Terri Bradford

I attribute my success to the people in the organization that I work for and with. Throughout my career, I've had the support of mentors like Barb Pacheco, who challenged me, encouraged me, and supported me, and that just really made a world of difference throughout my development. I also had the leadership of Esther George, who was the president of our bank. She was a strong leader with a very personal approach. She was approachable, she met people where they were, but she led, and I appreciated that about her. Additionally, Fumiko Hayashi, an economist on the team that I work with, has been invaluable. She has a way of clarifying a topic that is very beneficial. I tend to think about things from an application kind of perspective, and she is more empirical about it, so she helps me to distill my thoughts in a way that makes them crisper. She's a really good sounding board for ideation and she's brilliant, actually.

The best career advice I've ever received is to never stop learning. This has been fundamental to my career, especially given how technology is constantly changing the way that processes work and services are offered. It's a lot to keep up with and wrap your brain around, but it also provides the opportunity to think about how those processes and services can elevate services or opportunities to provide services to individuals in ways that are very beneficial.

I would say to find something that they're passionate about and explore it from many different angles. On the surface, you wouldn't think that a business degree would have me doing the work that I'm doing, but you find a topic or something that you have a passion for, and then you can just kind of dig in, and you can marry your interests with what your role is and produce something that's beneficial to both you and to the organization.

I think the challenge and the opportunity may be one and the same. The way that technology is just really changing the way that processes and processes work and services are offered, so it's a lot to keep up with and wrap your brain around. But then you have the opportunity to think about how those processes and services can elevate services or opportunities to provide services to individuals in ways that are very beneficial. So you can really be challenged by the pace of change, but there's also an opportunity for that change to benefit and learn from it and be able to benefit in any other way possible.

I think integrity is uppermost, and a genuine concern for the well-being of others. These values guide both my professional work and my personal interactions.