Wade Painter is Executive Vice President and CFO of Redwood Credit Union (RCU). RCU is a community financial institution with assets of $2.2 billion, 18 branches,380 employees, and a business footprint in the wine country north of San Francisco. Wade is responsible for RCU’s finance and accounting, risk management, strategy, information technology, and business services operational areas. Prior to coming to RCU five years ago, Wade spent 26 years with McGladrey LLP where he worked on the assurance services side of the firm as an audit partner focused on serving financial institution clients, and on the consulting services side of the firm as national managing director of credit union consulting services. Wade’s consulting services experience consisted primarily of risk management, information technology, corporate strategy, and operational improvement.