companies, which own savings banks.” Moss started at the Fed in 1973 as a part-time employee in the Cash Department—a job that supplemented her pay as a substitute teacher—and started working her way up, eventually becoming a senior examiner in 1988.
examiner in consumer affairs; and Stephanie Roddenberry ’11, assistant examiner in consumer affairs. Roddenberry, who majored in business at Longwood, was offered her position after interning at the Richmond Fed in the summers of 2010 and 2011. Carlyle Powell analyzes a portfolio
sheets could withstand a loss under adverse economic conditions. Maxey completed a master’s degree in applied economics from Johns Hopkins University in December. Stacy Cox, whose job is to identify best practices, ensure consistency and recommend improvement strategies in her department, says
‘Our job is ensuring that banks and other financial institutions are doing the right job from a safety and soundness perspective.’ Barbara (B.J.) Moss ’75, Assistant Vice President Supervision, Regulation and Credit Department
“I was a bank examiner out in the field for 18 years, and typically I would leave home on a Monday morning and come back on Friday,” said Moss, who graduated from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management in the 1980s. “At the height of my examiner career, during the savings and loan crisis of 1985, I spent 186 nights away from home, including a four-month stretch at the Fed office in Baltimore, where I was in charge of logistics.” In 2000, Moss was promoted to assistant vice president, one of 15 in supervision, regulation and credit. Longwood alumni working with her in that department are Susan Gardner Maxey ’06, a quantitative research analyst; Carlyle Powell ’08, a portfolio research analyst; Brian Thompson ’03, a large bank examiner; Greg Dodt ’11, an assistant examiner; Stacy Pingel Cox ’91, a quality management senior examiner; Aaron Thompson ’99, a senior
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Longwood paved the way for her of 24 banks. “What I most enjoy is the opportunity to provide outreach career at the Fed. “I give a lot of credit to Mikie to bankers. Periodically, I have the Flanigan [Longwood professor of opportunity to visit with the banks in my portfolio to discuss strengths, accounting], who is my mentor, my friend, my role model,” said Cox. struggles, market area trends and strategic plans,” she said. “She made me fall in love with accounting. The accounting backMuch of Brian Thompson’s work ground really helped me at first is devoted to bank holding compahere, especially in my role as an nies for E*Trade, based in Arlingexaminer. I can thank Mikie Flaniton, and the T. Rowe Price Group gan for that.” in Baltimore. “In this job, you get And she can thank the Fed for a to learn a great deal about how banks operate and to see the impact job that is challenging and enjoyable—a feeling shared by all the of monetary policy decisions on Longwood alums interviewed for banks,” said Thompson, who this story. pitched on the baseball team his “I like the diversity of my job,” first two years at Longwood. Cox said. “I’m constantly learning Susan Maxey, who works in the and looking at new things. Also, Risk and Policy Unit, is involved in the Comprehensive Capital Analysis there is tremendous camaraderie, and, when you work hard, they and Review, a project that was reward you.” prompted by the financial crisis of 2008. A collaborative effort of several of the Federal Reserve banks, Kent Booty is a media specialist the project stress tests the capital levels of the largest financial institu- in Public Relations and associate editor of Longwood magazine. tions to ensure that their balance