerie Brooks is the regulatory and governmental affairs director for the Idaho Credit Union League. She has been with the League since January 2001. In addition to lobbying on the state and federal level, managing the state political action committee funds (PAC) and raising funds for CULAC, Val serves member credit unions by consulting on all aspects of credit union operations, lending, and member service with a special focus on compliance. Val is also the "go-to" person at the League who is called on by state and federal regulators to help a credit union who either has lost their manager or needs additional help when there are challenges in the credit union.

  Michael Carter

Michael Carter is the compliance education specialist for the New York State Credit Union League. He develops and conducts compliance webinars, provides compliance updates to member credit unions in online and in-person sessions, and trains credit union staff at local and national conferences. Michael also coordinates the league's efforts in regulatory advocacy by soliciting opinion letters from appropriate regulatory agencies and submitting comment letters from credit unions. He also maintains InfoSight, the league's online compliance system, which launched in February 2005. Prior to joining the league in 2001, Michael worked in various departments at Pioneer Savings Bank.

  Donya Parrish

Donya Parrish is director of compliance services for the Montana Credit Union Network. In that role for the last four and a half years, she has supported Montana's credit unions with compliance-related assistance, training, and information. Donya provides compliance support via the compliance hotline and is responsible for several resources and the compliance section of the network's website. She has a B.S. in Business Finance and a minor in Economics and is a Credit Union Compliance Expert. She has worked in the financial services industry for 13 years, including six years with the Federal Reserve Bank.

  RaAnn Wood

RaAnn is the CEO of California Center Credit Union. Before joining the credit union, RaAnn was with the California Credit Union League where she served as the professional networks manager in the education and training department following five years with the league's research and information department. RaAnn's career with credit unions began in 1975 and she has since worked in mortgage banking, with savings banks, and with thrift and loan companies. She is a CUNA certified compliance expert and has enjoyed working in the compliance arena as a compliance officer and as a compliance trainer in several financial service industries.