The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.
In her role as head of global delivery at State Street, Ann Fogarty oversees the entirety of the firm's operations, including responsibility for its $37.6 trillion AUC/A asset servicing business.
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Wolverton, who has been at Synovus since 2003, has made it a point to hire women to senior leadership positions, and the majority of her direct reports are women.
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As general counsel, Patterson leads roughly 1,300 attorneys and legal professionals across the bank. She was formerly the general counsel at TD Bank Group.
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Rodeheaver has been at the bank for more than 30 years. She started as a trust administrator, and 2004, she moved to the chief financial officer role, before becoming CEO in 2018.
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Stewart's efforts to populate the C-suite with women have been successful: Three out of Sound's five-person C-suite are women, and a large portion of its retail management staff are women.
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The bank specializes in commercial real estate lending, and Riel said the sector is experiencing "whole-industry chaos."
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