For five days in May, Richard Hunt, former senior vice president of federal policy for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, was in Costa Rica. It was the first solo vacation of his life and he was using his transition time between two posts to prepare. “I was armed with information,” he said. Pages upon pages detailing the membership, budget, competition, legislative challenges and other aspects of his soon-to-be employer, the Arlington, Va.-based Consumer Bankers Association, which represents some of the nation’s largest retail banks and lenders. Hunt spent those tropical days studying and compiling a list of some 400 questions for the CBA board, all… Read More