AVB Bank Promotes Katie Witcher to Loan Compliance Officer

AVB Bank President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ted Cundiff, announced the promotion of Katie Witcher to Loan Compliance Officer. Witcher is responsible for implementing and overseeing consumer and commercial lending regulatory compliance, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) compliance and managing the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Loan Application Register (HMDA LAR).

Witcher has been with AVB Bank since 2015, serving as a consumer mortgage assistant and loan operations specialist and assisting with loan compliance.

“Katie has been a valuable resource in our loan compliance department, and we are excited for her to assume additional responsibilities in that area,” stated Cundiff. “Our loan compliance department is an integral component of the bank functioning at the highest level, and we are pleased to have a talent such as Katie serving in this capacity.”

AVB Bank Senior Vice President, Loan Compliance and CRA Officer, Tammy Kee on the promotion of Witcher, “I am thrilled for Katie and look forward to continuing to work with her in our world of compliance. She has an extensive background in financial compliance, and her knowledge is invaluable to AVB.”

Witcher is a graduate of the American Banking Association (ABA) National Compliance School, ABA Intermediate Compliance School, ABA Compliance Risk Management School, and the University of Central Arkansas Community Development Institute. Witcher is a member of the National Charity League (NCL) Bixby Chapter.

Witcher stated, “I love the people and atmosphere at AVB, and how they care about each and every one of us employees. They show appreciation often and it’s rewarding to work for, and with, such a great group of people.”