2025 Foundational School Faculty

John Blanton

Senior Vice President

Peoples Bank

Kevin Cole

Senior Examination Specialist

FDIC – Atlanta Regional Office

Christie Drexler

President and Founder 

Drexler Consulting, LLC

Lorenzo Garza

Vice President of Banking Supervision 

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Richard Hamm

Owner

Advantage Consulting & Training

Dan Harrington

Vice President, Commercial Lending

First National Bank of Brookfield

Joseph Hoge

Commercial Credit Lead Expert for the South and Southeast regions of Community Bank Supervision

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Derrick Jackson

Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer

First Savings Bank

Jeff Marsico

Founding Shareholder

The Kafafian Group

Kevin J. Nickodem

Former Commercial Banker and Credit Facilitator (retired)

Vernon Roberts

Executive Coach, Instructor, Speaker, Author

Dev Strischek

Principal

Devon Risk Advisory Group, LLC

Wayne R. Trotman

Managing Principal

Trotman Capital Advisors

Michael Wear

President

39 Acres Corporation