Diversity and Inclusion for Small Businesses (What You Say and What You Don't Say Matters)
Speaker Jennifer Newton, Founder, and CEO, National Association of Black Compliance & Risk Management Professionals (NABCRMP)
Members $10 | Guests $15 | Sponsors Free
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About the speaker:
Jennifer Newton is a former Federal Financial Services Regulator from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and brings clients more than a decade of consumer compliance management and risk advisory experience. With her combined experience in the federal government, law firm, and in-house compliance roles, Jennifer offers an uncommonly broad range and depth of compliance expertise in banking and financial service matters. She regularly consults with clients on complex issues relating to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). She also guides clients on deposit and consumer lending issues under the Unfair Deceptive Abusive Acts and Practices Act (UDAAP), the Truth in Savings Act (TISA), Regulation CC, the CARD Act, Truth in Lending Act (TILA), Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). In addition, Jennifer works with a variety of clients on privacy and financial technology (fintech) matters involving data security, data breach, open banking, and payment system issues under the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA), the Global Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and federal and state privacy laws, including the GLBA, HIPAA, ADA, CFAA, FCRA CCPA and the Florida FIPA. Well-respected by her peers, Jennifer has been featured in publications such as the Daily Business Review, American Banker, Bankrate, and JDSupra and she regularly speaks at prominent industry conferences. Jennifer was named by Legacy Magazine as one of South Florida's Most Powerful and Influential Black Leaders and selected for inclusion in the National Black Lawyers’ “Top 40 under 40” in Banking and Finance in 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a member of Leadership Florida's Connect Class VIII and the Florida Bar William Reece Smith Jr. Leadership Academy Class V. Very active in her community and bar associations, Jennifer currently serves as an adjunct professor for Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law, as the American Bar Association Consumer Financial Service Committee Pro Bono Chair, the Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Committee Social Media and Outreach Chair, and as a board member of Catalyst Miami, the Opa Locka Community Development Corporation, Florida Alliance for Consumer Protection, the Community Justice Project, and as a member of several advisory boards and associations.