Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) today announced the election of Montana Commissioner of Banking and Financial Institutions Melanie Hall as the new chair of the CSBS Board of Directors.

CSBS also elected new officers for 2021-22 and announced new committee chair appointments during the organization’s annual membership meeting, held virtually due to the pandemic.
  
Newly installed officers, who comprise the CSBS Executive Committee, include:
 
Chair: Melanie Hall
Chair-Elect: Tom Fite, Indiana Department of Financial Institutions Director
Vice-Chair: Lise Kruse, North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner
Treasurer: Charlie Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions Director
Secretary: Tony Salazar, Maryland Office of Financial Regulation Commissioner
Immediate Past Chair: Kevin B. Hagler, Georgia Department of Banking and Finance Commissioner
 
At-Large Board members are:
 
Jeff Plagge, Iowa Division of Banking Superintendent
Iris Ikeda, Hawaii Division of Financial Institutions Commissioner
Committee and Board chairs of the CSBS Board of Directors include:
CSBS Education Foundation Board of Trustees Chair: Kelly Lammers, Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance Director
SRR Board of Managers Chair: Albert Forkner, Wyoming Division of Banking Commissioner
Legislative Committee: Mary Gallagher, Massachusetts Division of Banks Commissioner
Regulatory Committee: Rhoshunda Kelly, Mississippi Department of Banking and Consumer Finance Commissioner
State Supervisory Processes Committee: Rick Green, South Carolina Banking Commissioner
Non-Depository Supervisory Committee: Ed Gill, California Corporations and Financial Institutions Division Senior Deputy Commissioner
Co-Chair, Bankers Advisory Board: Mike Hill, Alabama State Banking Department Superintendent
Co-Chair, Bankers Advisory Board Industry Co-Chair: Andy Anderson, Bank of Anguilla President and CEO, Miss.*
Chair, District I: Linda Lacewell, New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent
Chair, District II: Kevin Allard, Ohio Division of Financial Institutions Superintendent
Chair, District III: Susannah Marshall, Arkansas State Bank Department Commissioner
Chair, District IV: Charles G. Cooper, Texas Department of Banking Commissioner
Chair, District V: Shaun Berrett, Utah Industrial Banks Supervisor
Chairs Emeritus, who serve as ex-officio members of the CSBS Board, include:
Bret Afdahl, South Dakota Division of Banking Director *
Albert Forkner, Wyoming Division of Banking Commissioner
Charles G. Cooper, Texas Department of Banking Commissioner *
Charles Vice, Kentucky Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner *
Greg Gonzales, Tennessee Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner *
Jeffrey Vogel, Wyoming Department of Audit Director *
E. Joseph Face, Jr., Virginia Bureau of Financial Institutions Commissioner *
Mick Thompson, Oklahoma State Banking Department Commissioner *
G. Edward Leary, Utah Department of Financial Institutions Commissioner * 
* Denotes non-voting member
 For more information on CSBS visit www.csbs.org [csbs.informz.net].
  Media Contact: Susanna Barnett, sbarnett@csbs.org [csbs.informz.net], 202.407.7156
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of bank regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise roughly three-quarters of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance, and debt industries.