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Rheanna Rodriguez

@rheannarodriguez

Chief Compliance Officer at Sunwest Bank/Nano Banc who built its enterprise Compliance Management System and risk-based lending controls.

United States

Message

At Sunwest Bank/ Nano Banc, I architected and implemented the enterprise Compliance Management System as the sole compliance professional, establishing risk assessments, policies, testing protocols, complaint management, and corrective-action governance. I also developed risk-to-control mapping and compliance KRIs across Lending and Operations, identifying legacy data and control deficiencies during core banking system remediation.

As a former FDIC Commissioned Compliance Examiner, I led and supported bank examinations and contributed to national Fair Lending guidance. At Hanmi Bank, I rebuilt monitoring, testing, and corrective-action practices, and at First Foundation Bank I established Fair Lending and Model Risk Management frameworks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

SVP, Chief Compliance Officer / CRA Officer

Current

Sunwest Bank/ Nano Banc

Jul 2025 - Present (1 year 3 months)

Architected and implemented the enterprise Compliance Management System as the sole compliance professional, establishing risk assessments, policies, monitoring and testing protocols, complaint management, and corrective-action governance. Developed and operationalized compliance-specific KRIs and risk-to-control mapping across Lending and Operations, and built enterprise CRA, Fair Lending, and co

Compliance Management System Risk Assessment Policy Development Testing And Monitoring Corrective Actions CRA Fair Lending ECOA UDAAP HMDA MLA ADA AI assisted Testing TILA TISA Regulatory Change Management Product Compliance

First Vice President, Compliance Manager / CRA Officer

Hanmi Bank

Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 (1 year 11 months)

Rebuilt the monitoring, testing, and corrective-action approach to address recurring audit and examination weaknesses; subsequent audits reported minimal or no recommendations. Implemented an AuditBoard-based enterprise issue inventory and executed risk-based consumer lending and deposit compliance reviews.

AuditBoard ServiceNow NCino CRA Wiz Fair Lending Wiz Microsoft Copilot TILA Reg. Z ECOA FCRA ATR QM Regulation DD Reg. E CRA HMDA Compliance Testing Issue Management Team Leadership

SVP, Director of Specialty Regulations

First Foundation Bank

Jul 2020 - Jun 2023 (2 years 11 months)

Designed enterprise regulatory risk assessments and risk-to-control maps, linking business processes and identified gaps to accountable owners, testing evidence, and remediation expectations. Created a standardized CRA self-assessment and performance monitoring methodology and established Model Risk Management governance.

Regulatory Risk Assessment Risk Based Controls Mapping CRA Model Risk Management Policy Development Risk Frameworks Anti Money Laundering Committee Leadership

VP, Fair and Responsible Lending Officer

First Foundation Bank

Jun 2016 - Jul 2020 (4 years 1 month)

Built the enterprise Fair Lending CMS as the bank moved toward large-bank supervisory expectations, establishing risk assessments, policies, control standards, testing, escalation, training, and management reporting. Developed recurring pricing, underwriting, redlining, and comparative-treatment reviews using regression, matched-pair, comparative-file, and transaction-level analysis.

Fair Lending ECOA Reg B HMDA CRA regression analysis Matched Pairs Sampling Comparative File Analysis Transaction analysis Training Risk Assessment

Commissioned Compliance Examiner

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Sep 2008 - Jun 2016 (7 years 9 months)

Led compliance and lending examinations of banks with up to $96B in assets, assessing management systems, lending decisions, and complaint practices. Investigated discriminatory pricing and underwriting via analysis methods, with significant findings leading to a referral to the U.S. Department of Justice.