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A former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau senior counsel argues that the agency needs to renew its focus on institution-building, in order to create a stable foundation on which the financial services industry, as well as its own employees, can rely.

The announcement comes after weeks of criticism from the bureau's director over fees including title insurance and credit scores.

The beleaguered Los Angeles-based bank reported its strongest quarterly results in more than a year, but executives at its Canadian parent company cautioned that improvements may not be linear.

Lynn Gallin is the Vice President of Product Marketing at Rightworks, where she leads the strategy and execution of marketing initiatives to deliver innovative solutions for accounting professionals.  

Prior to joining Rightworks, Lynn advised numerous leading companies on product strategy and managed extensive marketing research projects focused on branding, positioning, pricing, and communication effectiveness. She has over 20 years of experience in the B2B tech industry, including serving as Vice President of Corporate Partnership Marketing at Southern New Hampshire University in addition to marketing leadership positions at Skillsoft and Newforma. Lynn also successfully ran a market research consulting practice, advising high-tech companies like Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Autodesk.

Cindy Dash is the senior vice president and general manager for Broadridge's Retirement and Workplace division.

Prior to that she was the COO of Matrix, where she successfully led the integration into Broadridge. Prior to her role as COO of Matrix, Dash was general counsel for that firm for more than 10 years.

Gesa Credit Union in Washington agreed to acquire a 103-year-old community bank in Centralia, as it eyes opportunities for additional growth in the Pacific Northwest. In the District of Columbia, a bank group is calling for exit fees on banks selling to tax-exempt credit unions.

Mike G. Silver is a partner with the law firm Husch Blackwell. He served as senior counsel to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for more than 12 years.

Hiroko Washiyama is an expert consultant, Insurance Research Office, Nomura Research Institute (NRI). With a decade of experience in business planning and research within the Japanese insurance industry, Hiroko specializes in strategic planning and creating new businesses and services.

Brian Mulconrey is Sureify's SVP of Customer Success. He was previously an officer at two Fortune 500 insurers.

Dustin Yoder is the founder and CEO of Sureify, Inc., a software as a service (SaaS) company whose mission is to modernize the life insurance and annuity industry by helping companies service, engage, and sell to their customers with one enterprise product suite.