Willie Maddox is Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at Atlantic Community Bankers Bank. She joined the Bank in 2019 and oversees its Risk and Compliance function. Willie chairs the Bank’s internal Risk Management Committee and is focused on evolving the company’s risk management infrastructure and capabilities.

Prior to this role, Willie was Senior Vice President, Business Risk and Compliance Manager at Fulton Financial Corporation and was responsible for the Consumer vertical where she provided risk management and compliance oversight. Preceding this role, she was Vice President, Senior Mortgage / Retail Credit Lending Compliance and Risk Manager.

Willie’s breadth and depth of banking experience is inclusive of strategic planning, business development, healthcare underwriting, and accounting. She has been actively involved with compliance and enterprise risk management since 2005.

In 2010, Willie was awarded the 1Key Chairman Achievement Award in her role at KeyCorp in NE Ohio; this notable award underscored her contribution to KeyCorp’s ERM Program and Policy. Also, in 2021, she was awarded the DCRO Institute Certificate of Risk Governance.

Willie is a Distinguished Lecturer of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law, Cleveland, OH. She teaches in the Master of Arts Financial Integrity degree program, which is an in-depth curriculum offering students a unique and comprehensive education in anti-money laundering, counterterrorism, and related integrity initiatives.

Willie also serves as a Mid-Atlantic Alliance for Performance Excellence (MAAPE) Examiner, a Baldrige-based awards program that serves PA, NJ, and DE. This program helps organizations improve their performance and outcomes in seven areas defined by the Baldrige Excellence Framework: leadership; strategy; customers; measurements, analysis, and knowledge management; workforce; operations; and results.

Willie received her MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, and a Bachelor of Arts from Lakeland College, Sheboygan, WI. She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Global Management Accountant (CGMA) and holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA).