Leadership

Bennett Brown is Senior Regulatory Officer and Chief Credit Officer of Old Glory Bank. Bennett has more than 50 years in banking, including seven years as a Bank Examiner at the OCC. Bennett has been a Market President for various big banks and has been President and CEO of three community banks, plus started two de novo banks. Bennett served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in the 1970s.

Maureen Carollo is Chief Compliance and Chief Risk Officer of Old Glory Bank. Maureen has more than thirty years of banking experience, including more than twenty in risk and compliance leadership. Most recently, Maureen was the Director of Compliance and Senior Vice President of a $1-billion-asset bank, with more than twenty rural and metropolitan branches in Oklahoma and Texas, where she managed risk and compliance functions, including all lending, deposit, and BSA/AML compliance related functions. Maureen is a frequent speaker, writer, and instructor in the areas of compliance, BSA/AML/KYC topics and has won multiple awards from the ABA. She is also a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at SMU in Dallas, where she was recognized for leadership. Maureen’s team also includes key officers in compliance and BSA who bring an additional twenty-five years in risk, banking, and accounting. 

Yolanda Alarcón Cassity is Chief Brand Officer of Old Glory Bank. Yolanda is a highly accomplished Marketing Executive with over thirty years of experience leading strategy, brand positioning, and the creative process across a diverse portfolio of blue-chip brands to drive unremitting growth. Yolanda’s ability to combine strategic vision and drive to passionately apply new marketing strategies and cross-cultural approaches has proven effective in driving revenue for complex brands like McDonald’s, JCPenney, KFC Global Marketing, and Taco Bell, to name a few.

Robert Halford is Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President of Operations of Old Glory Bank.  Robert has more than 30 years’ experience in balance sheet and investment portfolio management through his roles as CFO and Senior VP of Operations of various community banks.   Robert was a co-founder of two de novo banks, including serving as the CFO for 21 years with one of them.  Robert has an MBA from the University of Mississippi and a Bachelor of Professional Accountancy from Mississippi State University. 

John James is SVP Technology and Product Officer of Old Glory Bank. John leads product and implementation of Business Banking and has more than seventeen years’ experience in business banking, most recently serving as the VP of Operations and Information Technology Officer for a ten-branch bank. John has more than fifteen years direct experience in the same technology platform as Old Glory Bank and was responsible for more than $1b in transactions annually.   

Dawn Morhaus is the Payments Senior Advisor to Old Glory Bank. Dawn assists in the development and implementation of electronic transactions, including Old Glory Pay, EWA, and cross-border payments. Dawn spent thirty-five years at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in various technology and electronic payment roles, including as Executive Vice President-Treasury Services Divisions. She led the effort to successfully implement the first Treasury Retail Securities application within a new infrastructure environment, provided oversight for the Federal Reserve Bank’s application architecture, development, testing, business analysis and program management services, plus led the design, development, and implementation of a new payment system with transaction volumes of 1 billion and values in excess of $5 billion annually. Dawn was also a member of the Federal Reserve’s Management Committee and responsible for strategic planning and policy direction. 

Eric Ohlhausen is Chief Operating and Strategic Planning Officer of Old Glory Bank. Eric has served as CFO and other senior strategy officer positions at several successful financial services companies, including Greenlight Financial and Brightwell Payments. He has extensive experience in operations and capital formation. Prior to earning an MBA in England and Japan, Eric was a credit analyst at C&S National Bank, where he also served as a commercial loan officer for C&S and its acquiror, NationsBank, which then acquired Bank of America.

Charles Ogilvie is Chief Revenue Officer of Old Glory Bank. Charles started in banking more than thirty years ago and led the effort to launch the world’s FIRST digital bank in the late 1990’s. He then grew Security First to over $400 million in revenues by selling technology to banks around the world. After Security First, Charles started his own company, StillPoint Financial Advisors, a multi-family office using proprietary software to service high net worth clients. Since StillPoint, Charles has served as Chief Revenue Officer for various SaaS companies, leading teams to sell solutions in disruptive technologies such as big data analytics, industrial smart glasses in manufacturing, marketing automation, and digital asset management.

