Ron Cofield serves as audit committee chair and risk committee member for SouthState Bank.  He is a retired audit partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as managing partner of its Orlando and Birmingham offices, Carolinas practice (Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh and Spartanburg offices) and Atlanta assurance practice (Atlanta, Nashville and Birmingham offices). 

Mr. Cofield currently works with the City of Refuge Tech Transformation Academy, where he is responsible for professional life skill training, corporate outreach and placement for underrepresented and underemployed individuals seeking roles in cybersecurity and software engineering. 

Mr. Cofield lives in Atlanta and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Accountants. 

Sari Stern Greene is the risk committee chair at Bangor Savings Bank.  In addition, she serves on the board of directors, is a member of the human resource and governance committees, and is a BSB Bank Foundation trustee.  She is a cybersecurity entrepreneur, best-selling author, educator, and investor.  Ms. Greene was appointed by the Governor of Maine to the Maine Gambling Control Commission and is an election official for the city of South Portland, Maine.  She is an NACD board fellow, and has earned numerous industry certifications.  Ms. Greene is an enthusiastic traveler, an avid sailor, and an active Rotarian.

Maureen Rude is director and audit committee chair at Opportunity Bank of Montana.  Ms. Rude has served on the board of Eagle Bancorp/Opportunity Bank of Montana since 2010 and in 2020 became chairperson of the audit committee.  

Ms. Rude retired at the end of 2019 after a long career in the financial services and housing finance field.  She started her financial career as a legislative auditor for the State of Montana.  Throughout her career, Ms. Rude has served on numerous boards and councils including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle Advisory Council (2010-2015).  She is a retired CPA, a graduate of Leadership Montana and Achieving Excellence in Community Development.

Jim McAlpin has over thirty five years of experience in advising leaders of financial institutions and boards of directors on strategic, regulatory and corporate governance matters. His  corporate governance expertise is based on decades of being in board rooms to assist clients with  mergers and acquisitions, capital and debt issuances, strategic planning and succession planning. Jim has deep understanding of  the duties, responsibilities and fiduciary obligations of  directors and an ability  to explain these duties in plain English. A passion for Jim at this stage of his career is helping good boards become great boards through a process of learning, engagement and intentional choices.

Jim currently serves on the board of Bank Director. He also serves on the boards of two mid-sized banks. He is a nationally recognized speaker at financial industry conferences and contributes regularly to publications on bank and corporate governance related topics. He is  often quoted in banking industry publications.

Jim served as Chairman of Powell Goldstein LLP from March 2004 until its combination with Bryan Cave LLP in January 2009. He subsequently served on the Executive Committee of Bryan Cave until October 2014.

Jim was the leader of the firm’s Banking Practice Group from 2011 until 2022. He received a J.D. from the University of Alabama in 1984, where he was an editor on the Alabama Law Review, and graduated, cum laude, from the University of Alabama in 1981 with a B.S. in Business Administration.