Treliant Risk Advisors LLC Expands Its Compliance and Fair Lending Consulting Teams

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Treliant Risk Advisors LLC, a DC-based compliance and strategic advisory firm specializing in the financial services industry, has recently expanded its Fair Lending and Compliance teams with the addition of industry and regulatory compliance experts Mark Westmoreland, Janet Swan, and Donald Morrow.

Mark Westmoreland, Senior Compliance Executive, has extensive experience in financial services regulation, having served as in-house legal counsel for Capital One Bank and JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. He specializes in developing and implementing consumer compliance and fair lending programs as well as conducting compliance risk assessments. He has significant experience managing regulatory relations, including state and federal examinations, complaint resolution, and exam remediation.

Janet K. Swan, CRCM, Senior Compliance Consultant, has 30 plus years experience in banking, including lending production and operations management, training, and compliance, with an emphasis in fair lending. Janet's last position was as a Vice President, Compliance Consultant in the Corporate Fair and Responsible Lending Office at Wells Fargo Bank. Janet holds a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation from the Institute of Certified Bankers in Washington, DC. Janet also previously held both a Limited Practice Officer (LPO) and a Designated Escrow Officer (DEO) license from the State of Washington.

Donald Morrow,Ph.D., worked as a consultant on regulatory examinations for banks before joining Treliant Risk Advisors as Director of Fair Lending and Compliance. Prior to his consulting work, he was the Economic Research Manager for the Fair Lending Analytical Research Department at Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, NC, responsible for all aspects of statistical testing and research related to fair lending for the company’s mortgage, auto finance, and credit card businesses. Prior to joining Wachovia in April 2003, he worked for three years developing credit scoring, loss forecasting, and risk-based pricing models for CitiFinancial International and The Associates. He also worked as a macro/development economist for three years in Kuwait with both the UN and the National Bank of Kuwait. Donald has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado-Boulder and a M.A. and B.A. from the University of New Mexico.

Treliant’s Compliance and Fair Lending risk management consulting teams are jointly led by Managing Directors Catherine M. Brown and Kathlyn (“Lyn”) L. Farrell, who also recently joined Treliant Risk Advisors in May 2010. Lyn has worked in the field of regulatory compliance for financial institutions for over 30 years. She is a licensed attorney in the State of Texas and has functioned as in-house counsel and compliance officer to medium and large financial institutions. She has been in the field of consulting for the past 15 years and was previously the Managing Director of Risk Management Services for Sheshunoff Consulting + Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based financial services consulting company that provides services globally. At Sheshunoff she had oversight responsibility for the regulatory compliance, internal audit, and loan review practices. Her experience includes all areas of regulatory compliance, BSA/AML work, handling lending and real estate transactions, managing loans in litigation and bankruptcy, supervising enforcement action compliance, and drafting and negotiating contracts. Lyn is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and an Anti-Money Laundering Professional. She is a frequent speaker at banking events and regularly publishes articles on a variety of banking-related topics.

About Treliant Risk Advisors LLC

Treliant Risk Advisors, based in Washington, DC, is a multi-disciplinary consulting, compliance, and strategic advisory firm for the financial services industry. With a strong team of highly experienced executives who have held senior leadership positions in Fortune 100 companies, financial institutions, and regulatory agencies, Treliant Risk Advisors provides its clients with critical compliance, risk management, and business advice and solutions. Services include: crisis and risk management, regulatory compliance, business consulting, acquisition strategy, corporate governance, due diligence, portfolio evaluation, financial analysis, and litigation expert sourcing. For more information, visit www.treliant.com.

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