Brian S. Hedges

North State Bank provides banking services. It offers custom-banking solutions to attorneys, physicians, dentists, accountants, community association management firms, nonprofits, churches, and other professionals. Its services include personal and business by providing checking, savings, cash management, lending, and other related services. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

The Risk Management Association was founded in 1990 and promotes an enterprise approach to risk management, with a focus on credit risk, market risk, and operational risk. The non-profit company is based in Philadelphia, PA and has subsidiaries in the United States. RMA has 1,700 institutional members, including banks of all sizes and nonbank financial institutions, represented by 18,500 individuals located throughout the country and the Pacific. The company offers the largest offering of risk-focused resources for the financial services industry and maintains a strong community of risk professionals through events and courses that advance the understanding of risk management in financial services.