Steve Paganucci is Chief Security Officer and Chief of Staff of Old Glory Bank. Steve spent thirty-three years in service to our nation as an Infantry officer in the United States Army and later as a Special Agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During his time at the FBI, Steve developed and implemented various innovative financial programs that supported protective operations worldwide, culminating in his role as Chief of Covert Finance for the FBI. Steve holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Tom Potratz is Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer of Old Glory Bank. Tom has more than thirty years’ experience across banking and banking technology and has a deep experience in technical integrations and vendor management. Previously, Tom served as Senior Vice President and COO of a large division of U.S. Bank, where he successfully led a team of more than 200 people, being responsible for Vendor Management, Issuing Bank Partner Management, Reg E, Fraud, BSA/AML, Settlement, Customer Support, IVR and Call Centers.  Previously, Tom served as a Senior Vice President at Associated Bank in charge of Banking Technology for Retail and Commercial Banking. 

Anne Marie Ring is Chief Legal Officer and EVP Customer Service of Old Glory Bank, including its acclaimed Ambassador Program. Anne Marie’s twenty-year legal career began in the international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, where she worked in Corporate and Intellectual Property law. She then worked as in-house counsel at RaceTrac Petroleum, responsible for contracts and operational matters. Anne Marie is co-founder and partner at The Ring Firm, PC, where she has practiced in the areas of Corporate, Human Resources, and Intellectual Property law. In addition, Anne Marie has spent more than twenty years serving her community as a leader on boards of various community groups and non-profit organizations.

Mike Ring is the President and CEO of Old Glory Bank. Mike started as a corporate lawyer (JD and LLM in Tax), and prior to forming his own law firm, was a partner in the Corporate and Securities Group of the international law firm, Greenberg Traurig, LLP.  Mike has spent more than twenty-five years in business, to include being a co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Haymon Sports, the world’s largest and most successful boxing company, and owner of the Premier Boxing Champions series (PBC). Additionally, he was one of the co-founders and Board Members of Katz Broadcasting, which successfully created and launched four multi-cast television networks, which was then acquired by Scripps Media in 2017 as part of the largest multi-cast network transaction to date. Mike served four years in the Air Force. 

Bill Shine is Executive Chairman of Old Glory Bank. Bill spent more than twenty years at The Fox News Channel, culminating in his position as Co-President of Fox News Channel and President of the Fox Business Network. After FNC & FBN, Bill went to The White House serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications in 2018 and 2019.

Michael Staw is Chief Innovation Officer of Old Glory Bank. In 1998, Michael started and ran RealTime Gaming, a pioneer in online software and had more than fifty licensees and hundreds of thousands of simultaneous users. In 2002, Michael created a closed-loop wallet for online payment processing and was an early leader in payment processing, data analytics, security, and consumer privacy. Michael also founded BidCactus, which was one of the first, and then the largest of the penny auction sites. He was also the founder of ScaledFURY, a software development, data security, and consulting company that has done projects for state lotteries, health care companies, medical device manufacturers, and has performed security audits for Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of three technology patents.

Andrea Lee Valentin, MBA, CFE, CAMS, CFCS, is the SVP, Fraud & Risk at Old Glory Bank.  Andrea has more than twenty years’ experience in banking and the financial services industry. She previously served as VP, Prepaid Operations division of US Bank, where she was responsible for the Prepaid Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), bank relations/program management, Reg E dispute processing, complaint response teams and KYC/CIP, AML, and fraud prevention. Andrea is a founding member and President of the Financial Fraud Consortium (FFC), she serves on the ACFE Scholarship foundation as its chair, and she serves as an advisory board member to the Northeast Florida Chapter of the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS). Andrea has a BA in accounting from the University of Central Florida and an MBA in Economic Crime and Fraud Management from Utica College.   

Bridget Woytowicz is Vice President, Bank Applications of Old Glory Bank. Bridget has more than ten years in online banking operations, including deposit operations, debit cards, wires, and ACH transactions. Bridget has extensive experience in devising and implementing online banking policies, procedures, and practices to comply with regulatory requirements.