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.

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.

Scott Rexroat (Risk Advisory Manager), who has more than 15 years of financial institution experience. His experience at a large publicly-traded bank in retail, operational, and information technology areas afforded in-depth expertise around item processing, proof in transit, branch, mobile and remote deposit capture, ATM / ITM and in-house debit card production. His certifications include: CompTIA A+ Certified, Microsoft Certified Processional (MCP), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA).