Pub. 7 2019 Issue 1

22 The Community Banker www.mibonline.org Melanie Hall Montana Commissioner of Banking Annie M . Goodwin , R . N . Attorney at Law “ A Bank Director ’ s Job " Melanie Hall is the Commissioner of the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions . She provides the overall leadership to the Banking Division , which is responsible for the supervision of 86 state - chartered banks and 9 state - chartered credit unions with over 72 billion in total assets . In addition , her division licenses and examines over 1 , 000 non - bank financial entities including mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers , consumer loan companies , sales finance companies , title lenders , deferred deposit lenders and escrow businesses . In order to protect Montana consumers , the Division regularly assesses the safety and soundness of all state - chartered depository institutions as well as the compliance of all regulated entities according to Montana state law . Commissioner Hall was also recently elected Secretary of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors . Commissioner Hall obtained her B . A . in Economics from Eckerd College in St . Petersburg , Florida , and her juris doctor from Tulane Law School in Orleans , Louisiana . She has been an attorney in private practice dealing with civil litigation in a wide variety of areas including maritime law , environmental regulation , commercial transactions and class action litigation . Patrick Barkey became director of the BBER in July 2008 , after serving as director of health care research since April 2007 . He has been involved with economic forecasting and health care policy research for twenty - four years , both in the private and public sector . He served previously as Director of the Bureau of Business Research at Ball State University in Indiana for fourteen years , overseeing and participating i n awide variety of projects in labor market research , and state and regional economic policy issues . He attended the University of Michigan , receiving a B . A . (’ 79 ) and Ph . D . (’ 86 ) in economics . Patrick Barkey University of Montana ’ s Bureau of Business and Economic Forecast Dan Stimpson CPA , ICBA Securities ANGIE MURD , CPA , CFE , SHAREH , A . Dan Stimpson works with portfolio managers to assist them in optimi3ing their investment portfolio return and risk position , while incorporating the entities li(uidity needs , risk controls and capital constraints . Dan started working in the financial sector in 2001 . Prior to joining Vining Sparks , Dan began his career with , LLP where he provided accounting and audit services to a variety of industries . Dan later served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at a community bank . Dan obtained his undergraduate and graduate degrees in accounting from the University of Mississippi . In addition , Dan is a Certified Public Accountant and i s amember of the American Institute and Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants . Angie Murdo , CPA , CFE , shareholder , provides consulting services to businesses and individuals . Her service concentrations include audits , systems design and implementation , evaluation of internal accounting control systems , internal audit and compliance exams , financial statement preparation and analysis , and business advisory services . Clients served include financial institutions , manufacturing , construction , and transportation . Annie M . Goodwin is an attorney in Helena , Montana and is the principal of the Goodwin Law Office , L . L . C . She practices banking and regulatory law representing community banks and financial institutions in Montana . Ms . Goodwin was appointed to the Glacier Bank Board of Directors Board in 2012 and has served as Chairman of the Risk Oversight Committee since July 2012 . She served as Montana ’ s Commissioner of Banking and Financial Institutions from 2001 to 2010 , as chief legal counsel with the Montana Banking and Financial Institutions Division and Department of Commerce from 1988 to 2001 andworked in private practice prior to that time . Ms . Goodwin earned her Bachelor of Science in nursing from Carroll College and worked as a registered nurse before going on to earn her Juris Doctor from the University of Montana Law School in 1988 . She continued her legal education at Hastings College of Law , George Mason University of Law in the Banking Law Section , and she completed the FDIC Bank Examination School for Attorneys . Ms . Goodwin was appointed Chairman to the Commission on Character and Fitness of Attorney Admissions by the Montana Supreme Court where she has served as Chairman since 1988 .