On April 26, 2011, Compliance Week and Compliance 360 presented an editorial roundtable at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead Atlanta. The focus of the roundtable, which was moderated by Compliance Week Editor Matt Kelly, was on how best to measure and demonstrate the effectiveness of a company's compliance program. Attendees' full biographies are below.

Paul Barringer

VP, ComplianceUnitedhealth Group

 

Paul Barringer, Paul Barringer is the vice president for compliance and contract compliance officer for the public & senior markets group (PSMG) businesses within Unitedhealth Group. In this role, he is responsible for the oversight and compliance strategy with respect to delegated entity oversight, regulatory reporting, and other initiatives. He works closely with business leaders to ensure accountability for compliance with obligations that govern the Medicare and Medicaid businesses. Prior to joining Unitedhealth, Barringer was the general counsel for the health and legal reform non-profit Common Good. He has also worked as an attorney in private practice and as a health care consultant.

Thomas Bishop

SVP, Compliance Officer & General CounselGeorgia Power

 

Thomas Bishop, Tom Bishop is senior vice president, compliance officer and general counsel at Georgia Power. In this role, Bishop is responsible for providing legal counsel to the Georgia Power management team. He reports directly to the Georgia Power president and CEO and is on the Georgia Power Management Council. Bishop also is responsible for overseeing corporate security, ethics and compliance, land legal services, risk management and environmental affairs. Before the Georgia Power board of directors elected him to his current position in September 2008, Bishop served as vice president and associate general counsel for Southern Company. In this role, he managed legal issues for Southern Company, SouthernLINC, and Southern Telecom, as well as multi-subsidiary legal issues with system-wide implications. He also served as a member of the Southern Company Services Leadership Council.

Jill Edmondson

Manager, Corporate ComplianceThe Home Depot

 

Jill Edmondson, Jill Edmondson, manager of corporate compliance & ethics, is responsible for overseeing The Home Depot's global compliance and ethics program. Edmondson joined The Home Depot as a corporate compliance specialist in August 2005. She was promoted to manager, corporate compliance & ethics in June 2007. With over 17 years of legal and compliance experience, primarily in the financial services industry, Edmondson worked with such firms as ING, Invesco, and AXA Financial. She formerly held the FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 licenses.

Steve McGraw

President & CEOCompliance 360

 

Steve McGraw, Steve McGraw is the president and CEO of Compliance 360. At Compliance 360, McGraw has led the company to build one of the most complete eGRC platforms in the industry today. He works closely with customers, partners, industry analysts, and other industry visionaries and veterans to set the strategic direction for the company and its solutions. McGraw has also led the company to 5 consecutive years of financial stability and record growth in revenues and customer satisfaction. McGraw is a frequent speaker on regulatory compliance and risk management. Prior to Compliance 360, McGraw was a partner at Catalysta Partners, where he assisted high-growth companies with their business strategies, new product launches, marketing programs, sales strategies, and sales execution.

Scarlett May

VP, General Counsel & SecretaryRuby Tuesday

 

Scarlett May, Scarlett May is vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Ruby Tuesday, Inc., having joined the company as a senior attorney in July 2000. Prior to joining Ruby Tuesday, May engaged in the private practice of law in Knoxville, Tennessee, most recently with the firm of Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, where her practice focused on employment and civil rights litigation. May also served as a judicial law clerk to The Honorable James H. Jarvis, chief judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville and as an adjunct professor at the University of Tennessee, College of Law. May is a 1991 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was a member of the Tennessee Law Review and the National Moot Court Team.

Ronald Lepionka

VP, Chief Auditor, Internal Audit

AGL Resources

 

Ronald Lepionka, Ronald Lepionka was named chief auditor of AGL Resources in April 2004. He is responsible for maintaining the company's internal audit function, which provides independent, objective assurance and consulting services. Lepionka has more than 25 years experience in accounting, planning, budgeting, finance, economic evaluation, and start-ups. Prior to being named chief auditor, Lepionka served as vice president and controller for Sequent Energy Management. He was responsible for managing the financial administration activities at Sequent. Prior to joining Sequent, Lepionka served as vice president and controller for Mirant Americas and as operational controller at Mirant Americas Energy Marketing, where he coordinated and oversaw the company's energy trading accounting operation in the Americas.

Bob Miromonti

VP, Ethics & ComplianceCentene Corp.

 

Bob Miromonti, Robert Miromonti has extensive compliance experience in the insurance industry. As Centene Corporation's vice president of ethics and compliance, chief compliance and privacy officer, Miromonti's responsibilities include managing the strategic direction, operations, and oversight of the organization's “A Solid Commitment” ethics and compliance program. In addition, he has responsibility for the organization's fraud and abuse and coding compliance functions.

Peter Stanos

VP, ComplianceIASIS Healthcare

 

Peter Stanos, Peter Stanos is the vice president of compliance at IASIS Healthcare. Stanos became involved with quality, risk, legal, and ethics and formed Healthcare Management Consultants (HMC). He has published articles as well as developed and copyrighted various methods for improvement in the quality and resource management, risk management, medical, and ethics fields. During the past 19 years he has held various clinical, administrative, and leadership positions with Columbia/HCA, Triad Healthcare, and Province Healthcare before joining IASIS Healthcare in July of 2002. Stanos also serves on the auality committee of the Federation of American Hospitals

Randy Stephens

Division Counsel, Compliance & Records ManagementFamily Dollar Stores, Inc.

 

Randy Stephens, In September, 2009 Randy Stephens joined Family Dollar Stores, Inc. Stephens serves as divisional counsel and head of compliance and records management. In this role he is responsible for the corporate compliance function of Family Dollar. Specifically, Stephens oversees the Code of Conduct, all corporate compliance policies and processes, enterprise risk management, and all aspects of records management. From 1999 to 2009 Stephens was am associate of The Home Depot. He joined Home Depot as senior corporate counsel in the legal department.

John Todd

Deputy Chief Compliance OfficerAetna

 

John Todd, John Todd is deputy chief compliance officer for Aetna Inc., based in Hartford, Connecticut. His current responsibilities include leading the compliance organization's support for Aetna's implementation of recent healthcare reform legislation, and management of U.S. and international business compliance. He started with Aetna in 1990 as a member of the Law Department, becoming regional general counsel supporting Aetna's U.S. healthcare business. In 1998 he became assistant general counsel for Aetna International, focusing on Aetna's international health business, including Aetna's initial efforts to develop health insurance activities in the Middle East.

Tim Tripp

VP, Internal Audit/SOXNewell Rubbermaid, Inc.

 

Tim Tripp, Tim Tripp is the chief audit executive at Newell Rubbermaid Inc. and leads the company's integrated global internal audit and SOX compliance function. Newell Rubbermaid is a global marketer of consumer and commercial products that touch the lives of people where they work, live, and play. The company is committed to building consumer-meaningful brands through understanding the needs of consumers and using those insights to create innovative, highly differentiated product solutions that offer performance and value.