Karen
Bitler
Karen Bitler has over 35 years of banking experience with regulatory, internal audit, examination, compliance, anti-fraud, risk management and lending knowledge.
She is currently a VP at The Piedmont Bank who is responsible for management of the BSA, Information Security, Compliance, Risk and Bank Security areas. Her background and the majority of her experience is centered around financial institutions in all areas of Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance. Her experience includes, Quantum National Bank, Bank of America, MSB Compliance, Inc., ING Insurance Americas, Embassy National Bank, RBS Lync, SunTrust Bank, Inc., GE Consumer Finance, Resolution Trust Corporation, Office of Thrift Supervision, Wells Fargo and FDIC.
Karen graduated from Virginia Wesleyan College with a Bachelors in Business Management, received her ACAMS certification in 2013 and has a Six Sigma Greenbelt Certification from GE. She is married with one son who is currently enrolled in a local Technical college.