ASC Members and Staff

Members:

The ASC has six members, each designated by the head of his or her agency. ASC members serve at the discretion of their agency heads and have no set term. The ASC’s Chairperson is appointed for a two-year term by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council ("FFIEC"). The ASC members are:

• Virginia Gibbs     Chairperson
  Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst
  Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation
  Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
  
• Steven D. Fritts     Member
  Associate Director, Risk Management/Examination Support
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection
  
• Larry Fazio     Member
  Deputy Executive Director
  National Credit Union Adminstration
  
• Deborah S. Merkle     Member
  Project Manager
  Credit Risk, Supervision Policy
  Office of Thrift Supervision
  
• Vance S. Price     Member
  National Bank Examiner, Group Leader - Commercial Credit
  Credit & Market Risk Division
  Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
  
• Peter Gillispie     Member
  Home Program Policy Specialist
  Office of Single Family Housing/Home Valuation Policy Division
  Department of Housing and Urban Development
  

• Denise Graves, Deputy Executive Director (denise@asc.gov) Phone:(202)289-2735 The Deputy Executive Director, as a senior staff position of the ASC, reports to the Executive Director and serves as the principal advisor to the Executive Director. The Deputy Executive Director is responsible for supervising the day-to-day operations of the State field review program and is responsible for assisting the Executive Director in carrying out all ASC responsibilities.
• Vicki Ledbetter, Acting Exec. Dir. & Appraisal Policy Manager (vicki@asc.gov) Phone:(202)365-5341 Assists in policy oversight and program analysis, development and implementation. Monitors State programs for compliance with Title XI. Maintains liaison with the Appraisal Foundation, appraisal organizations, and Federal regulatory agencies. Has primary responsibility for the following States and Territories:

  Florida	Illinois	Indiana
  Iowa	Maine	Massachusetts
  New York	North Carolina	Oregon
  Pennsylvania	Puerto Rico	Wisconsin
  Wyoming

• (Vacant), Executive Director () The Executive Director is the senior staff position of the ASC and is the primary management official responsible for supervising the day-to-day operations of the ASC and ASC staff. Under direction of the ASC, the Executive Director is responsible for implementing ASC policies, developing programs and procedures, making policy recommendations to the ASC members, evaluating ASC performance, and keeping ASC members apprised of ASC activities.
• Alice Ritter, General Counsel (alice@asc.gov) Is responsible for the ASC’s professional, legal work. Serves as legal advisor to the ASC, its Executive Director, and the ASC staff. Renders legal advice regarding statutes and other laws relating to the regulation of the appraisal industry and ASC operations.
• Vacant, Appraisal Policy Manager - Contact Denise Graves (denise@asc.gov) Assists in policy oversight and program analysis, development, and implementation. Monitors State programs for compliance with Title XI. Maintains liaison with the Appraisal Foundation, appraisal organizations, and Federal regulatory agencies. Has primary responsibility for the following States:

  Alaska	California	Connecticut
  Delaware	Georgia	Guam/CNMI
  Louisiana	Michigan	Mississippi
  Missouri	Nevada	New Jersey
  Tennessee	Texas

• Kristi Klamet, Appraisal Policy Manager (kristi@asc.gov) Phone:(202)441-9935 Assists in policy oversight and program analysis, development, and implementation. Monitors State programs for compliance with Title XI. Maintains liaison with the Appraisal Foundation, appraisal organizations, and Federal regulatory agencies. Has primary responsibility for the following States:

  Arizona	Arkansas	Colorado
  Kansas	Kentucky	Maryland
  Minnesota	Nebraska	Ohio
  Oklahoma	Rhode Island	South Carolina
  South Dakota

• Jenny Howard Tidwell, Appraisal Policy Manager (jenny@asc.gov) Phone:(202)441-1538 Assists in policy oversight and program analysis, development and implementation. Monitors State programs for compliance with Title XI. Maintains liaison with the Appraisal Foundation, appraisal organizations, and Federal regulatory agencies. Has primary responsibility for the following States and Territories:

  Alabama	D.C.	Hawaii
  Idaho	Montana	New Hampshire
  New Mexico	North Dakota	Utah
  Virgin Islands	Virginia	Vermont
  Washington	West Virginia

• Lori Schuster, Administrative Officer (lori@asc.gov) Provides management and support for all administrative ASC functions, including personnel, procurement, accounting, and record-keeping.
• Ray Seward, Information Systems Specialist (ray@asc.gov) Provides technical and administrative data processing support for the ASC, including administration of the local area network, Internet Web site, and National Registry of State Certified and Licensed Appraisers.