2025 Women in Banking Conference Recap
December 3-4, 2025
On December 4-5, more than 120 bankers and industry partners joined us in Richmond for the thirteenth annual Women in Banking Conference. This conference was designed for all women involved in banking and provided engaging and thought-provoking sessions on finding success in the industry.
2025 Sessions & Speakers
Two Things I Hate: Change & the Way Things
Are
GeGe Beall | Engaged@Work
Wrangling Egos
Scott Wayne | The Envoy Portfolio
Mastering Work/Life Balance
Susan Sabo & Pam Hemstreet | CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP
Women Leading with Purpose – Journeys of Influence and
Leadership
Moderated by Paula Milsted | Chesapeake Bank
Panelists:
- Jennifer Church | TowneBank
- Maria Sullivan | C&F Bank
- Dorothy Welch | First Bank, Virginia
10 Myths Debunked: How to Inspire, Empower and Get Things
Done
Amber Farley | FMS
Closing Keynote: Audacious Optimism
Shanna Adamic | Oracle Health Foundation
























