Toni Bright Joins CoesterVMS as Chief Compliance Officer

CoesterVMS has hired former Iowa appraisal board regulator Toni Bright as their new chief compliance officer. Bright has more than 10 years of experience in real estate and compliance, having been in charge of multiple boards for the state of Iowa as a regulator for the last 10 years.

"I'm excited to work for a company that is striving to be the best in the industry in all areas of the business—including compliance, taking this position is a dream opportunity for me and I look forward to make CoesterVMS become known as the industry standard for Compliance," Toni Bright said.

"Toni is extremely well-respected in the industry and brings a wealth experience and expertise with her to this new position," said Tony Pistelli, chief appraiser at Xome Settlement Services. "She will be a great addition to the CoesterVMS team."

Bright will be responsible for Coester's entire compliance department and handle a wide variety of tasks and far reaching responsibilities for state licensing, regulatory exams, privacy, quality control, fraud, consumer complaints, pending legislation, TILA, RESPA, GLB and more.

"Toni is very talented and has a very strong track record as a regulator and legislator," said Brian Coester, CEO of CoesterVMS. "She has shown over many years in Iowa that she has a strict and common sense approach to regulatory compliance and an eye for attention to detail, we are excited about all that she will bring to the company, our clients and appraisal partners as well as industry as a whole."