Rod is senior vice president and senior regulatory counsel in ABA’s Regulatory Compliance and Policy Division, where he is responsible for oversight of residential and commercial real estate lending laws and regulations.

Rod serves as principal staff on ABA’s Dodd-Frank mortgage-related implementation efforts and serves as the ABA staff liaison to the Mortgage Markets Committee.

Prior to ABA, Rod served as legislative counsel and director of government affairs at the Mortgage Bankers Association and head of MBA’s Regulatory Compliance and Legal Issues Committee.

Rod was also an attorney with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and served as special projects counsel to Latino civil rights organization National Council of La Raza. He earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law and a bachelor’s in economics from the University of Maryland.

Shaun Harms is currently the Partner for FORVIS in the Financial Services Division specializing in Consumer Compliance and BSA. He is responsible for consulting and audit services for community and regional banks and has over 17 years of consulting experience with financial institutions.

Prior to joining FORVIS, he was the Founder and Executive Director of Bankers Assurance, LLC that was one of the largest compliance consulting companies in Arkansas representing over 80 banks in Arkansas and the surrounding states. He has extensive knowledge in consumer compliance and BSA. He has performed numerous audits in both consumer compliance and BSA. In addition, Shaun has conducted numerous training sessions for financial institutions.

Shaun graduated from the University of Central Arkansas in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in finance. He also graduated from Arkansas State University in 2003 with a master’s degree in business administration, and the Barret School of Banking in 2007 (summa cum laude).

In addition, Shaun completed the ABA National Compliance School in 2006, and holds the ICB Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) designation. He was selected as one of Arkansas Business 40 under 40 for 2014.

Mallory Jones, CPA, CRCM, CAMS serves as a manager of compliance services in financial institutions at HORNE. She serves clients in a variety of risk management capacities with a primary focus on assisting banking institutions with regulatory compliance and Bank Secrecy Act compliance.

She is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and a member of the Association of Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialists.

Holly designs compliance solutions for financial institutions of all sizes. With more than 10 years of experience as a compliance officer for banks, fintechs, and other institutions, her expertise extends to many areas of banking compliance. This includes fair lending, CMS architecture, risk management, vendor management, licensing, and enforcement action remediation.

Before her industry work, Holly served as an Associate National Bank Examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of Currency emphasizing compliance.

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