Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Ginger Siegel’s career has focused primarily on change and starting new initiatives. She started her career with Eli Lilly and Company after graduating from University of Illinois. After 8 years, she changed directions in her career by joining Citigroup to start their Healthcare Division focusing on medical and dental practices and their banking needs. Her career with Citi spanned 22 years, most recently moving to New York after spending her life living in Chicago, to run the Business Banking Division for the U.S. for Citigroup. In 2006, Ginger joined Washington Mutual to build out their new small business sales organization, hiring over 500 people in a year and a half and developing training to create a focus for the 2200 branches around the small business space.In 2009, after a career with large financial services organizations, Ginger joined a small regional bank in Connecticut, Webster Bank, to build out their Business Banking organization. Most recently, Ginger ran the Business Banking organization for RBC Bank, a Southeastern bank headquartered in Raleigh, NC. PNC acquired RBC in March 2012 and Ginger is currently the Business Banking Treasury Management Executive for the entire PNC footprint.She continues to appreciate the importance and excitement of change…

Mr. Laufenberg’s primary responsibilities include advising public and privately-owned depository and business development companies on a wide range of alternatives.  Al has represented numerous depository institutions in whole bank mergers (buy side and sell side) as well as working for special committees.  Mr. Laufenberg is also a member of Stifel’s fairness opinion committee. Mr. Laufenberg joined the firm in connection with Stifel’s purchase of the Capital Markets division of Legg Mason in 2005; he joined Legg Mason in 2000. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Laufenberg was a Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group at First Union Securities (now Wells Fargo).  Mr. Laufenberg has been involved in investment banking since joining EVEREN Securities (a predecessor firm to First Union Securities) in 1995.  Prior to entering investment banking, Mr. Laufenberg spent over three years as a financial analyst at Kemper Corporation. Laufenberg has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Laufenberg received his B.B.A. in Finance from University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, where he was a Kemper Scholar.

Mark Luppi is Executive Vice President & Head of Business Banking for HSBC Bank USA, N. A. In this role, he is responsible for Business Banking Strategy, Sales & Customer Management efforts for small and medium sized businesses with annual revenues of Mark is active in numerous Community, Charitable and International Business Organizations including British American Business as Chairman of the Small & Medium Enterprise Forum, the International Franchise Association and the Business Banking Board in Washington, D.C. Mark currently Chairs the Consumer Bankers Association(CBA)--Small Business Committee and also supported the American Red Cross, serving as Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair on its boards both in Massachusetts and Southeastern PA. Mark was named the U.S. Small Business Administration's "Financial Services Advocate of the Year" for the Mid-Atlantic in 2003. In addition, he has been a featured presenter at numerous American Banker and CBA Small Business Conferences from 2002 and 2011. Mark holds an MBA from Babson College and attended Harvard’s Executive Leadership Program.

Mrs. Holloman has nearly 25 years of experience developing advancements in customer service strategy, process, modeling and measurement. Under her leadership, BB&T spearheaded an enterprise-wide initiative to create an operational-based client service strategy known as the Perfect Client Experience or PCE. Her efforts included leadership strategy as well as executional platforms that could be localized, replicated, reinforced and measured across the organization to include front lines and back room functions. The prescriptive tools that she and her team developed provide a significantly contribute to customer satisfaction and loyalty results.She currently leads BB&T’s corporate strategy to better understand and leverage the intimate connection between sales and customer service. Mrs. Holloman has experience in process improvement and quality, financial planning, asset/liability management, sales finance, wholesale lending and treasury management.Mrs. Holloman, a Six Sigma Black Belt from North Carolina State University is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Banking. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Barton College in North Carolina.