Richard R. Riese
Senior Vice President, Center for Regulatory Compliance
American Bankers Association
Richard R. Riese is Senior Vice President for the Center for Regulatory Compliance at the American Bankers Association where he is responsible for coordinating ABA’s advocacy and member outreach on a broad range of compliance matters. Prior to joining the ABA staff in June 2004, Rich served for five years as Director of Compliance Policy in the Office of Thrift Supervision with responsibility for consumer protection, Community Reinvestment Act and BSA/AML regulatory policy and for establishing the agency’s SMAART compliance self-assessment guidance and designing its Compliance Oversight Examination Program.
In 2003, Rich was the Chairman of the FFIEC’s Consumer Compliance Task Force.
During his OTS career, Rich also served as an Assistant Chief Counsel for Enforcement and a Special Assistant to the Director of OTS. Before his tenure at OTS, he practiced law in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with Thorp, Reed & Armstrong for thirteen years. Rich has a B.A. from the University of Delaware and a J.D. and an M.A. in public policy analysis from the University of Pennsylvania. He is admitted to the Pennsylvania, Maryland and District of Columbia Bars.
Rich regularly speaks at State Association Compliance Conferences and has authored articles appearing in ABA Bank Compliance magazine and The RMA Journal.