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Sioux Falls, SD, US

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Legal guidance including contracts, leases, purchase agreements, licensing and consulting agreements, monetary demands, franchise agreements, and website terms of use and privacy policies. Analysis of national marketing and rebranding campaigns. Office assistance including bookkeeping utilizing QuickBooks, coordinating outside servicers including.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

• Relationship management and servicing of delegated fiduciary trust account portfolio for Company’s wealth management division. Portfolio’s includes special accounts such as IRAs, CRUT, ILIT, Foundation, and Estates.
• Account administration includes meeting with prospective clients and financial advisors; communicating with beneficiaries, co-trustees, and advisors in writing and verbally; facilitating distributions and overseeing.
• Corporate Regulatory and Compliance subject matter expert working with designated BSA Officer on special projects to ensure regulatory standards are met.
• Trust Committee ~ Administrative Subcommittee member developing and revising internal policy and procedures.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States

• Built out trust company compliance group overseeing company’s alternative IRA assets, non-qualified assets, and CaaS are complying with all state and federal regulatory requirements to be held at a public trust company.
• Works with internal stakeholders including legal, info sec, and corporate compliance on projects including annual BSA risk assessment, state regulatory examination, SPAC process for public listing, and a partner data.
• Drafts responses to formal consumer complaints received through regulatory agencies and analyzed metric data trending for ongoing issues and mitigation completion; Develops remediation plans based on internal and.
• Acts as Secretary of the trust company and recording secretary for the trust company Board of Directors.

• In-house counsel for payments division providing legal advice and business guidance to ensure issues are addressed with appropriate risk tolerance in contract reviews, product development, IP protection, marketing.
• Completed internal legal survey of payroll laws for all 50 states and developed internal policies, procedures and reporting to enable company to implement compliant payroll card programs within 60 days.
• Oversee compliance program to ensure bank, program managers, and vendors are complying with all state and federal regulatory requirements in such areas as prepaid cards, deposit accounts with overdraft protection.
• Implementation and ongoing monitoring of the Prepaid Rule.
• Coordinate outside counsel projects and litigation. Developed internal legal tracker to ensure annual legal budget is maintained.
• Draft responses to formal consumer complaints received through regulatory agencies and analyze metric data trending for ongoing issues and mitigation completion.

Dell Rapids SD

Acted as third-party risk and oversight manager for 8 months completing due diligence and risk underwriting of external business partners and vendors. Completed annual risk assessments which are reported to executive leadership and the Board.

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Managed six-person and administered corporate compliance program, oversaw quality assurance program, and in-house legal counsel

Sioux Falls, South Dakota Area

Responsible for oversight of enterprise-wide HIPAA privacy program for hospitals, clinics and nursing homes in 18 network communities, 12 managed and associate sites, 3 domestic world clinic locations, research, foundation, and Sanford Health Plan.

Oversaw implementation of process improvements and IT enhancements for pharmacy compliance area to mitigate identified risks. 2012 efforts included revisions to HIPAA verification grid used for all patient contacts, IT security updates to corporate website, multiple enhancements to the prescription processing system to reduce address and packaging errors.

Rendered support, legal advice, and research to Administrative Law Judges on a wide variety of complex, sensitive, and often confidential issues under the Social Security Act while implementing regional and national policy directives from SSA.

Formulated proposed orders & judgments in all legal areas: criminal, civil, family, and juvenile; Prepared legal memorandum, reports, & jury instructions; Answered correspondence & questions from the public; Legal research using Internet & Westlaw; Assisted county law library board with project to remodel library space.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Health/Health Care Administration/Management, 4.0

Doctor Of Law (Jd), Law

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Political Science And Government