Kara Ward
Shareholder- Financial Services
- Role
- Shareholder at Baker Donelson
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kara Ward
Specialties: Federal Banking and Finance, Federal public policy, Mortgage finance (primary and second market), Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Federal Insurance regulation, Capital formation, Payment processing, Small business lending, Federal grant assistance, Federal tax credit allocations.
Experience
Shareholder
Sep 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US
Ms. Ward concentrates her practice on providing financial institutions, FinTechs, consumer advocacy groups, non-profits, and trade associations with her deep knowledge of complex, inter-governmental matters that intersect financial services laws and public policy to advance clients objectives on Capitol Hill, within regulatory agencies, and across the Executive Branch.Ms. Ward has broad experience in the areas of consumer financial services, with particular strength in the single-family mortgage market, payment systems, Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), Minority Depository Institutions (MDI), small business lending, federal tax credit allocations, and federal grants and loan guarantee management. She frequently works on issues involving the House Financial Services Committee, Senate Banking Committee, Department of the Treasury\'s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Federal Reserve. She also provides strategic advice addressing decentralized finance (DeFi) activities, including blockchain technology, payment systems, digital identity, anti-money laundering (AML)/ Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) solutions, stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, and other digital assets such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs).Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Ward was an attorney and advisor with the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Maryland.
Education
University of New Hampshire
Certificate in Community Development Finance
King's College London, U. of London
War Studies
The George Washington University Law School
J.D.
Georgetown University
BA
Skills
- Public Policy
- Small Business Development
- Grants
- Investments
- Grants Administration
- Insurance
- Small Business Lending
- Tax Law
- Community Development
- Program Management
- Policy Analysis
- Trials
- Legal Assistance
- Criminal Law
- Business Development
- Nonprofits
- Legal Writing
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