Mary Beth Guard is CEO of Glia Group, Inc. and Executive Editor of BankersOnline.com. In a career spanning more than two decades, she has gained a national reputation as a banking attorney, speaker, writer and Internet expert. Prior to joining Glia, Mary Beth
 Currently, Mary Beth maintains an active nationwide speaking schedule, teaching seminars and speaking at conferences on over thirty different topics, including, "Information Security", "Compliance with OFAC", "Safe Deposit Legal Issues," "Financial Privacy" and "State and Federal Lending Regulation." She serves as Editor of BankersOnline.com and writes frequently for the site. In addition, she serves as Editor of the OBA Bank Compliance Informer, a monthly subscription-based compliance publication. Mary Beth also serves as a member of the editorial board of ABA Bank Compliance Magazine, on the Advisory Board for Bankers' Hotline, and as a founding organizer of MetaFund.While with the Oklahoma Bankers Association, Mary Beth was a resource for the 320+ member banks of the association, answering questions on a wide range of banking and legal issues. In addition, she authored the Legal Briefs, a biweekly publication addressing banking law issues, drafted legislation and taught frequent seminars. Beginning in early 2000, Mary Beth and Glia Group collaborated with Bankers Systems, Inc. in the conceptualization, creation and maintenance of PrivacyHeadquarters.com, a comprehensive online resource on financial privacy issues (which has since become part of ComplianceHeadquarters.com). Mary Beth has taught programs for a host of organizations, including, for example: American Bankers Association
Bankers' Hotline Security Officers Workshop FFIEC - Risk Management Conference FFIEC Trust Examiners Training Conference Independent Community Bankers of American (ICBA) Society of Financial Examiners Midwest Financial Crimes Workshop (sponsored by the National Association of Attorney Generals) California Bankers Association Iowa Bankers Association Illinois Bankers Association Kansas Bankers Association Kentucky Bankers Association Massachusetts Bankers Association Michigan Bankers Association Mississippi Bankers Association Missouri Bankers Association Oklahoma Bankers Association Oklahoma Bar Association Tennessee Bankers Association Texas Bankers Association Community Bankers Association of Alabama Conference on Consumer Finance Conference of State Bank Supervisors American Express Official Check & Money Order Division National Association of Trust Audit & Compliance Professionals (now FIRMA) Credit Union National Association Articles written by Mary Beth have appeared in the ABA Weekly, Consumer Finance Quarterly, and the ABA Bank Compliance magazine and a number of state association publications on topics ranging from banking law/compliance to technology. Recently, Mary Beth joined the faculty of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, where she will be spearheading the technology curriculum. Since 1992, as a partner in BankGuard Resources, Mary Beth has been responsible for the development of a line of training videos, such as "Banker's Guide to Powers of Attorney" and "Banker's Guide to the Internet" and popular sets of compliance matrices for operations and lending that are currently endorsed and sold by fourteen state bankers associations. Mary Beth continues to maintain a heavy speaking schedule. In addition to her speeches, she has also entertained audiences nationwide with magic performances and is an active member of the Society of American Magicians. Mary Beth also served as a core faculty member for the ABA's American Financial Skylink satellite television network, as an instructor for the Bank Directors College,a member of the ABA Privacy Rights Working group, and a charter faculty member of the Jack T. Conn Graduate School of Community Banking at Oklahoma City University. | ||