 | Richard K. Davis Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer U.S. Bancorp
Richard
Davis leads this financial holding company with more than $247 billion
in total assets and business across the United States, Canada and
Europe. His strategic vision influences the company's consumer banking,
wholesale banking, private client, trust, asset management, risk
management and payments businesses. He chairs U.S. Bancorp's managing
committee, which comprises the 13 highest-ranking executives within the
organization.
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 | Vernon W. Hill II Co-founder Metro Bank
Vern Hill II is Founder and former CEO of Commerce Bancorp, Co-founder of
Metro Bank, and Chairman and Founder of Hill-Townsend Capital, LLC. He
opened Commerce in 1973 with a single branch. When sold 35 years later,
the company had organically grown to 470 branches and was worth $8
billion. Vern currently operates an investment fund that focuses on
financial services companies.
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 | Doug Lebda Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Tree.com, Inc.
Doug Lebda is at the helm of Tree.com, Inc., the parent company of LendingTree, LLC, LendingTree Loans, HomeLoanCenter.com, GetSmart®, RealEstate.com, Domania and iNest. As founder of LendingTree, he led his company through a successful IPO, five acquisitions, and expansion into the consumer real estate category; growing the business to more than $300 million in revenue. |
 | Charles Scharf Chief Executive Officer Chase Retail Financial Services
At JPMorgan Chase, Charlie Scharf heads Retail Financial Services which helps meet the financial needs of consumers and small businesses through more than 3,150 bank branches, 9,300 ATMs and 290 mortgage offices as well as through relationships with over 14,500 auto dealerships and 5,200 schools and universities. The business earned $3 billion in 2007. |
 | Thomas K. Brown Chief Executive Officer, Second Curve Capital Founder, bankstocks.com
Tom Brown pilots Second Curve Capital, LLC, a New York-based hedge fund that invests principally in the equity securities of financial services companies. He is also the founder of bankstocks.com, one of the most unconventional, authoritative and heavily visited banking-related sites on the Internet. |
 | Clyde Fessler Former Vice President of Business Development Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Clyde Fessler is the man behind the strategies that turned Harley-Davidson into a nationally recognized company, that enhanced the brand, and added substantial financial value to the business. He led the MotorClothes team from $20 million in annual sales to over $100 million in a period of five years. |