Conferences & Education

Education Summit & Expo

November 11–15, 2010
Planet Hollywood, Las Vegas

Building Value for Community Banks: Ideas, Innovation & Inspiration

HR & Training/Regulatory Compliance Track

Your role holds a significant piece to our industry’s “recovery puzzle.” To help you and your bank move forward, this program addresses key factors, including what has changed since the recent financial crisis. To meet your HR Professional Development needs, this conference has been pre-approved by the HR Certification Institute. (see below)

Who Should Attend

  • HR Directors & Managers
  • Chief Financial Officers
  • Controllers
  • Internal Auditors
  • Training Directors & Managers
  • Benefits Directors & Managers
  • Regulatory Compliance Directors & Managers

HR & Training/Regulatory Compliance Track Schedule
As of August 6, 2010

Click here to view HR & Training/Regulatory Compliance Track speaker biographies

 Sunday, November 14  
7:00 am-7:00 pm Registration Desk Open
7:30-8:00 am Breakfast
8:00-10:00 am General Session
- Moderated Regulator Panel  
10:00-11:15 am Refreshments & Product Showcase Presentations in Expo
11:15 am-12:15 pm      Banker Peer Exchange Sessions
- Compliance: Compliance in the New Environment
- HR & Training (Combined): Best Practices
12:15-1:15 pm  Lunch in Expo
1:15-2:15 pm Learning Sessions 
- Cool, Calm and Compliant?
- Compensation Risk Management
2:30-3:30 pm  Banker Peer Exchange Sessions  
- Compliance: Best Practices
- HR: Health Care Reform
- Training: Enhancing the Skills of the Subject Matter Experts
3:30-4:15 pm  Dessert Break & Prize Drawings in Expo
4:15 pm Expo closes for the conference
4:15-5:15 pm Learning Sessions 
- Enforcement Actions Trends: Before, During and After - A Study of Actions Issued from 2008 through Q2 of 2010
-
The One Audit Your Bank Will Actually Appreciate
5:45-7:00 pm Reception & Celebration 
7:00 pm Evening Open
 Monday, November 15  
7:00 am-2:30 pm Registration Opens
7:30-8:00 am Breakfast
8:00-10:00 am General Sessions 
- Crystal Ball for Community Banks – The “Megatrends” For the Next Decade
- Meeting Regulatory Requirements & Legislative Demands
10:15-11:15 am Learning Sessions
- How to Step Clearly Through the Field of New Compliance Regulations
- Top Performers: Hire and Retain the Best
11:15 am-12:15 pm Learning Sessions
- Managements’ Responsibilities for Director Compliance
- Beer Budget Training Plans That Deliver Champagne Results!
12:30-2:30 pm Lunch with Speaker 
- Kill the Know-Do Gap and Become a Better Leader
2:30 pm Conference Concludes

 

Recertification Credit

The HR/Training Track of the 2010 Western Independent Bankers Education Summit has been approved for 6 hours of general PHR, SPHR or GPHR recertification credit through the HR Certification Institute.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance with the program ID number to use on the recertification application form.  (For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the Human Resources Certification Institute website at www.hrci.org.)

The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.

HR & Training/Regulatory Compliance Track Sessions

Click here to view HR & Training/Regulatory Compliance Track speaker biographies

Click on the "Handout" links below to view and print PDFs of Speaker Handouts (where available).

Sunday, November 14 | 8:00-10:00 am | General Session

Moderated Regulator Panel
Ken Binning, Vice President, Applications & Enforcement, Banking Supervision & Regulation, FRB-SF
Janet Bonnefin, Principal, Aldrich, Bonnefin & Moore, PLC
George Parkerson, Assistant Regional Director, FDIC
Moderator: Tullus Miller, Financial Service Partner, Moss Adams, LLP

Our panel discusses industry issues, concerns and challenges and what they see as current and upcoming hot issues. Have your questions addressed in this interactive session.

Sunday, November 14 | 1:15-2:15 pm Learning Sessions

Cool, Calm and Compliant?
Pamela J. Perdue, Director of Compliance Services, My Compliance Info

Handout

If you’re worried that you’ve missed something in the whirlwind of activity this year...this session is for you. The session begins with a recap of the year’s key regulatory initiatives and how successful organizations implemented them. Next, we survey the landscape of what to expect for 2011. Finally, you’ll take away the expert’s “3 is the Key” approach to ensuring that you can face any compliance challenge using this proven, field-tested method for understanding and implementing regulatory changes...so you can stay cool, calm and compliant.

Compensation Risk Management
Gayle Appelbaum, Managing Director & Founder, Amalfi Consulting, LLC

Handout 1  |  Handout 2  |  Handout 3  |  Handout 4

Our speaker covers what you need to know to develop a program that meets current regulatory standards and requirements. This session’s topics will also include establishing necessary processes, appropriate documentation, and how to select incentive plan metrics that will be compliant with today’s requirements.

Sunday, November 14 | 4:15-5:15 pm Learning Sessions

Enforcement Actions Trends: Before, During and After - A Study of Actions Issued from 2008 through Q2 of 2010
Michael O’Kane, Senior Principal, Promontory Financial Group, LLC

Handout

The number of formal enforcement actions is rising. By the time you attend this Summit, there could be as many as 750 formal actions issued in 2010. While recognizing the popular saying, “past performance is no guarantee of future results,” our industry enforcement action experts say that trends in enforcement actions tell a story and help set expectations. This session offers an expert’s view of the content, volume and distribution of formal enforcement actions issued by the regulators since the beginning of 2008. After attending this session, you will be better prepared to avoid or negotiate and comply with a regulatory enforcement action.

