Kelly Bruns

As President and CEO of Premier Audit Solutions, Kelly Bruns leads the majority of the company’s credit reviews, as well as oversees client relationships, marketing, and operations.

Kelly has over 25 years of banking experience with expertise in commercial underwriting, credit administration, relationship management, special assets, ACL methodology, portfolio concentration management, stress testing, executive management, and credit review. Kelly began her banking career at Wells Fargo Bank in Napa, CA and has since worked at several regional and community banks throughout Northern California. She has experience working with Boards of Directors, regulators, and various external auditors. She has been a Commercial Underwriter, Commercial Loan officer, Credit Administration Officer, Special Assets Officer, and a Chief Credit Officer. Kelly has worked with the Boards of Directors and management of various troubled financial institutions to successfully turn around problem loan portfolios and improve credit administration practices. She became a Loan Examiner in 2013, working with Restuccia & Harrison, Inc. (now Premier Audit Solutions), hoping to share her experience and insight with community banks to help strengthen credit administration, improve asset quality, and reduce problem credits and loan fraud.

She has been awarded both a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Risk Management and Insurance, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in Finance from California State University, Sacramento.