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LIVE from NYC’s Pride Parade 🏳️🌈 Seeing people for the smiles and the joy that they bring. #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion 🫶🏽 #LoveIsLove #LGBTQIA+ #PrideMonth

Throwback Thursday to last week’s MDDC Credit Union Association’s annual #Connect2024 conference. Thank you John Bratsakis, CUDE, Andre Lucas, Jordan Burroughs, CUDE, Frank Taddeo, Chrystal H. & the entire association team. Last week’s conference touched all 4 pillars that truly bring the #CreditUnion movement together - ⭐️ Advocacy - Advocate emerging and trusted trends & methodologies for strategy and execution ⭐️ Education - Speak & engage amongst peer financial institutions to compare what’s working vs. what needs to be improved (NII, NIE, Retention) ⭐️ Communicate the CU difference - Hone in on market/segments/generations ⭐️ Collaboration - Importance of internal employee engagement, providing young professionals with opportunities to understand leadership goals and help bridge the gap to grassroots community & membership. Mentorship especially as succession planning for all FIs are being reviewed now more than ever. #KnowledgeIsPower Super glad to be a part of this network! 🙏🏽

#Juneteenth2024   Instead of the usual "good morning" greeting, I yelled "Happy Juneteenth!" to my kids earlier today. Then told them to brush their teeth, throw on a tee-shirt and off to our local library we went.    As I continuously seek to learn from the past, I find the responsibility to pay these teachings forward to the generations that follow and to you, my LinkedIn family...    What is Juneteenth? (at a high-level)    • 📜 Jan 1, 1863 – The Emancipation Proclamation takes effect, establishing that all enslaved people in Confederate states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." • 🧐 People across the south didn't receive the news for years until the Civil War ended.  • 🫡 June 19th, 1862 – Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas announcing the end of slavery. • ✨ June 19, 1866 – The first Jubilee Day, or Emancipation Day festivities held in TX. • 🚶🏾♀️➡️ 2016-2020 – Activist and educator (amongst many others,) Opal Lee, now known as 'The Grandmother of Juneteenth' walked across America campaigning to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. At 89 years old, she walked 1,400 miles to bring attention to her cause.  • 🇺🇸 2021 – Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday, (the first federal holiday added to the calendar in nearly forty years).    Understanding the significance of today, serves as a reminder that although "the fight for equality continues, there is also room for joy, gratitude, community and encouragement." - Thasunda Brown Duckett   So as I light the grill 🌭 this evening, celebrating this day of reflection while listening to the sweet Summery sounds of Frankie Beverly’s ‘Before I Let Go’ 🎶 I’d like to take a moment to pay this ode to my ancestors... It is an honor to stand on your shoulders. 🙌🏾 #HappyJuneteenth #OpalLee #AfroLatina #TheMoreYouKnow

Kicking off MDDC Credit Union Association’s annual #Connect2024 conference with great people & Maryland’s finest crabs 🦀

On my way back from the PA Bankers Association Conference in sweet ol’ Nashville where I secured a few more meetings for bank core, card branding and ATM contract negotiation initiatives! Flight was being held back as it was oversold and the gate agent offered a $700 travel voucher to a single passenger. One of the other vendors on my flight was thinking of volunteering, and told me he would do it for $1,000. The flight was being held up until problem solved, so I put on my negotiating hat and walked up to the counter and negotiated yet another win/win deal: $1,000 voucher, food voucher, and a first class seat a few hours later! 😎 So the flight left on time and another well executed “contract” negotiated, with the following text message from the traveler that stayed behind the flight. #PeopleHelpingPeople #AlwaysOn #LoveWhatIDo

Kicking off the Pennsylvania Bankers Association 2024 convention in good ol’ Nashville 🤠 #PABankersStrongerTogether #CommunityBanksRock

Honored to break bread with these trailblazers during NYC’s Inclusiv conference. 👑 Renee Sattiewhite, Deborah Fears, MBA, CCUE, AACUC

Recapping last weeks' ‘MBA Women & Allies Conference’...and what a powerful event it was.    Special thanks to the entire team at Maryland Bankers Association, Joanna Weinreich, Ramon O. Looby, Stacey Rineer, for creating a space where women can come together, open up and share their trials and tribulations within their careers. As Brene Brown says, "one's story becomes someone else's survival guide."   …And what a profound story indeed from the #NationalAnthemGirl herself, Janine Stange. Janine, thank YOU for sharing your mother's core values with us... my when/then statement has converged from "one day" to "Day One." #OrderTheLobster 🦞   #EmpoweredWomenEmpowerWomen #MBA #WomenInBanking #WomenInFintech #TakesAVillage

En route to D.C. and happy to report that there were no bulls that blocked train traffic today. How productive are you on train rides? 🚆 📖 🤓 #GonzoBankerReads