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Banner Bank | Award-Winning Personal & Business Banking | Icebreaker

Banner Bank | Award-Winning Personal & Business Banking

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Merline Saintil

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Lead Independent Director | Speaker | Investor | Advisor | Proud mom of Stanford women's soccer player #12 | Co-founder @ www.bwob.io | co-Producer & EP @OnBoardTheFilm A software engineer turned Silicon Valley COO and investor, I have taken six companies through IPO and am an active angel investor in dozens of companies. I am also a Fortune 100 board member, Lead Independent Director at Rocket Lab. I also serve as Compensation Chair, Nomination & Governance Committees Chair, and member of the Audit Committee on various public and private boards. I bring corporate governance experience through my work on public and private boards, where I advise companies on enterprise risks, technology trends, innovation, strategy, cybersecurity, and digital transformation, to name a few. Prior to my board roles, I was an executive with a proven track record in award-winning products in Fortune 500 and privately held companies, including Intuit, Yahoo, PayPal, Adobe, Joyent, and Sun Microsystems. I enjoy advising CEOs, have led and scaled product development teams in global digital transformations for B2B and B2C companies, and executed M&A integrations and divestitures. As an active CXO community member and a sought-after thought leader, I have been quoted in many major publications, including WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, CNET, CIO Review, CIO Journal, and Business Insider. Recognitions & certifications include: - 2024 Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering: Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award - 2023 CNBC Changemakers Advisory Board - 2022 Worth Magazine’s Worthy 100 - 2022 LinkedIn Top Voices in Leadership: The 10 creators to follow in the U.S. - 2022 NACD Directorship 100™ - 2021 Most Influential Black Corporate Director by Savoy Magazine, - 2019 Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by Women’s Inc., - Women of Influence 2017 by Silicon Valley Business Journal, - Business Insider: #6 of the 22 Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World, - Lifetime Achievement Award by Girls in Tech, - Contributing writer for the Governance in the Digital Age book published by Diligent Corporation, - Board Cybersecurity Oversight by NACD and the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. In addition to my business interests, I am passionate about coaching leaders in board work and leadership. I founded BWOB (www.bwob.io) to help prepare, place, and propel Black female leaders into board seats. Our members build, fund, and lead lives of consequence. You can my check availability for speaking engagements at https://www.merlinesaintil.com

Cristina Stovba

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VP, Commercial Banking PNW

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I've earned a reputation as a go-to for those seeking a sympathetic ear or sage counsel, someone who listens with sincerity and integrity. This knack has served me well in my career, whether I was embedded in human resources, supporting talent growth and development, or supporting clients as an executive career branding strategist. You might call it the gift of gab - my leaders - they have called it a unique talent for building rapport with the goal of seeing the best in people. The evolutions of my own career have played a large part in my ability to guide others in telling their professional story. Take for instance my time in journalism, which helped me develop an ability to map the full story, catapulting me into a career fulfilling the talent needs of different organizations where I always championed capable people as the #1 asset behind an organization’s success. Most recently during my time with the white glove global executive resume writing and career coaching firm Briefcase Coach, I conducted over 150+ rebranding intake sessions to help executives refine their career marketing documents to help set them apart from their competition. Some of the achievements I’ve accomplished in recent years include: ► Preparing 65+ senior-level professionals for high-stakes interviews. ► Growing a dedicated and high-performing sales team by 300% during a company’s ramp-up. ► Increasing a company’s Glassdoor score by 13%+ in just 6 months. My favorite people moments are when I end a conversation and can feel someone’s growing sense of calm - their new-found ease or excitement, rather than nerves or frustration. As an HR resource, I build rapport with hiring managers and leaders, where we strategically collaborate on how to build, grow, and fulfill the needs of their unique teams. I take pride in imparting the knowledge I have acquired over 10 years as a trusted professional in human resources, corporate recruiting, and talent transformation.

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Business Banking Officer at Banner Bank