The One Audit Your Bank Will Actually Appreciate
Rusty Spears, Director of National Financial Services Program, TriNet

A human resources assessment can better focus employee resources toward driving revenue while eliminating business liability.  This session will cover why it makes sense for banks to open their arms to an assessment of their Human Resources function. We’ll introduce tools and metrics that help banks better understand the resources they spend on HR tasks, mapping time and costs to effectiveness and efficiency, in addition to how well those are driving overall revenue and eliminating business risk. Taking the approach of, ‘just because you haven’t stepped on a mousetrap doesn’t mean one isn’t there,’ we’ll highlight the most common red flags an HR audit discovers, and introduce the idea of leveraging automation technology as one solution toward reducing liability risk, i.e. finding that ‘mousetrap,’ while freeing up human capital resources to focus on revenue-generating operations.

Monday, November 15 | 8:00-10:00 am General Sessions

Crystal Ball for Community Banks – The “Megatrends” For the Next Decade
Rich Weissman, President and CEO, DMA

Handout

“Megatrends” are those dramatic changes that create new ways of doing things and alter the fundamental foundation of an industry. They are more than simple trends, and their implications are far-reaching. For banking, there have been a limited number of megatrends in the industry over the past 100 years, and the industry is clearly in the process of re-inventing itself and creating new megatrends. This presentation gives you a big-picture focus on what you can do to prepare your bank for the future.

Meeting Regulatory Requirements & Legislative Demands
Joseph T. Lynyak, III, Partner, Venable, LLP

Handout

By the time of the conference, the impacts of the financial reform will begin to become apparent. Our speaker, a Washington insider, will provide an insider’s look and approach to meeting the new regulatory hurdles.

Monday, November 15 | 10:15-11:15 am Learning Sessions

How to Step Clearly Through the Field of New Compliance Regulations
Angela Lucas, Compliance Consultant & Loan Review Specialist, Brode Consulting Services, Inc.

Handout 1  |  Handout 2

This session discusses best practices in maintaining an effective compliance function within your bank, while successfully addressing regulatory changes. You will be provided examples of training tools, board reports and other resources to further strengthen your compliance functions.

Top Performers: Hire and Retain the Best
Rebecca Doepke, Director of Culture, NewGround

Handout 1  |  Handout 2

Hiring and retaining top performers will be a key component to staying competitive and profitable in 2011. Our speaker shows you how to attract, optimize and hold on to top talent and provides a better understanding of what defines a top performer and how to identify these individuals within your bank.

Monday, November 15 | 11:15 am-12:15 pm Learning Sessions

Management’s Responsibilities for Director Compliance
Angela Lucas, Compliance Consultant & Loan Review Specialist, Brode Consulting Services, Inc.

Handout 1  | Handout 2

The success, strength and health of a bank is dependent upon an active, independent and well-informed board of directors. This session provides management with an overview of their responsibilities and requirements as they relate to board reporting and ongoing communications. We discuss regulatory reporting requirements and industry standards for which management is responsible to the board. You will receive tools and reports that you can use to enhance, refine and strengthen board communications going forward.

Beer Budget Training Plans That Deliver Champagne Results!
Jim Hopkins, CEO, JK Hopkins Consulting

Handout

We all have had the desire at times for the taste of Champagne with less than a beer budget to pay for it. In today’s economy it is vital to learn the secrets of getting more bang for your buck by targeting training initiatives that return more than the investment being made. The key is to focus strategically and target the actual skill deficiency with appropriate learning solutions. Learn to avoid the training traps, and know what you need to achieve before you begin to solve your performance issues.

Monday, November 15 | 12:30-2:30 pm Lunch with Speaker

Kill the Know-Do Gap and Become a Better Leader
Dale Biron, Principal, Core Action Associates, Inc.

Handout 1  |  Handout 2  | Handout 3

We know what to do... we just can’t get ourselves to actually do it! As leaders, we know we need regular feedback yet we often avoid it. We know we need structure and follow-up for sustainable success but constantly choose to “wing it.” Join us for the unvarnished truth about leading oneself and others. Take away practical tools that have been vetted and proven to be effective.

CEU Credits

Up to 9.5 CEU hours may be available for this portion of the program.

HR & Training Advisory Committee Members

Bonnie Smith, VP/Human Resources Manager, Bank of Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, HR Committee Chair
Robert Gotelli , SVP, Director of Human Resources, Bank of Marin, Novato, CA
Anneliese Hein, VP/HR Officer, American River Bankshares, Rancho Cordova, CA
Michael Letizia, PHR-CA, VP, HR & Security, Community Bank of San Joaquin, Stockton, CA
Jacqueline McCormick, SPHR, CCP, Vice President Human Resources, Fremont Bank, Fremont, CA
Lynn Paylor, SVP/Human Resources Director, Bank of the Pacific, Aberdeen, WA
Carole Smith, HR Manager, Panhandle State Bank, Sandpoint, ID
Joni Watson, EVP/Human Resources Director, Heritage Oaks Bank, Paso Robles, CA