Dena Somers is a founding partner of Finreg Partners, a regulatory compliance and risk management firm for the banking, Fintech, and financial services industries. Drawing on more than 20 years of combined in-house and legal/consulting experience in the mortgage, consumer lending, and specialty finance sectors, Ms. Somers helps clients navigate complex regulatory and compliance challenges by providing hands-on expertise in developing and designing enterprise-wide CMS and GRC programs for banks and rapidly evolving companies in highly regulated industries, including Fintech, cannabis banking, money service businesses, and online consumer lending.
As a leading practitioner in her field, Ms. Somers provides compliance training to regional and community banks nationwide and authors numerous publications for LexisNexis in all areas of regulatory compliance for the banking industry. She has served as an expert witness in both federal and state courts and is an experienced public speaker on compliance and emerging trends, having presented before the Virginia legislature, CBS news, and industry trade associations.