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Welcome to the
Central Indiana Chapter

About RMA

Founded in 1914, The Risk Management Association (RMA) is a not-for-profit, member-driven professional association whose sole purpose is to advance the use of sound risk principles in the financial services industry. RMA promotes an enterprise approach to risk management that focuses on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, RMA has 1,600 institutional members that include banks of all sizes as well as nonbank financial institutions. They are represented in the Association by 31,000 individuals located throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia/Pacific.

Interested in getting involved with RMA and this Chapter? Go to www.rmahq.org/membership to find out how.

About the Chapter

Hello! The Central Indiana Chapter of the RMA locally serves Indianapolis, Bloomington, Lafayette, Muncie, Terre Haute, and all the surrounding towns in-between.

We offer training courses through RMA headquarters and our own chapter-developed educational programs. We also hold networking events with speakers and sponsors to benefit our members and non-members.

If you have questions, suggestions, or frustrations, please email rmacentral.indiana@gmail.com. You will hear back from one of our chapter directors shortly!

RMA Announcements

Join us for the RMA’s Governance, Compliance, and Operational Resiliency (GCOR) XVIII Virtual Conference

Join us virtually on June 18-21, 2024

In today’s rapidly changing world, managing operational risk is a necessity not an option. As your professional association, RMA takes great pride in developing practical, thoughtful, and timely programs designed to enhance your skills and increase your value to your institution. GCOR is the only governance, compliance, and operational resiliency conference developed by the industry, for the industry.

For inquiries into our all-access institutional pricing, contact your Relationship Manager 

Recent Events

Date: Thursday, February 15, 2024

Happy Hour - West Fork Whiskey 

Join us to kick off the new year and connect with other young professionals! Happy Hour starts at 5PM

Let us know you are coming and sign up today!

Stay connected by joining our email list!

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Our Annual Commercial Lending School was another success!  

Commercial Lending School Overview
Local instructors will educate underwriters, officers, and other bankers in topics, such as Cash Flow Analysis, SBA Lending, Sales Relationships, Client Profiling, Real Estate Lending, and more! Stay tune for more information regarding in our course presenters and summaries. 

This year's instructors include local bankers, attorneys, and compliance officers.  

Past Events

Rising Professionals' Round Table (Flyer)
On May 4th 2022, our Rising Professionals Affinity Group hosted a roundtable of credit professionals to share their individual career paths, experience in the banking industry, and current challenges in the industry.  Thank you to Amy Losh (Credit Department Manager at State Bank), Steve McGlothlin (Chief Credit Officer Corporate & CRE at Old National Bank), and Kevin Smith (Regional Credit Officer at First Merchants Bank). 

Moody's Macroeconomic Outlook
On April 26th 2022, Bernard Yaros of Moody's Analytics presented the U.S. Macroeconomic Outlook.  Bernard is an assistant director and economist responsible for maintaining the Moody's Analytics forecast models for federal government fiscal conditions as well as providing real-time economic analysis on fiscal policy developments. Thank you to Bernard for provided insights on interest rates, economic recovery, employment, and global forces impacting our current macroeconomy. 

Cash Flow Case Study
On April 12th 2022, our Academic Chair hosted a cash flow case study at Butler University with Steve McGlothlin providing instruction and guidance to the university students. Thank you to Steve for teaching future industry leaders!

CoStar Presents Economy & Real Estate Markets (Flyer)

On November 11th 2021, Central Indiana RMA hosted a virtual webinar about State of the National Economy with detailed trends in the real estate markets, both in Indianapolis and nationally.  Thank you to our speaker Liz Ptacek with CoStar for providing insights and expertise to our participants.


Recent Events

Date: Tuesday, August 15th

Annual Luncheon. Sponsored by BancAlliance

Join us to hear Mike Horrocks with Baker Hill discuss Industry Trends & Upcoming Regulatory Changes in Banking. Registration and networking begins at 11:30 AM with lunch being served at 12:00 PM. 

Date: Tuesday, August 29th

Consumer Spending, a Driving Force to Commercial Lending

In 2023, very few things remain predictable. One truth that continues to stand the test of time is that the economy starts and stops with the consumer— especially when consumer spending contributes 68% to GDP.

Join us for a discussion on the impact of human nature and consumer spending has on the commercial lending world. Find out who are anticipated to be the winners and the losers in the Commercial lending sector. 

Nicolle DeLiso Bouffard with Vertical IQ discuss how important the consumer is to business, and therefore, commercial lending. 

Date: Thursday, September 7th

TMA Indiana Annual Golf Tournament

Please join TMA Indiana and the Central Indiana Chapter of RMA for a day of fun on the course. No handicap required; all skill levels welcome. In addition to our traditional prize holes, enter the putting contest at noon. Bring your strategy and compete for prizes! Sponsorship opportunities are still available.

Stay connected by joining our email list!

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