2025 Foundational School Faculty

John Blanton

Senior Vice President

Peoples Bank

Kevin Cole

Senior Examination Specialist

FDIC – Atlanta Regional Office

Suzanne Cumming

AVP/Branch Manager/Consumer and Commercial Lender

United Bank

Rosemarie Drake

Deputy District Director

Small Business Administration

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, Senior Lender

Itasca Bank & Trust

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

Joseph Javitz

Executive Vice President/Chief Credit Officer

ConnectOne Bank

Charles LeFevre

Principal Consultant

Big Easy Advisors

Jeff Marsico

Founding Shareholder

The Kafafian Group

Joel Naroff

President

Naroff Economic Advisors

Kevin J. Nickodem

Former Commercial Banker and Credit Facilitator (retired)

Jeff Patterson

Deputy Director of Rural Affairs

Small Business Administration

Vernon Roberts

Executive Coach, Instructor, Speaker, Author

David Rodarte

AVP, Credit Analyst Assistant Manager

Austin Bank

Wayne R. Trotman

Managing Principal

Trotman Capital Advisors

Michael Wear

President

39 Acres Corporation