Washington, D.C. — The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced today two strategic hires and a key promotion to strengthen CSBS’s advocacy efforts and advance its accreditation and workforce development vision.

Sabrina Bergen joins CSBS as Chief of Staff, Policy & Supervision, effective today. She will provide cross-functional leadership across the Policy & Supervision business unit and bring her technical expertise in financial services supervision, policy, and regulatory and legislative matters. Bergen comes from the American Bankers Association, where she was Senior Vice President in the Office of Strategic Engagement. She has also held significant regulatory and legal roles at NASCUS, FDIC, and FINRA. 

To lead CSBS’s newly established Accreditation and Workforce Development (AWD) business unit, Max Martin joins CSBS today as Senior Vice President, Chief Learning Officer. Martin previously served as Senior Director and Head of Talent Management at PenFed Credit Union and held various learning and training roles at Capital One. 

Sebastien Monnet has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Deputy Chief Learning Officer. In this role, Monnet will lead AWD’s Workforce Development and Meeting Services functions, among other responsibilities. Monnet has been a dedicated member of CSBS’s training function for nearly 24 years, bringing a wealth of experience and institutional knowledge. Before joining CSBS, he served as a bank examiner in the Kansas Office of the State Bank Commissioner. 

“These appointments reflect CSBS’s commitment to strengthening our leadership team and our dedication to supporting the state system with the highest caliber of talent and expertise,” said CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn. “We are excited to welcome Max and Sabrina to CSBS and to congratulate Seb on his well-deserved promotion.”

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors is the national organization of financial regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise 79% of all U.S. banks and are the licensing authority for and primary regulator of primary licensing authority for nonbank financial services companies. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance, and debt industries.