Diane Ellis leads the Advancing Communities Together, or ACT, Deposit Program for IntraFi.

Previously, she was the Director of the Division of Insurance and Research at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). She led the FDIC’s efforts to maintain the adequacy of the Deposit Insurance Fund and an effective and fair risk-based premium system, assess economic and financial sector risks to the banking industry, conduct policy-oriented research and analysis for rulemakings, and collect and publish bank financial information and statistics, including the Quarterly Banking Profile.

She has extensive executive-level experience in deposit insurance pricing and fund management and was elected twice to serve as an Executive Council member for the International Association of Deposit Insurers. Earlier, she was a senior financial analyst and bank examiner with the FDIC.

Ms. Ellis received her BBA from Texas Christian University, Master of Public Policy from George Mason University, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.