Seminars

TOPICS & OBJECTIVES

Getting Things Done in Groups, Tools & Techniques to Facilitate Group Thinking (Morning General Session)

As a supervisory committee member, you find yourself in many group work settings such as your own committee meetings, board meetings, and management-board retreats. In this session, learn tools and techniques you can use to help the groups you’re apart of think together better – and achieve better results.

Due Diligence: Everything is Negotiable! The Secrets to Effective Third Party Contract Negotiation (Morning Breakout Session)

Part of the due diligence process includes having a handle on the complexities of the contract. In this session, you will learn basic contract drafting tips, how to create service standards and performance metrics, and review top contract provisions to avoid.

Managing the Outsourced Internal Audit Relationship (Morning Breakout Session)

In this session, hear from a representative of an audit firm about what you should be asking, what’s being looked at, the "normal" things that are on the audit, as well as what you should be watching for.

When Fraud Occurs: When to Hire the Expert Investigator (Morning Breakout Session)

You look for the red flags of fraud, but sometimes it still happens. Find out what the best practices are for a fraud investigation and hear from an industry professional about how to properly accumulate documentation.

Identifying & Testing the Controls (Morning Breakout Session)

Are your control procedures doing what you need them to do? Find out how to pinpoint the internal controls you need in your credit union, how to evaluate their design and operational effectiveness, and hear examples of situations with ineffective controls.

Due Diligence: From Copy Paper to Core Processor: A Practical Guide to Conducting a Due Diligence Risk Assessment (Afternoon Breakout Session)

Third party vendors offer a new range of potential risks that you may be less familiar with. Bolster your due diligence process by learning how to identify critical vendors, using existing risk assessments, and reviewing the seven steps to vendor risk assessments.

Speed Training: Conflicts of Interest, Supervisory Committee Charters, & Allowable Expenses for the Committee (Afternoon Breakout Session)

Three topics, three speakers, one session, and no fluff. Each speaker will get 15 minutes to present their material and 5 minutes to take questions. There will be a few minutes at the end of the session to approach the speakers to address further questions or concerns.

IT Security: What Can Go Away, and How to Prevent It (Afternoon Breakout Session)

IT security has become one of the most prominent issues for credit unions. Find out how to proactively address IT risk, how to evaluate the adequacy of the controls environment, and keep an eye on the many things that can go wrong.

NCUA Update (Afternoon General Session)

Hear from an NCUA official about current administration priorities and hot-button issues. The financial services sector has gone through significant turmoil recently and it is an opportunity to hear directly from the regulators about what is going on and how that may affect your organization.

INSTRUCTORS
Kathleen Thompson
Kathleen Thompson is senior vice president and associate general counsel for the Credit Union National Association. For almost 30 years, she has represented credit unions before the National Credit Union Administration, the Federal Reserve Board, the Treasury Department, the Federal Trade Commission, and other federal agencies. She is currently focusing her efforts on increasing CUNA's compliance information to leagues and credit unions, and on providing assistance in the drafting of legislation and the preparation of testimony for Congress. Kathleen appears regularly before credit union groups to discuss current congressional and regulatory events and to present compliance seminars.

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.

Ron Parker, CPA
Ron is a certified public accountant and partner at Clifton Gunderson, LLP and has been actively involved with credit unions and in the practice of public accounting for more than 35 years. Having served on the board of directors and supervisory committees of credit unions and working with hundreds of credit unions in an audit and consulting capacity, Ron is uniquely familiar with the challenges that credit unions face. Ron has worked in conjunction with officials at NCUA, the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS), Credit Union National Association (CUNA), and other state and national credit union organizations.

Barbara Wirtz
Barbara works with executives to develop leadership expertise within their organizations. Her ideas have been published in 40 articles in 10 professional trade journals including The Credit Union Journal, Credit Union Magazine, Credit Union Executive Newsletter, Credit Union Directors Newsletter, and Credit Union Management. In addition to her speaking, facilitating, training, and coaching, she draws on her nine years of experience as a Chamber of Commerce and American Marketing Association board member.

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.

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

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.

Dayle Alsbury
Dayle Alsbury is responsible for managing the engineering security services division at TraceSecurity. This includes comprehensive assessments, penetration testing, social engineering, and security awareness training. With his comprehensive security background, and numerous certifications including CISSP, Dayle insures the highest level of customer service that is associated with TraceSecurity. In addition to managing and training the engineers of TraceSecurity, Dayle also contributes to the management of the overall security of the TraceSecurity Network.

David A. Reed
David A. Reed, founder of CU Doctor, is an author, consultant, and nationally recognized speaker. Reed provides guidance to credit unions concerning a variety of matters, including credit union policies and procedures, organizational compliance, collections, security, contractual agreements, regulatory matters, and corporate governance. A former bankruptcy attorney, vice president, and general counsel for a large credit union, Reed is particularly noted as an expert in the areas of bankruptcy and collections.

2008 Seminars

Supervisory Committee & Internal Audit Conference - Day 2