Vice President

Leslie (McMillan) Pettersen

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced banking executive with proven experience in new business development and managing a large and complex corporate loan portfolio.

• Over ten years experience marketing financial service products to senior financial executives at Fortune 500 companies.

• Excellent team development and managerial capabilities.

• Extensive marketing and corporate finance training.

EXPERIENCE

Independent Consultant, Evanston, IL, 1998 - Present

Significant Projects:

• Collaborated with Murray Marketing to formulate a marketing strategy for Analytical Innovations, a provider of data and fraud detection services within the credit card industry.

• Formulated a corporate donorship program for Interfaith Housing, a non-profit advocate for fair housing opportunities in Chicago’s northern suburbs.

• Worked with Kingore Partners, a retainer search firm, to identify and place C-level executives in major financial institutions. Examples of searches include chief financial officer and chief risk officer placements for a leading trading clearing house located in Chicago.

• Developed and implemented a financial recruiting strategy for Global Network Recruiters in Chicago.

• Analyzed debt financing options for a Chicago based biometric fingerprinting technology provider.

Caisse Nationale de Credit Agricole, Chicago, IL, 1992 - 1999

Vice President-Team Leader Chicago Metro Area

Responsible for a team of seven executives charged with generating and managing a complex corporate loan portfolio in excess of $500 million in commitments.

• Personally managed Credit Agricole's single most profitable corporate account, Zell Industries. Grew this relationship from $35 million to over $150 million in commitments. Also responsible for organizing prospecting initiative to large corporations located in Chicago.

• Grew the Chicago Metro based loan portfolio from $300 million to over $500 million in commitments while experiencing no loan write-offs. Concurrently, expanded the Chicago Metro Team from two to seven successful members.

Wells Fargo Bank, Chicago, IL, 1989 - 1992

Assistant Vice President

Established an initiative to call on corporate customers in Wisconsin, managed a loan portfolio in excess of $150 million. Co-managed Wells Fargo's co-lead position in the West Point Pepperell leveraged buyout.

• Helped to sell down nearly $1.0 billion in loan assets upon Wells Fargo's decision to exit the corporate lending market in Chicago.

Continental Bank, Chicago, IL, 1987 - 1989

Corporate Banking Officer

Completed the Bank's M.B.A. corporate credit training program. Subsequently, provided back up to the lead corporate lending officer in the Minnesota marketplace.

• Responsible for all aspects of the credit application process, industry analyses, and marketing support.

Bonneville Power Administration ("BPA"), Portland, OR, 1984 - 1985

Program Manager

Participated in developing and managing a pilot program treating conservation as an energy resource.

• Provided upfront payments to commercial building owners for implementing energy efficient systems in their buildings. Savings from these measures were then shared between the building owners and BPA. This pilot program has since become a permanent program in BPA's conservation department as well

as serving as the model for numerous other conservation projects throughout the USA.

EDUCATION

M.B.A., Finance, American Graduate School Of International Management, Glendale, AZ, 1986

B.A., International Studies, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, 1984

Completed Philanthropy and Non-Profit Fundraising Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2007

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Held numerous committee positions in the Evanston public schools.

Invited to participate on Evanston Township High School’s School Improvement Team comprised of parents, faculty and students; this team provides direct recommendations to the school’s superintendent.

Selected as member of Haven Middle School’s Principal Advisory Team, an organization devoted to the betterment of education at the school developed by the school’s principal.

Initiated a district wide “Character Counts” training program for Evanston’s elementary schools.

Held board positions at several non-profits.

Skier, biker, and exercise enthusiast.

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