2024 Compliance School Speakers
Calvin Hagins
Principal Deputy Assistant Director for Supervision Examinations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Calvin has over 35 years of experience in Federal supervision covering consumer protection, fair lending, and safety and soundness risk management practices, procedures and processes.
In his current role as Principal Deputy, he serves as the Subject Matter Expert on the Bureau’s supervision program and leads the largest division within the Bureau. He oversees major components of OSE work and manages a team of subordinate supervisors including four Regional Directors, three specialized teams covering consumer reporting, compliance technology and fair lending, and matters as the Assistant Director, Supervision, may assign.
Calvin previously served as the Subject Matter Expert for the National Program encompassing product markets related to short-term, small dollar (payday) and installment lending from origination through first party collections, including Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and bank short-term lending; credit cards, from advertising and origination through first-party collections (by banks) and charge-off; small business lending (in coordination with Fair Lending) and serving as Supervision’s Implementation Lead on the Small Business Lending Rule (1071).
Calvin also previously served as the Subject Matter Expert for the National Program encompassing product markets for mortgage, student, automobile and credit card origination matters for depository and non-depository financial services companies. He led Supervision’s implementation and update to the Dodd-Frank Title XIV mortgage rule changes and the TILA/RESPA Integrated Disclosure Act (TRID).
Calvin previously worked at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, where he was a National Bank Examiner and later Assistant Deputy Comptroller in Atlanta. Later, he was the OCC’s Director for Compliance Policy in Washington where he was the agency’s principal spokesperson on all consumer protection, fair lending and CRA matters. He has coauthored articles on a range compliance matters, provided technical content for trade publications, given congressional testimony on fair lending supervision, and spoken extensively at industry conferences and on nationally syndicated radio programs.
Calvin earned a BS in Finance from the University of South Florida and holds the Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager, Certified Risk Professional, Anti-Money Laundering Professional and Consumer Protection Examiner designations.
Len Suzio
President and Founder of GeoDataVision
In 1994, Len Suzio founded GeoDataVision to provide to community banks the significant benefits that a relatively new type of software called GIS made possible. Prior to starting GeoDataVision, Len Suzio had been in banking in Philadelphia and Connecticut for more than 17 years. Mr. Suzio was an executive vice president, senior loan officer and director of American National Bank and a director of two other Connecticut banks. In 1983, he was recognized as the Outstanding Banker in Connecticut by the Small Business Administration. He also testified as an expert in front of the United States Senate Subcommittee on Small Business that same year. Len Suzio is a nationally recognized CRA expert. He has spoken at ABA and ACB national compliance conferences as well as many state compliance meetings and has been a featured speaker at numerous webinars. He has published a number of articles on CRA in industry-wide journals such as The Journal of Finance and Risk Management published by Robert Morris, Associates and Community Banker Magazine published by America’s Community Bankers. Most importantly, Mr. Suzio has been a community banker and has worked with hundreds of community banks to help them develop a professional CRA compliance program that meets regulatory expectations and reduces performance anxiety.
Marcy Farrin, CAMS
Executive Vice President of Compliance Services
She is the firm’s Executive Vice President of Compliance responsible for overseeing the Compliance division and is one of the firm’s most senior Compliance Consultants. Marcy has over ten years of banking experience and has been with M&M since 2013. She has significant experience and knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act and Anti Money Laundering practices, including automated Anti-Money Laundering systems. Marcy previously worked for the State of Maine Bureau of Financial Institutions, where she served as a Bank Examiner examining banks and credit unions for both Compliance and Safety and Soundness. She also brings practical banking experience having worked at TD Bank North. Marcy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Maine at Fort Kent.
Alena L. Weiss, CAMS, CRCM
Vice President, Engagement Leader, Compliance Consultant
She joined M&M as a Compliance Consultant in 2020. She has more than 20 years of retail banking experience at a variety of financial institutions. Most recently, Alena was part of a regional leadership team where she was responsible for operations and compliance oversight of the retail branches. During this role Alena examined branch performance of policies, procedures and regulations which included evaluating AML/BSA knowledge and execution among the frontline employees. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Southern New Hampshire University as well as a Certificate in Lending Compliance through the American Bankers Association.
Chris Van Dyck
Partner at Cogent Law Group
Chris Van Dyck, a partner at the Cogent Law Group, has been involved in the cannabis banking space for close to ten years, first as a financial regulatory attorney and then as general counsel and BSA officer at a financial institution. During his time as a regulatory attorney, he worked closely with financial institutions regulated by his office on compliance issues, including cannabis banking when the FinCEN guidance was issued in 2014. For the last nine years, he has focused his attention on developing a cannabis banking program, ensuring that it meets all regulatory expectations. During his tenure, the cannabis banking program at his financial institution grew extensively and became a significant revenue source.
Because of his extensive experience in this area, both as a regulator and BSA officer, Chris is uniquely qualified to advise your financial institution on starting its own successful cannabis banking program, ensuring that it adequately manages the risks associated with these accounts, developing policies and procedures that adequately reflect adherence to the 2014 FinCEN guidance, and advising on ways in which to effectively implement these policies and procedures. Chris is also able to advise on practical ways your financial institution will be able to gain traction in this sector, maintaining and growing your customer base, while generating significant revenue.
Dean Stockford
President and CEO
Dean is the firm’s President & CEO and joined M & M Consulting in 2001. He has more than 25 years of progressive responsibility in financial/banking institutions. He has served as one of the firm’s most senior regulatory compliance and Bank Secrecy Act consultants for the past 17 years. His areas of expertise include consumer compliance, Fair Lending, BSA/AML/OFAC, internal audit, commercial loan review, credit analysis, human resources, and enterprise risk management. His most recent position before M&M was Chief Operating Officer of York County Federal Credit Union with full compliance and operational responsibilities. He also served as Vice President and Branch Administrator of Augusta Federal Savings Bank, Loan Officer/Workout Officer for Androscoggin Savings Bank and Chief Operating Officer of Bank Management Group. Dean holds a BS degree in General Management & Finance from Thomas College and a master’s in economics.
Ana Maguire, CRCM, CAMS
Senior Vice President, Engagement Leader, Sr. Compliance Consultant
She joined the M & M Consulting Compliance Group in 2017. As a seasoned risk management professional, Ana has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including enterprise risk, compliance and regulatory risk, internal controls and retail banking. Ana brings an established track record developing and implementing compliance programs at the enterprise level, as well as extensive experience in client facing roles at the retail branches. Prior to joining M & M, Ana worked for large financial institutions in Boston, MA, including: Santander Holdings, USA, Citibank, Bank of America and RBS Citizens. Ana received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Universidad Fermin Toro, Venezuela.
Connie Reed
Compliance Consultant
Connie joined M&M in 2023 as a Compliance Consultant with eight years of banking experience. In addition to her banking compliance experience, Connie has eleven years of experience in ensuring regulatory compliance related to various local and regional plans and programs. She was most recently an AVP, Compliance Analyst at a large community bank responsible for supporting and administering the Compliance Management System and program and acted as a front-line resource on various compliance inquiries. Connie has a Master of Science in Business Ethics and Compliance from New England College of Business and Finance and obtained her Community Bank Compliance Officer certification through the ICBA. Connie has also been a proud member of the Maxwell Leadership Certified Team of leaders, trainers, and coaches since 2016.