Rich Eckert is a senior examiner and banking supervisor in the Supervision and Regulation Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland (Pittsburgh Branch). In this role, he manages a team of bank examiners and oversees the safety and soundness of a portfolio of state member community banks and bank holding companies in Ohio and western Pennsylvania. He is the cochair of the Fourth District Risk Forum and is a local and national training examiner for pre-commissioned examiners and an instructor for the Shared National Credit Program. Rich joined the Cleveland Fed as a senior examiner in the Community Banking Organization and Regional Banking Organization business lines. He joined the Large Banking Organization business line, where he held several roles. Prior to joining the Cleveland Fed, he spent 11 years at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), where he focused on credit issues for community, regional, and large banks. Before the OCC, he worked at a regional bank in retail and commercial credit. He has a B.A. in accounting from Youngstown State University and has examiner certifications with the Federal Reserve and OCC.
