A Champion may be an executive, board chair or board member; a legal or financial advisor to the banking industry, a member of the regulatory community, or a thought leader. It is someone who actively engages the banking community in discussions about the importance of gender diversity and promotes talented women in banking.
The Champions Award is given to the person who best responds to the call to action to educate the community banking industry on the importance of adding qualified women to the Board and C-suite. In addition, the award seeks to recognize those who develop and promote women leaders in community banking, all with the goal of increasing the number of qualified women serving on boards of directors and in executive management.
2022 Champion - Lisa White
We are delighted to announce that Lisa White is the winner of this year's Bank on Women Champions Award! Lisa is the Executive Vice President for Supervision, Regulation and Credit at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, with responsibility for managing supervisory risk and responding to regulatory and compliance issues for both the Fifth District and the Federal Reserve System.
2021 Champion - Lissa L. Broome
We are delighted to announce that Lissa Lamkin Broome is the winner of this year's Bank on Women Champions Award! Lissa is the Director of the UNC Center for Banking and Finance as well as the Founder and Head of the Director Diversity Initiative. She has been a great friend to Bank on Women since our inception, and we were honored to present this award at the conclusion of the third annual “The Business Case for Change: Gender Diversity and Leadership in the Boardroom and C-suite" symposium, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, The Risk Management Association, and Bank on Women.
Learn more about the Director Diversity Initiative here.
2020 Champion - Kris St. Martin
Kris St. Martin is the Bank Program Director for CBIZ and coordinates the marketing of the 30-plus CBIZ service offerings to financial institutions. Kris’s personal practice specialty is board risk and cyber risk and the placing of insurance protections. Kris served for over 20 years in the banking industry and was most recently a founder and CEO of a community bank. Kris was recently awarded the Bank on Women’s inaugural “Champions Award” and the CBIZ Women’s Advantage 2020 “Champions Award.”