The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) designated Brad Biedermann, Kimberly Cahill, James Calhoun, and Roberta Caruso as senior national bank examiners.
This designation recognizes these individuals as examiners who have distinguished themselves through high-quality performance and service as field examiners, subject matter experts, and advisors on complex and technical bank supervision issues. It is the highest honor bestowed to national bank examiners.
“I am proud to recognize these outstanding examiners for their dedication to ensuring the safety, soundness, and fairness of the federal banking system,” acting Comptroller of the Currency Blake Paulson said in a release. “This distinction is well earned. These four examiners have varied backgrounds but share a commitment to excellence and join an exclusive group of examiners who have earned this designation during the agency’s 158-year history.”
Biedermann has been with the OCC for 28 years and has demonstrated strong technical expertise in mortgage banking and credit retailing. In his years at the agency, he has worked in large bank supervision (LBS) and midsize bank supervision (MBS) as a retail and capital markets examiner and functional examiner-in-charge in a number of banks. For the last five years, he has led a team of mortgage banking examiners responsible for addressing complex and technical issues in large and midsize banks.
Cahill has been with the agency for 40 years and is an agency leader on information technology (IT) supervision. During her tenure, she has led supervision of bank and third-party service provider IT activities, supported the development and implementation of related policy, and played an important role in the career development of other examiners. Currently, she is an IT team lead in LBS.
Calhoun has been with the OCC for 41 years and “has made significant contributions across community bank, midsize bank, and large bank supervision.” During the commercial real estate collapse of the early 1990s, he served as the examiner-in-charge of several midsize banks. His career also includes serving as the team leader responsible for credit functions for PNC and Mellon in LBS and the assistant deputy comptroller for the OCC’s Pittsburgh field office. He is currently a technical expert in commercial credit risk policy in the agency’s bank supervision policy unit.
Caruso has been with the agency for 32 years and serves as the examiner-in-charge for Citibank. She has previously served in the same position at Citizens Bank and TD Bank. The designation as a senior national bank examiner recognizes her for her strong technical and analytical skills in credit, capital markets, payment systems, asset management, operational risk, and compliance.