Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Nelson Farris was born May 4th, 1942 in Long Beach, California, where he would spend his entire childhood and adolescence. In high school, the athletic Farris played football, baseball, basketball and ran track and cross country.He attended Long Beach State University, graduating in 1969 with a bachelor’s degree in communications. Farris also served six years in the United States Marine Corps Air Wing Reserve during the Viet Nam era, from 1965 to 1971, achieving the rank of E-5 Sergeant.With a business partner, Farris opened a small retail store in Long Beach in 1972 that carried the recently introduced Nike line of running shoes. In the course of business, Farris came to know employees with Blue Ribbon Sports, the company that would become Nike, Inc. In January 1973, after his business partner had moved on, Farris accepted a job from Blue Ribbon Sports as the promotions, direct sales and retail manager for southern California.Although the job title sounded lofty, Farris essentially promoted and sold Nike shoes out of his car at track meets and directly to runners. He also managed the store he’d owned prior to joining BRS, which the company acquired, plus a second retail location in Culver City.In 1978, Farris relocated to Nike’s home office in Beaverton, where he directed the Nike Running program. Three years later, Farris moved to Holland to help open Nike’s first European-based office and to launch its promo/sports marketing program.In 1983, Farris returned to the United States, where he helped managed the sports marketing and promo efforts leading up to and including the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.Over the next decade, from 1984 to 1994, Farris held a wide variety of positions within Nike, which was (and to a smaller degree still is) common within the growing company. From starting up Nike’s apparel screen printing operation to working as a manager within Nike entertainment marketing department to managing the EKIN training program, Farris wore many Nike hats during this period.The next decade of Farris’ career would see yet another round of positions, as Nike relied on Farris’ experience to help launch new departments including Internal Communications and Customer Service. Currently the director of corporate education for Nike’s human resource department, Farris focuses on employee education and development. He also serves as a corporate consultant in various areas, drawing on the wisdom and expertise he’s gathered as the company’s longest-tenured employee.All told, Farris estimates he’s held 20 different jobs during his Nike career, traveling well over a million miles while visiting more than 50 countries on six continents. And as far as anyone can tell, he has no intention of slowing down.

Karen L. Larrimer is executive vice president and chief marketing officer for The PNC Financial Services Group, responsible for leading advertising and brand management corporatewide. In addition she directs key Retail Banking functions, including Decision Analytics and Research, Mass MarketSegmentation and the Mass Affluent Segment, including the Private Client Group and the Financial Specialist structure, as well as Corporate Communications.Prior to being named to her current position in May 2008, Larrimer served as executive vice president for PNC�s Business Banking, where she directed strategic planning, marketing, and product management and development. She also served in a leadership role with Treasury Management, overseeing the connection between Treasury Management and Business Banking. In addition, she served in a leadership capacity over the Small Business sales team, which included more than 300 small business bankers across our footprint. Her contributions helped Business Banking earn the J.D. Powers and Associates top ranking for small business banking customer satisfaction (2007). Prior to joining PNC, Larrimer served as a sales executive for Ernst & Young and held management positions at Mellon Bank. Larrimer is a member of the CMO Council. She serves on the board of directors for the Bank dministration Institute (BAI), Children�s Museum of Pittsburgh and Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania. In addition, she serves on the marketing committee of United Way of Pittsburgh. Shepreviously served as a member of the advisory board for Warrillow & Co., a small business consulting company, and the Consumer Banker�s Association government relations committee. She also mentorsprofessionals and participates in student reading programs. In 2003, Larrimer was selected as one of the Best 50 Women in Business in the state of Pennsylvania; in 2009, named one of the �Women Worth Watching� by Diversity Journal magazine; in 2010, a Working Mother magazine �Mother of the Year;� and in 2013 was the recipient of the GirlScouts of America Award of Distinction in Business. Larrimer graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Business Management and a concentration in Marketing from Point Park University in Pittsburgh and completed the Carnegie Mellon University Center for Executive Education Leadership Program.

David Clifton is Chief Marketing Officer for Huntington Bank, and is responsible for all of Huntington�s distribution, brand, marketing, advertising and customer experience. The architect of the Huntington�s rebranding, Clifton has directed the creation of Asterisk-Free Checking and the patented 24-Hour Grace, and programs resulting in double-digit annual household growth since his arrival. Prior to joining Huntington in 2010, Clifton led marketing for Chase / Bank One for 12 years, directing brand identity, new customer marketing programs, advertising, branch and ATM signage programs, internet marketing and rebrand communications. Prior to his bank marketing career, Clifton was General Manager for Young & Laramore from 1985 to 1997, where he directed marketing campaigns for accounts including Mayflower, Steak �n Shake, Red Gold Tomatoes and NutraSweet. Clifton earned a MBA in Marketing from Indiana University and a bachelor's in Engineering from Purdue.