Drew Brees
Drew Brees is the 2009 Super Bowl MVP-winning quarterback for the New Orleans Saints.
A native of Austin, TX, Brees attended Westlake High School and lettered in football, basketball, and baseball and as a senior in 1996 led his football team to a perfect 16-0 record and the 5A State Championship while garnering 5A Offensive Player of the Year honors.
He attended Purdue University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial Management from the prestigious Krannert School of Management while lettering in football from 1997-2000. A two-time Heisman finalist, Brees led the Boilermakers to a Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl appearance during the 2000 season. In that same year he won the Maxwell Award as the nation's top collegiate player as well as being named Academic All-American Player of the Year and was a recipient of the National Football Foundation's post-graduate scholarship.
In Brees' five years with the San Diego Chargers and 4 years with the New Orleans Saints, he has been elected to four Pro Bowls while being named 2004 Comeback player of the Year, 2006 All-Pro Team, 2006 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, 2008 NFL Offensive Player of the Year, and Super Bowl XLIV Champion and MVP.
As much pride as Brees takes in his on field performance, he takes even more pride in his community service endeavors. Drew and his wife, Brittany, established the Brees Dream Foundation in 2003 and since then have raised and/or committed over $5 million to help advance cancer research, care for cancer patients, and help rebuild schools, parks, playgrounds, and athletic fields in New Orleans, San Diego, and Purdue/West Lafayette, IN communities. Drew currently lives with his wife Brittany and son, Baylen, in New Orleans.
William M. Isaac
Bill Isaac, chairman of LECG’s global financial services holds a key leadership position in the firm. Prior to his position at LECG, Mr. Isaac founded the Secura Group, a leading consulting firm providing regulatory counseling, risk management services, strategic studies, expert testimony, and management consulting for financial institutions, law firms, and governments. LECG acquired the Secura Group in 2007 at which time Mr. Isaac became an integral part of the financial services group at LECG. Prior to forming Secura, Mr. Isaac headed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation during the banking crisis of the 1980s, serving under Presidents Carter and Reagan from 1978 through 1985.
Mr. Isaac is involved extensively in thought leadership relating to the financial services industry and policy makers worldwide. He is the author of “Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America,” published by Wiley & Sons, with a Foreword by Paul Volcker. Senseless Panic provides an inside account of the banking and S&L crises of the 1980s, compares that period to the financial crisis of 2008, and recommends sweeping reforms to prevent future crises. Mr. Isaac’s articles are published in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, American Banker, Forbes and other leading publications. He also appears regularly on leading television and radio programs in the US and abroad, is a contributor to CNBC, testifies before Congress and is a frequent speaker before banking and other audiences throughout the world.
Camden R. Fine
Camden R. Fine is president and CEO of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the only national trade association that exclusively represents community banks. A native Missourian and career community banker, Fine came to ICBA in May 2003 as president-elect and became president and CEO in March 2004. Prior to coming to ICBA, Fine chartered and organized Midwest Independent Bank of Jefferson City, Mo., and served as its president and CEO for nearly 20 years.
Under Fine’s leadership, ICBA has had a series of legislative and regulatory successes. ICBA was instrumental in winning passage of the Regulatory Relief Act of 2006, and also in passing deposit insurance improvement provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act of 2006. Recently, ICBA has been highly successful in Congress and with federal bank regulatory agencies in enacting many core ICBA policy positions during the recent financial crisis. These achievements include broadening the deposit insurance assessment base for special assessments; reducing the FDIC special assessment by nearly 75 percent; carving out community banks from new fees and examinations in proposed consumer protection legislation; and advocating the end of "too-big-to-fail" policies.
