Strategic resolution and complaints leader with a proven record of building high-impact teams, strengthening complaint governance, and driving improved member outcomes across the organization. Recognized for building a complaint management function from the ground up, leading cross-functional complaint initiatives, and delivering measurable improvements in risk reduction, audit performance, and member satisfaction. Known for combining compliance rigor, member-centric service, and data driven decision-making to drive change, influence senior stakeholders, and develop high-performing, highly engaged teams. Seeking to leverage this experience in a Director of Resolution role to shape strategy, strengthen complaint governance, and scale impact across the combined organization.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager, Member Resolutions
DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union
01.2024 - Current
Led DCU’s Member Resolution function, accountable for Level I, Level II, and agency complaints, executive escalations, and complex cross-functional issues.
Serve as a key enterprise voice on complaints and member sentiment, providing regular reporting and insight to Compliance, Risk, Supervisory Committee, and senior leadership.
Led the design and execution of the Complaint Reduction Hub (CRH), an enterprise process to review complaint trends, prioritize actions, and track remediation initiatives across business lines. By year-end, the CRH tracked 35 complaint reduction initiatives and was cited as a primary driver of historic improvements in Problems Experienced and risk reduction.
Partnered with Compliance to align DCU’s complaint management framework with CFPB expectations, including ownership of CFPB case handling from intake through resolution, supporting merger readiness and First Tech 2.0 alignment.
Drove service reliability and timeliness by tightening SLAs from 15 to 10 days for Level I and Level II complaints while still achieving 93-94% overall service level, including 100% on CFPB complaints, in high-volume, high-change years.
Introduced and refined metrics such as complaints per member, complaints per day, closed with relief vs. explanation, enabling more informed decision-making and clearer understanding of true risk and member impact.
Guided the team through increased complaint reporting (new sources, better identification, increased surveys) while keeping the complaint rate flat and high-risk Level II complaints stable, even as membership and contact volumes grew.
Assistant Manager, Member Resolutions
DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union
01.2023 - 03.2024
Selected to stand up DCU’s first centralized complaint resolution team, moving the organization from scattered handling to a unified, documented, scalable complaint governance model.
Partnered with Compliance, CFPB Readiness, IT, and external consultants to define DCU’s complaint definition, build policy and procedures, and design Pega-based complaint intake and workflows.
Designed end-to-end complaint processes, established service levels, and trained the entire organization on the new complaint framework on DCU’s updated complaint policies and workflows.
Identified department SMEs and collaborated across business areas to ensure accurate categorization, escalation routing, and timely resolution.
Member Resolution Team Leader, Assistant Manager
DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union
01.2021 - 10.2023
Conceptualized, pitched, and launched the Member Resolution Team while serving as the leader of the Email and Chat team within the Information Center.
Successfully piloted a new approach to resolving complex member escalations previously unresolved or inconsistently handled.
Expanded the team’s scope from escalated requests to include compliance investigations, regulatory-level escalations, and executive correspondence.
Built early processes, quality standards, and communication workflows that became foundational to DCU’s enterprise complaint resolution structure.
Established trust with leaders across departments, laying the groundwork for a centralized complaint governance model and stronger enterprise collaboration.
Previous Roles
DCU – Digital Federal Credit Union
1999 - 01.2021
Information Center Team Leader - Telecommuter | 2008 - 2021
Information Center Assistant Manager | 2004 - 2008
Information Center Team Leader | 1999 - 2004
Progressed through multiple leadership roles within the call center, including Team Leader and Information Center Manager, demonstrating consistent growth in leadership scope and operational oversight.
Launched and scaled the company’s first telecommuting team, growing from 6 employees and helping establish a model later adopted more broadly across the call center.
Managed diverse functional areas including electronic communications and loan origination teams, driving cross channel service delivery.