Charles Yi

Charles Yi  is Senior Executive Vice President, Government Relations for the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). As head of the government relations team, he oversees the department’s strategic direction and related policy development and advocacy initiatives before Congress and regulatory agencies in support of ICBA’s mission.  

Prior to joining ICBA, Yi served as a senior executive at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Previously, he was a Partner practicing banking law at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP. Yi also served as General Counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Staff Director and Chief Counsel on the Senate Banking Committee, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Banking and Finance at the Treasury Department, and Counsel on the House Financial Services Committee. 

Before practicing law, Yi served as an Armored Cavalry officer in the US Army for five years and led the first American combat troops into Bosnia as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission after the signing of the Dayton Accords. Yi received his JD from Columbia Law School, MPA from Princeton University, MA in Business Administration from Bowie State University, and BS in Electrical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.