Teveia Barnes

Teveia Barnes is a Director at StandardC, a position they have held for 2 years and 11 months. In this role, they advise executive leadership and provides supervision to ensure the integrity and safety of an analytics and transaction management platform for banks, insurance companies, payroll processing, and other companies providing services to licensed cannabis firms. Ms. Barnes leverages their legal, regulatory, and community advocacy expertise to strengthen the platform’s vetting of licensed businesses to ensure KYC, Bank Secrecy Act, and other compliance requirements consistent with evolving state/federal laws and guidance.

Prior to their current role, Ms. Barnes served as a Board Director and Audit Committee Member for Climate Action Reserve for 3 years and 2 months. In this role, they delivered strategic guidance and thought leadership for the premier carbon offset registry in the North American market, focusing on developing assessment and quantification programs to help evaluate emission reduction initiatives. Ms. Barnes worked closely with the Executive Director and other Board Members to review new carbon reduction protocols to ensure protocol development in a manner that is socially equitable.

Ms. Barnes also served as the Executive Director for IBank California for 5 years and 6 months. In this role, they were responsible for the overall management and operation of the state’s infrastructure bank. Ms. Barnes also served as a Commissioner for the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation for 1 year and 5 months. In this role, they were responsible for overseeing the state’s financial institutions and protecting consumers from financial fraud.

Teveia Barnes attended Rice University, where they earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, German Studies & Political Studies. Teveia then attended New York University School of Law, where they earned a Juris Doctor in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law.