About Me

With a 20+ year journey across major financial institutions, I’ve advanced from foundational roles in audit, compliance, finance, and product management to senior strategic leadership. Today, I serve as Chief Risk Officer at Belvedere Risk Management, a boutique firm dedicated to acting as the outsourced CRO for high-net-worth families nationwide. Our focus is on protecting wealth, lifestyles, and legacies through comprehensive risk management across financial, operational, cyber, and climate-related domains.

Most recently, as Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Bremer Bank—a $17  billion regional institution—I embedded enterprise-wide risk principles across all business lines, partnering closely with the board and senior leadership to drive transformation and resiliency.

Prior to joining Bremer in 2022, I held senior roles at Wells Fargo, including Senior Vice President of Consumer Bank Control Programs, where I led risk transformations, governance initiatives, and remediation efforts at scale. My early career was grounded in finance, corporate strategy, and product oversight at Fortune 500 firms, giving me a 360° perspective on how risk, opportunity, and innovation intersect.

An alumnus of Saint Louis University (B.S. in Accounting) and Executive MBA graduate of the Kellogg School at Northwestern, I bring a business-first lens to risk and strategy—uniting operational rigor with strategic insight. I’m also honored to hold the NACD Director Certification, reflecting my commitment to strong governance and board-level leadership.

Outside the boardroom, I’m deeply invested in community impact. I currently serve on the Board of Directors for the Greater Twin Cities United Way, the Board of Trustees at Hamline University, and the Board of Directors at Turning Point. I’m an active member of the National Association of Black Accountants, the National Black MBA Association, President of The Monitors Club, and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

As I engage in consulting, speaking, and advisory projects, I remain focused on empowering organizations through enterprise risk, transformation, and purpose-driven leadership—while continuing to give back to the communities that shaped me.

  • Transformed a $17B institution’s risk function by overhauling the risk management structure, leading to closure of three regulatory matters in under nine months.

  • Pioneered Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and cannabis banking platforms, ensuring compliance and third-party risk alignment across fintech partnerships.

  • Improved regulatory risk ratings in 33% of tracked categories within 18 months by enhancing board oversight and operational risk execution.

  • Reduced outstanding risk issues by nearly 50% in one year through realignment of internal programs to focus on strategic enablement.

  • Led the cloud migration strategy for a fully integrated AWS infrastructure byembedding cybersecurity into enterprise risk management.

  • Directed enterprise-wide consumer redress initiatives at Wells Fargo, ensuring regulatory compliance and accurate delivery of over $500M in restitution.

  • Achieved a 30% drop in active remediation cases within 18 months by strengthening governance, controls, and testing procedures.

  • Generated $115M in incremental sales at Synchrony Financial by leading strategic growth trials and new pricing models for payment solutions.

  • Reduced operational costs by 42% as CFO of a multi-state private investment firm by implementing automation and outsourcing strategies.

  • Enhanced capital efficiency by renegotiating terms that cut transaction timelines by 20% and reduced cost of capital by 24% over two years.