Making the Most of TARP funds. Practical Recommendations for Your Bank

Lori Quigley
Managing Director for Supervision
Office of Thrift Supervision

Lori was appointed to her position in April 2004. Her current responsibilities include overseeing regional examinations and supervision, trust activities, information technology risk, handbook and examination programs, and quality review. She has worked in thrift supervision for 20 years both with OTS and its predecessor, the Federal Home Loan Bank.

Ms. Quigley began her career as a community banker in New York in the mid 1980s. She was a commercial lending and operations officer for four years. In 1988, she left the banking industry and began her long career in public service when she joined the staff of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York. With the passage of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, she was transferred to the OTS.

Lori was an accredited OTS safety and soundness examiner in the Northeast region for 11 years. In conjunction with her examination responsibilities, she had regional oversight for 25 high profile institutions. In 2000, she moved to OTS headquarters in Washington, D.C., as Special Advisor to the Deputy Director of Examinations, Supervision, and Consumer Protection. In that role, Lori worked directly with executives and senior management in formulating Agency policy to guide OTS supervisory activities.

Lori graduated from St. John’s University, New York, with a B.S. in Finance. She earned her MBA at Dowling College, New York.

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Gregory Peters
Managing Director, New York
Global Head of Fixed Income Research & Chief US Credit Strategist
Morgan Stanley

In May 2007, Greg Peters became the Global Head of Fixed Income Research. Mr. Peters is also Morgan Stanley’s Chief US Credit Strategist, responsible for investment grade, high yield, credit derivative and structured product strategy research. Greg joined Morgan Stanley’s Investment Grade Strategy group in 2000 and served as the firm's High Yield Strategist, a position he began in January 2002.

Mr. Peters, who started his career at the Office of Thrift Supervision as a bank regulator specializing in distressed loan workouts and asset quality examination, previously worked at Salomon Smith Barney. He has been recognized by Institutional Investor magazine for his efforts in both high yield and investment grade strategy for the past six years.

Greg received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance from The College of New Jersey and earned his Master of Business Administration from Fordham University. He is also a member of the Fixed Income Analyst Society and the Bond Market Association.

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Jamie L. Boucher
Partner, Financial Institutions Regulatory Group
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Jamie L. Boucher is a partner in Skadden’s Financial Institutions Regulatory Group with a principal focus on financial institution mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and enforcement matters. Ms. Boucher’s clients include U.S. and non-U.S. banks, thrifts, mortgage lenders, insurance, securities, money service businesses and investment companies. She is part of the Skadden team advising clients on various aspects of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) including the contractual, corporate, regulatory and other aspects of issuing preferred stock to the U.S. Treasury Department under the Capital Purchase Program, and the sale of assets to Treasury under the Troubled Assets Relief Program.

Ms. Boucher regularly represents financial institutions on compliance and enforcement matters including examinations, internal investigations, voluntary disclosures and the resolution of administrative and enforcement proceedings involving federal and state regulatory agencies. With extensive experience in anti-money laundering and economic sanctions compliance matters, Ms. Boucher has counseled domestic and foreign clients on numerous issues arising under the BSA, OFAC and related laws. She has worked extensively with clients to design and implement compliance programs and monitor and improve corporate compliance posture.

Ms. Boucher is a frequent speaker at seminars on financial institution compliance and regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, and enforcement matters. She was selected for inclusion in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2008.

Before joining the firm, Ms. Boucher worked for 12 years in government and the private sector on matters involving international trade and investment regulation. She served as the legislative adviser for international trade and foreign policy to former U.S. Sen. Frank H. Murkowski; as an adviser to the American League for Exports and Security Assistance on trade and national security issues; and as a committee staff member on the U.S. Trade Representative-Department of Defense trade policy advisory committee, the Defense Policy Advisory Committee on Trade. Ms. Boucher currently serves as the chair of the American Bar Association Banking Law Committee, Subcommittee on Mergers and Acquisitions. She is a member of the American Council of Young Political Leaders.

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