Seminars

TOPICS & OBJECTIVES

Eisenhower on Enlightened Leadership (Morning General Session)

Ike Eisenhower, arguably the most important leader from World War II, was not the best military tactician, nor the best speaker, nor the most dynamic personality. Yet he took the Allied Forces that were reeling from defeat and led them to victory over the world’s most powerful military. How did he accomplish all this? By becoming a great LEADER. This session will teach the practical lessons from Eisenhower on Leadership.

Due Diligence: Third party Vendors – Managing the Relationship (Morning Breakout Session)

In this session, learn how to deliver products and services to your members, while protecting your credit union’s brand, image, and intellectual property.

Financial Statements: CU vs. For Profit and How to Read Them for What You Need (Morning Breakout Session)

Designed for supervisory committee members with or without a financial background, the goal of this session is to make financial statements more understandable and useful by comparing them to for profit financials that you may be more familiar with.

Knowing the Signs of Fraud (Morning Breakout Session)

In order for the supervisory committee to effectively perform their job they must keep up with current fraud trends, but they also need to know what signs to look for that will tip them off that fraud may be occurring.

The Risk Based Audit Program (Morning Breakout Session)

To get the most for your dollars, internal audit work should be prioritized and based on the greater risks facing the credit union. In this session you will learn how to design an internal audit program that focuses internal audit’s efforts on those internal controls that mitigate the credit union’s greater risks.

Due Diligence: Third Party Vendors – Case Studies (Afternoon Breakout Session)

Put all that talk into practice by using what you know to explore real world examples. Case studies will include due diligence in selecting your audit firm and due diligence in selecting a vendor for your credit unions ongoing operations. Learn what you and your management should be asking.

The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Approach (Afternoon Breakout Session)

In today’s warp-speed business environment, opportunities can vanish and threats can materialize over night. This presentation will introduce ERM key concepts, implementation approaches, tools, and lessons learned.

Fraud Prevention: Having Controls in Place (Afternoon Breakout Session)

The way to deal with fraud is not to catch it, but to keep it from happening. In this session, find out the best approaches to implementing controls that will keep fraud at bay, and safeguard the assets of your credit union.

Creating an Effective Risk Assessment: How to Determine the Risk Factors (Afternoon Breakout Session)

An effective risk assessment is crucial to keeping the assets of your members safe, but it must also be efficient and relevant. Learn how to determine which risk factors need to be on your radar.

Today’s Economy and the Risks for Your Credit Union (Afternoon General Session)

Hear from one of CUNA’s senior economists about the state of the economy and trends that will affect your credit union. Find out about the state of the mortgage market, and more importantly, find out how these circumstances and forecasts affect your credit union’s risk assessment and management strategies.

INSTRUCTORS
Eileen Iles
Eileen has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Her experience includes: management of risk management, including risk-based internal audit outsourcing and co-sourcing relationships; consultations with financial institutions regarding Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 and internal control assessment and attestation requirements; consultations with financial institutions to improve internal control environments; development of Crowe Chizek’s financial institutions continuing professional education program; and continuing professional education instructor.

Marcia Barron, CPA
Marcia Barron is the director of internal audits for Credit Union National Association and CUNA Strategic Services, Inc. She is responsible for providing an independent evaluation function, primarily focused on assisting management and the audit committees in the ongoing development of the control environment. She is also involved in the evaluation and assessment of significant risk associated with new, merging, and consolidating functions that impact services, processes, operations, and controls. Marcia has over twenty years of experience in finance and audit.

Julie Esser
Julie Esser, director of new alliances for CUNA Strategic Services, is responsible for the development of new strategic alliance relationships. This includes assessing the marketplace needs; understanding the market opportunities and threats; determining if a new product line would be better supported through a new alliance or existing one; executing and evaluating RFPs; conducting the due diligence investigation; creating the business plan; developing overall profitability; and creating marketing, sales, and support strategies. Julie has been with CUNA for 20 years and has extensive experience in product management, marketing, product development, and project management.

Bill Hampel
Bill is senior vice president of the research and policy analysis department and chief economist for Credit Union National Association. He joined the department as an economist in 1978, was promoted to vice president in 1985, then appointed to senior vice president in 1992. He also writes economic analysis columns for several credit union publications.

Donald Thompson
Don Thompson has been with CUMIS Insurance Society, the property and casualty company of the CUNA Mutual Group, since 1983. Most of that time has been spent as a risk manager. His time not spent in risk management was spent as the bondability underwriting manager. Don was the first bondability manager and developed that program.

As a risk manger, Don is responsible for assisting credit unions in identifying areas of risk in their operations and recommending appropriate controls to reduce exposures to loss. One facet of the risk management department is the fidelity analysis program which is designed to detect on-going embezzlements in credit unions. In addition, Don provides training to federal and state regulatory agencies, internal auditors, certified public accountants and credit unions.

Prior to joining CUMIS, he served as vice president of lending at Evergreen Federal Savings. He has also earned the Certified Fraud Examiner designation.

Tony Popanz
Tony is an internal audit and controls engagement manager at Jefferson Wells. He is a frequent speaker, trainer, and author on the topics of enterprise risk management, Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, enterprise risk assessment, and project management. He holds Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications

Tim Harrington, CPA
Tim is president of T.E.A.M. Resources, a training and consulting firm that provides consulting, strategic planning, and training to credit unions from coast-to-coast. Tim is a dynamic speaker who can make complex subjects very simple. As an expert in the field of credit unions, he has been involved in hundreds of credit union audit engagements and has consulted with, and provided training to, credit union employees throughout the country. Tim has been working with credit unions since 1989 when he directed the internal audit of a $100-million-dollar credit union. As an internal auditor, he gained a deep understanding of credit unions, their problems and successes.

2008 Seminars

Supervisory Committee & Internal Audit Conference - Day 1