Marta Stern is CEO of Stern & Associates, L.L.C., a bank compliance consulting firm based in Los Angeles County. Before founding the firm, Stern served as a compliance/CRA officer for 12 years. Her prior experience also includes 25 years as a paralegal specializing in banking and savings and loan law. Her firm provides a broad range of consulting services including loan review sand compliance audits as well as programs to correct exceptions/violations cited by the regulators. Marta Stern is an award-winning pioneer in the field of financial literacy education and a frequent writer on compliance topics.