Banco Popular de Puerto Rico is a full-service financial services provider with operations in Puerto Rico, the United States and Virgin Islands. Popular, Inc. is the largest banking institution by both assets and deposits in Puerto Rico, and in the United States Popular, Inc.
Latest NewsJohn Ikard is president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company, Lakewood, Colorado, Chairman of the American Bankers Association and a member of the ABA Board.With total assets of over $14 billion dollars, FirstBank is the second largest bank in the State of Colorado and one of the largest privately held financial institutions in the country.� John started at FirstBank in 1981, and has been president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company since 1999.�John has held leadership positions in a wide variety of organizations. He formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, former Vice-Chair and current board member of the Colorado Children�s Hospital Foundation, and is Chairman of the Denver Area Boy Scout Council.� John is past Chairman of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and past board member of the Colorado State University Board of Governors.�In 2010, John was honored with the prestigious �Community Banker of the Year Award� by the American Banker.John is a graduate of Colorado State University, holds an MBA from St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas, and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.�
Maria C. Coyne is Executive Vice President of the Branch Network at KeyBank, as well as a member of KeyCorp�s Executive Council.� She is the founder and leader of the bank�s Key4Women program for women business owners.� Maria has previously served in various other leadership capacities in Consumer, Business Banking and Client Experience.In 2001, Maria joined KeyBank as a senior vice president in the strategic planning group.� Previously, she was a small business strategist with the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and spent more than 10 years with Bank One, serving in various management capacities before becoming director of marketing.�Maria holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance degree from the University of Notre Dame. Maria was awarded a certificate for completion of The Key Executive Experience at Case Western Reserve University�s Weatherhead School of Management.�She is an expert and thought leader on consumer banking and small business topics and has been featured in national publications including The Wall Street Journal, CNN, NPR, SmartMoney.com, Enterprising Women, BusinessWeek SmallBiz, and American Banker.� Maria has been recognized as one of American Banker�s Top 25 Women to Watch of 2011 and 2012 and in 2013, Maria has been named #18 on the Most Powerful Women in Banking list.Maria is a member of the Board of Directors for the Consumer Bankers Association (CBA), based in Washington, D.C.� She is also a member of the following organizations:� The Board of Directors for the Women�s President�s Organization (WPO), and the Forbes Executive Women (FEW) board, based in New York, N.Y. In Cleveland, Maria is a member of the MacDonald Women�s Health Leadership Council for the University Hospitals Health System, the Finance Council for the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, and the Sovereign Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller.� She is also a founding member of United Way�s Women�s Leadership Council.Maria is the recipient of several awards, including the YWCA �Women of Professional Excellence� Award, The Diversity Journal�s �Women Worth Watching Award,� �The Beaumont Award,� and the KeyBank Diversity Excellence Award.
Amanda LaHaie is currently Group Vice President of Executive and Corporate Talent Acquisition for SunTrust Bank in Atlanta, GA. Her scope includes leading recruiting related activities with a focus on hiring the top executives at the bank. Her responsibilities include managing a team of 27 professionals leading executive search, RPO, and influencing the employment practice. Having started her career in the temporary staffing arena in 1993, over the past 18 years, she has held senior recruiting management roles at major corporations such as Comcast, The Home Depot and RBS World Pay.
Lori Chillingworth has served as Executive Vice President of Zions Banks Small Business Division since June 2010. She oversees loan approval and management of the banks $900 million portfolio of commercial loans under $500 thousand, including the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) guaranteed loan program. Prior to this position, she was Senior Vice President and Director of Business Banking since 2008. In 1997, Chillingworth was hired as the founding manager of the Zions Bank Womens Financial Group. Before joining Zions Bank, she worked for Key Bank for 12 years. Under her leadership, Zions Banks Womens Financial Group was honored to receive the 1998 Advisory Council Award from the SBA for its contributions to women business owners. In 2001, Loris group was honored by the SBA as the Women in Business Advocate of the Year. She has played a key role in Zions Banks ranking as the No. 1 SBA 7(a) lender for the past 17 consecutive years in Utah and for the past nine years in Idaho. She was honored as the 2010 Small Business Financial Services Champion of the Year in SBAs Region XIII. She was invited to participate in an SBA roundtable with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in February 2010.She currently sits on the board of the National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, and is a member of its executive committee.An active community volunteer, she is the president of the Salt Lake Community College Foundation and has been a member of its executive committee for the past two years. She currently sits on the Salt Lake Chamber Board of Directors and on its executive board. She previously served as a board member for the Family Counseling Center, Pete Suazo Business Center, and as a member of the Junior League of Salt Lakes community advisory council.Chillingworth has been recognized four times in U.S. Banker magazines Most Powerful Women in Banking issue, ranking among its 25 Women to Watch list. She is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School, and wrote her thesis on Women, Money & Banking.
Mack Turner is Managing Director at Bank of America. He is responsible for the Customer Segments, Products and Customer Experience Marketing Research teams at the bank. Mack has 30 years experience in marketing, marketing research and customer satisfaction strategy development and execution. He has held the positions of director of marketing research for NCNB and NationsBank. Mack developed and managed the marketing research capability within Bank of Americas investment bank. He is a trustee of the Marketing Science Institute. His team is a recent recipient of the Ogilvy award for research innovation.He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of South Carolina.
Ray Boshara directs the Center for Household Financial Stability at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Before joining the Fed in April 2011, Boshara was vice president of the New America Foundation, a D.C.-based think tank. Over the last 20 years, he has advised leading policymakers in the U.S. and worldwide on asset-building policies, including testifying before the U.S. Congress several times. Boshara has written for The Washington Post and The New York Times, and regularly appears on national media shows. His book, The Next Progressive Era, was published in 2009. He is a graduate of The Ohio State University, Yale Divinity School, and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
Dan Henry serves as chief executive officer of NetSpend Corporation, a leading provider of general-purpose reloadable prepaid debit cards and related financial services. He joined NetSpend in January 2008 with a primary focus for shaping the company’s vision, strategy and organizational structure. Dan established the company’s mission to empower consumers with the convenience, security and freedom to be self-banked. With this new direction, Dan diversified NetSpend’s business into different markets and increased its focus on growing direct deposit accounts. Under his leadership, NetSpend’s annual revenues have grown from $129 million in 2007 to $351 million in 2012 and cardholder accounts have grown from 700,000 in 2007 to more than 2.4 million to date. Additionally, the company has more than one million accounts on direct deposit. Dan also led the company through its initial public offering in 2010. Prior to joining NetSpend, Dan co-founded Euronet Worldwide, a global leader in processing secure electronic financial transactions. He established the company's first European office in Budapest, Hungary, and led the development of its European business. He served as Euronet’s president and chief operating officer until the end of 2006, and maintained a position on its Board until 2008. When Dan stepped down from his executive role, Euronet had annual revenues in excess of $600 million, a market capitalization of $1 billion and operated 26 offices in 23 countries, staffed by more than 1,100 employees.Dan earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance, Economics and Real Estate from the University of Missouri.





