Office of Thrift Supervision

OTS Appoints Susan L. Chomicz Deputy Chief Counsel for Enforcement

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) announced today the appointment of Susan L. Chomicz as Deputy Chief Counsel for Enforcement. In this position, Ms. Chomicz will report to the OTS Chief Counsel, John E. Bowman, and will be responsible for overseeing the handling of all legal work in connection with pending enforcement matters at the OTS.

Prior to joining the OTS, Ms. Chomicz was Regional Counsel of the Dallas Regional Office and the Memphis Area Office of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). Ms. Chomicz began her career with the FDIC in 1989 as a law clerk in the agency’s Chicago Regional Office. She held various positions with the FDIC, including Regional Attorney, Senior Regional Attorney and Deputy Regional Counsel of the FDIC Chicago Regional Office. Ms. Chomicz was also an active participant in the FDIC’s Cross-Regional Litigation Program, handling major enforcement actions in FDIC Regional Offices in Boston, Kansas City and Atlanta.

“We are extremely pleased to have Susan join the OTS legal team,” said OTS Chief Counsel John Bowman. “She has a wealth of enforcement-related experience and is widely respected in the bank regulatory community.”

Ms. Chomicz is a graduate of DePauw University and the IIT-Chicago Kent College of Law. She has been a long-time faculty member of the American Bankers Association National Compliance School, where she has taught courses related to financial privacy and deposit insurance.

The Office of Thrift Supervision, an office of the Department of the Treasury, regulates and supervises the nation's thrift industry. OTS's mission is to ensure the safety and soundness of, and compliance with consumer protection laws by, thrift institutions, and to support their role as home mortgage lenders and providers of other community credit and financial services. OTS also oversees the activities and operations of thrift holding companies that own or control thrift institutions. Copies of OTS news releases and other documents are available at the OTS web page at www.ots.treas.gov.

Created: Monday, 1/22/2007