Senior Vice President, Retail Market Manager
Midwest BankCentre
Ashley O'Neal's first job in banking was a turnaround.
She'd been hired into a management-trainee program at National City Bank in 2006, after she graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia, and then put in charge of a struggling branch.
The assignment came with a daunting list of problems for a new branch manager: "The branch had a huge employee issue. Employee morale, unethical behavior and turnover were all high at this branch," she recalled. "I went in with a lot of issues to correct."