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Under Smith's leadership, 56% of Zion's workforce uses generative AI for routine tasks such as reviewing contracts and prioritizing emails.

Following the bank's acquisition of Heartland Financial, Wilson and her team have been in "extremely heavy lifting" mode.

Reid, chairman and CEO of Capitol National, has a keen focus on diversity and inclusion. Women and other underrepresented groups make up 59% of the bank's employees, and women hold 71% of senior management positions.  

Vice Chair Hope Holding Bryant played a key role in the bank's acquisition of Silicon Valley Bank.

Dmuchowski, CFO at First Horizon, got her start in the industry more than 20 years ago at Deutsche Bank.

Chayt started at Cincinnati-based Fifth Third as director of wholesale payments in 2016, after almost 19 years at Comerica leading its treasury management and business deposit services.

In her daily duties at BNY, Smits, who is originally from the Netherlands and now based in Britain, leads the bank's seven investment firms which have a combined $2 trillion in assets.

The wealth and asset management team, led by Kristine Garrett, saw a 34% year-over-year boost in total revenue for its business line, up to $626.6  million.  

Lake, along with her co-CEO Jennifer Piepszak, lead all of consumer and community banking, which serves nearly 80 million consumers and 6 million small businesses across the U.S.

Pennington has been with Edward Jones since 2000. She has held such positions as financial advisor; principal, branch and region development and principal, client strategies group before being named managing partner.

Aiyengar manages a team of over 250 M&A bankers in 17 countries across the globe. She has been with JPMorgan since 1999.

McKinney leads Comerica's retail line of business, directing strategy and execution for its consumer and small-business banking segments nationally, which generates $800 million in revenue.

Kara McShane took over as head of the commercial real estate team at Wells Fargo at an inauspicious time: February 2020, when COVID-19 was heading toward pandemic status and offices were starting to empty out.

Michelle Seitz has a long history of advocating for responsible investing and diversity and inclusion. Before joining Russell Investments in Seattle as CEO in 2017, Seitz spent 22 years in senior roles at Chicago-based William Blair, where she pushed for diversity and support for women in finance.

Penny Pennington had worked for Edward Jones for some 17 years when she was named the managing partner in 2019.

Jenny Johnson's career at Franklin Templeton has spanned over 30 years. During that time, she has held leadership roles in multiple divisions of the global investment firm, including investment management, technology, distribution and operations.

Helga Houston's corporate risk team played a critical role in Huntington completing its acquisition of Twin Cities-based TCF Financial.

Stephanie Novosel, head of commercial banking at PNC Bank, faced one particularly significant challenge last year — helping with the acquisition of BBVA's American banking business.

As head of new product development at U.S. Bank, Vanessa Angeles leads a team that creates cash management solutions for corporate and commercial clients.

At the end of 2020, when Melissa Stevens began running both digital and marketing for Fifth Third Bank, fewer than 10% of new customer checking accounts came through the digital channel. Now the bank is on track to end 2022 with more than 25% of sales originating online or on mobile.