Senior Executive, Business Leader, Former Equity Sell-side Analyst, Board Member and Advisor with a career record of success in providing thought leadership, strategic vision, and business insight leading to significant business growth and shareholder value....

Serving as Chief HR Officer since 2020, Norah leads Wintrust’s people strategy to foster a supportive, high-performing and diverse workplace culture. She brings deep expertise in talent management, organizational development, and employee engagement. In her...

Ann Marie Wright is the U.S. Chief Risk Officer for BMO Financial Group. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring that the organization is effectively identifying and managing the risks in the business and...

Jacqueline (Jackie) Barlow, Vice Chairman of CIBC U.S. From 2023 through March 2026, Jackie was the President of U.S. Commercial Real Estate, overseeing the teams that work with middle market, institutional and specialty lending clients...

President & CEO, First Women’s Bank, a women founded, owned, and led bank and the only bank ever formed to strategically serve the women’s economy and close the gender lending gap nationally. Previously, Markowitz served...

Maggie McGuire O’Brien is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the J.P. Morgan Private Bank Chicago office. She leads and manages a team of more than 200 bankers, investors, credit executives, trust and estate attorneys,...

Joyce M. St. Clair is a retired executive of The Northern Trust Company, Chicago. She held various Management Committee positions during her 30 year tenure including Chief Risk Officer, President of Operations and Technology, Chief...

Elizabeth (Beth) Karlson is executive vice president and regional executive for PNC’s Corporate Bank. In this role, she leads all of PNC’s middle market and large corporate banking activities in the western footprint, including Texas....

Patrice DeCorrevont is the Illinois & Wisconsin Regional President for Huntington Bank. The institution provides full-service commercial and consumer banking services, mortgage banking services, automobile financing, equipment leasing, investment management, trust services, brokerage services, insurance,...

Karen Case, Independent Board Member and Vice Chair, CIBC US, boasts 40+ years of commercial banking and real estate finance experience.As an independent board member, Karen demonstrates high standards of moral integrity, strategic thinking, strong...