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Keynote PERSPECTIVES

Try stepping back, pulling up or standing on your head

for a different point of view.

New Perspectives on Banking New Perspectives on Leadership
Jill Castilla, President and CEO, Citizens Bank of Edmond, OK Meridith Elliott Powell, Business Growth Expert, Asheville, NC

Sit up and take note, because this innovative banker Looking at Banking Voted one of the “Top 15 Business Growth Experts to Watch” by
has demonstrated that new perspectives can lead to Currency Fair, Meridith Elliott Powell is an award-winning author,
great success. The recipient of American Banker’s keynote speaker and business strategist. With a background
“Community Bank of the Year” and Bank Director’s in corporate sales and leadership, her career expands over
“Most Innovative CEOs in Banking,” Jill has a several industries including banking, healthcare and
proven track record of innovation beyond finance. We’ve asked Meridith to share the new
traditional banking particularly with social leadership PERSPECTIVE it takes to be successful
media, financial technology and small amidst the changing paradigms of traditional
business relationship management. banking, customer needs/delivery channels
and a non-traditional millennial workforce.
We’ve invited Jill to share her pioneering PERSPECTIVE
on banking and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
New Perspectives on Cybersecurity
Christopher Tarbell, Former FBI Agent &
New Perspectives on Washington Cybersecurity Law Enforcement Expert

Kyle Kondik, Managing Editor, Sabato’s Dubbed “the Eliot Ness of online crime”
Crystal Ball, University of Virginia by Newsweek magazine, Christopher
Center for Politics, Washington, DC
Tarbell is the man responsible for
Based in Washington but a infiltrating the hacker group Anonymous
Midwesterner at heart, Kyle and taking down the notorious dark
Kondik manages the UVA web drug trafficking site Silk Road,
Center for Politics Washington called “the most sophisticated and
office and serves as editor of extensive criminal marketplace on the
its authoritative, nonpartisan Internet.” We’ve invited Chris to share
newsletter on American both his story and PERSPECTIVE on the
campaigns and elections. new realities of cybersecurity and its impact

He is frequently called upon by national media on the banking industry and consumers.
sources such as CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, PBS
and even Comedy Central’s The Daily Show for his
expert insights on American politics. We’ve asked Kyle through a new Lens
to share his PERSPECTIVE on the new political paradigms
in Washington and their impact on the banking industry.