TRISS DRAKE
Compliance Leader, Legal Operations, Risk Management, Regulatory Oversight
Everett,WA
Summary
Accomplished compliance and legal operations professional with over 20 years in financial services. Expertise in evaluating regulatory adherence, identifying risk trends, and enhancing internal controls. Strong collaborator with senior leadership to drive operational excellence and ensure regulatory readiness across diverse business units.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate Compliance Analyst
HomeStreet Bank
Seattle, Washington
07.2022 - 05.2026
- Evaluate transactions, controls, procedures, and operational processes for regulatory compliance.
- Identified risk trends, control deficiencies, and compliance gaps, facilitating targeted remediation efforts.
- Conducted compliance monitoring and testing reviews across multiple business units to ensure adherence to regulations.
- Developed workpapers, testing documentation, and management reports to support compliance reviews and enhance accountability.
- Partner with leadership teams to strengthen controls and track corrective action plans.
Legal Operations Support to General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
HomeStreet Bank
Seattle, Washington
11.2021 - 07.2022
- Supported legal operations and retention requirements while facilitating cross-functional compliance initiatives to align organizational practices with regulatory standards.
- Managed subpoena responses, litigation holds, legal notices, and regulatory correspondence to ensure compliance and mitigate legal risks.
- Coordinated communication efforts among legal, compliance, finance, and operational teams to enhance collaboration. between legal, compliance, finance, and operational teams.
- Coordinated legal vendor invoicing and accrual reporting while overseeing records management activities to maintain accurate financial and operational documentation.
Branch Operations Manager
Priority Home Lending
Lynnwood, Washington
10.2015 - 04.2020
- Managed staffing, productivity, reporting, compliance, and quality assurance to optimize workflow and service delivery.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined operations and improved service delivery.
- Recruited, coached, and developed team members, leading to enhanced operational performance and team effectiveness.
- Directed daily operations supporting 24 Loan Officers and 8 managed operational staff.
Skills
- Regulatory compliance
- Compliance strategy
- Compliance assessments
- Compliance monitoring systems
- Regulatory reporting
- Risk management
- Risk assessment
- Internal controls
- Due diligence
- Audit support
- Corrective actions
- Process improvement
- Governance
- Records retention
- Vendor management
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Risk assessment
Core Expertise
- Regulatory Compliance
- Risk Management
- Internal Controls
- Legal Operations
- Compliance Testing
- Audit Support
- Governance
- Regulatory Reporting
- Due Diligence
- Corrective Actions
- Process Improvement
- Vendor Management
Professional Highlights
- 20+ years of progressive experience across banking, compliance, legal operations, mortgage lending, and financial services.
- Trusted partner to General Counsel, Executive Vice Presidents, Compliance Leadership, and operational executives.
- Led and supported compliance monitoring, testing, remediation tracking, and regulatory oversight initiatives.
- Directed operations supporting 24 Loan Officers and 8 operations professionals across multiple states.
- Managed subpoena administration, litigation holds, legal records, vendor oversight, and regulatory documentation workflows.
Additional Experiences
- Broker Compliance Manager/MILA, INC - Executive Assistant to EVP Mortgage Lending/HomeStreet Bank -Senior Loan Processor/HomeStreet Bank - Loan Officer Assistant/The Federal Savings Bank - Executive Assistant to EVP Mortgage Lending/MetLife Home Loans - Financial Analyst/First Horizon - Financial Analyst/ Dream Dinner, INC - Additional experiences includes Audit Assistant Manger, Senior Underwrite and Construction Finance Officer.
Timeline
Corporate Compliance Analyst
HomeStreet Bank
07.2022 - 05.2026
Legal Operations Support to General Counsel & Chief Administrative Officer
HomeStreet Bank
11.2021 - 07.2022
Branch Operations Manager
Priority Home Lending
10.2015 - 04.2020