The Latest from Women in Banking

Brady has worked to make Key's tech team more diverse, which she sees as crucial to fostering innovation and new ideas.

Nine years into her current position, Smith has shepherded multiple tech investments at Zions, including a 400,000-square-foot corporate campus in Midvale, Utah, devoted to technology.

Heitsenrether is in charge of the bank's new data and analytics unit, established to propel the bank's leap toward integrating generative artificial intelligence into its products and business model. 

Barker joined BNY in 2022 as global head of treasury services. In the first quarter of 2024, she started overseeing depositary receipts, a line of business that helps clients get listed on a stock exchange outside of their home country.

When LoCascio was tapped as COO in 2021, First Horizon became one of the few major regional banks to boast 60% of its executive management roles were filled by women.

Crespi joined Comerica in 2020 as chief technology and operations officer with the goal of leading the Dallas-based bank's embrace of a more-digital future.

As global head of Citigroup's commercial bank, Ghiawadwala's job is to develop and execute a growth strategy for global commercial banking

Patterson, general counsel for Wells Fargo, joined the bank in 2020 and works to improve the bank's risk and control standards.

Richard oversees a budget of $1.1 billion and manages a team of 5,000 employees globally at U.S. Bank.

In 2023, Castilla launched Roger, a digital bank for unbanked members of the military. One year later, Roger has opened deposit accounts for about 1,000 service members and their families.