Maria MayshuraEVP/Chief Risk Officer

Maria Mayshura is the Executive Vice President/Chief Risk Officer for First Bank. Maria started with First Bank in 2016 as a Vice President/Internal Auditor. In her current role she has the following departments report to her in some capacity, BSA/Fraud/Internal Audit. She is also responsible for the bank’s ERM program and holds the position of Information Security Officer. She reports to the Board of Directors via the Audit Committee in addition to reporting to the CEO.

Maria has been in banking as an internal auditor for over 40 years. During those 40+ years, she has been responsible for compliance regulations, Sarbanes Oxley & COSO implementation, BSA, Information Security and most recently Fraud. In addition to those responsibilities, she has performed audits for all departments within each bank and has adjusted those audits to reflect the changing landscape of the audit profession as well as the banking environment.

Ms. Mayshura is an active member of the New Jersey Banking Association since 1993, having held positions of chairman for the internal audit committee as well as the compliance committee. She has attended the America’s Bankers Association (ABA) annual compliance conference since 1999 focusing on the changing risk/regulatory environment each year. She has also been a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 1993.She Is currently a board member of ABA’s RCC Advisory council.