Julianna Casey (Risk Advisory Manager), Juliana provides services and expertise to clients in various areas of regulatory compliance and internal audit. Here areas of focus include BSA/AML, lending and deposit compliance, operational internal audit and data analytics. Juliana oversees the BSA/AML Model Validation for the firm.

Chris Dittz (Risk Advisory Director), who has over 15 years of financial institutions experience and plays a vital, hands-on role with risk officers and internal auditors on building out programs to address risk assessments, monitoring procedures, internal audit coverage, reporting and audit committee communications. His practical approach has led to building many successful compliance monitoring programs in a cost-effective manner for community banks.

As a Manager in Cherry Bekaert’s Risk Advisory practice, Ryan supports the loan review program and engages in various financial institution risk audits. He brings extensive experience in promoting effective credit, concentration and asset-liability risk management practices. Ryan joined Cherry Bekaert with 13 years of experience in the financial sector. He spent his career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, serving as a Senior Examiner for regional and community banking organizations. In this capacity, he led complex examinations, assisting institutions in enhancing their risk management practices and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Over the years, Ryan has developed a robust expertise in strategic planning, loan review, capital planning, stress testing, and liquidity and interest rate risk management.

As a Director in Cherry Bekaert's Risk Advisory practice, Jim has decades of diversified internal audit experience, including overseeing internal audit plans and programs with a focus on the financial services industry. His 35+ years of experience includes both corporate audit and advisory work. Jim is proficient in all parts of the internal audit process, including risk assessment and audit plan development, audit plan execution, follow-up monitoring and presenting to audit committees. His areas of expertise include retail operations, lending, finance and accounting, regulatory compliance, and FDICIA and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) pre-implementation, testing and reporting. Additionally, Jim has experience interacting with different state and federal regulatory agencies. Prior to joining Cherry Bekaert, Jim was a Firm Director and practice leader within the financial services risk advisory services practice for a national accounting firm specializing in providing internal audit, regulatory compliance, FDICIA and SOX services. Additionally, Jim’s experience includes being an expert witness in a case involving the Chief Executive Auditor and Executive Audit Director of a $1.7 trillion bank and working as a consultant with the FDIC receivership group.

As a Partner in Cherry Bekaert’s Risk Advisory Services practice, Jeff brings more than 18 years of experience providing Information technology and cyber security advisory services for financial institutions. A Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) and Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Jeff helps organizations navigate the complex regulatory landscape that shapes cybersecurity and information security within the financial sector. Jeff delivers strategic guidance and hands-on oversight for public and private institutions across a wide range of areas, including IT audits, information security reviews, cybersecurity assessments, vulnerability management, social engineering testing and disaster recovery planning. Jeff also provides leadership in vendor management, social media risk reviews, security awareness training and data mining solutions. Through a comprehensive and proactive approach, Jeff collaborates with clients to strengthen security posture, maintain regulatory compliance and manage risk in an evolving threat environment.

Jeremy Lankster (Risk Advisory Senior Manager), who has over 20 years of financial institution experience in assisting banks with the maturity of their BSA/AML, Internal Audit, compliance programs and trust operations. Building out risk assessments and monitoring programs continue to be a focus in meeting the expectations of the regulatory environment.

As a Director in Cherry Bekaert's Information Assurance & Cybersecurity practice, Audrey leverages her well-versed information technology background to guide clients through software development project management and network migration, as well as with internal audit processes. With over 20 years of experience in information technology, Audrey performs and manages Virtual Information Security Officer (VISO) and IT internal audits for a variety of service industries, such as financial services, education, insurance, and professional services. Prior to joining Cherry Bekaert, Audrey served as a senior director at a boutique regulatory compliance and advisory firm, where she led their technology, risk, information technology audit, and cybersecurity practice. While in this role, she managed product development via life cycle implementation, established operations and security procedures for IT departments across industries, and provided a range of advisory and assurance services to clients. Audrey is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified in Risk Information Systems Control (CRISC), and a Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE).