Mahtani has worked in the banking industry since 1996, with stints at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citi.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

The bank specializes in commercial real estate lending, and Riel said the sector is experiencing "whole-industry chaos."

Before being tapped as the head of Wells Fargo's auto division, Sanders was head of its auto transformation team.

Hanmi Bank is the second-largest Korean American bank in the U.S. and Lee became the bank's first female CEO in 2019.

Throughout her distinguished 45-year career, Mohr's customer-centric philosophy has helped Citi's clients prosper even amid the worst of economic downturns.

Posnett, who has led more than 400 major tech deals over the last 20 years, is turning her attention to enhancing TMT's global strategy.

As the CEO of the $1.73 billion asset bank, Snelling has made it her mission to build a team that offers a variety of experiences and viewpoints.

Under Vidoni's leadership, the bank has grown to assets of nearly $2.8 billion and about 325 employees, making it the largest mutual financial institution in eastern Pennsylvania. 

 In May, Fercho became full-time head of diverse segments, representation & inclusion, a division of Wells Fargo that was launched in 2020.

Thurlow is taking on a new leadership role: She becomes chair of the American Bankers Association in October. 

Oliver ran the national banking business at KeyBank, her employer of more than two decades, before becoming the CEO of The Coop in 2017.

 Along with being chief teammate officer, Moore-Wright helms enterprise diversity, which aims to bolster race and ethnic diversity in senior leadership.

After 30 years working for corporate and investment banks, Wolff launched her own investment firm in 2021.

When Cai-Lee founded Piermont in 2019, she became one of the few CEOs of a women-led bank and the first U.S. bank to be founded by a female from an underrepresented community.

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A two-day exploratory seminar at an insurance company set a teenaged Kimberlene Matthews on a path to becoming an actuary.