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Mary
Bankston has had her own consulting practice for
seven years and has twenty years of management experience in
Fortune 200 service companies. Her specialty is helping clients
improve bottom line results in rapidly changing, competitive
environments by creating and implementing innovative strategies.
During her corporate career she held senior management positions
in strategic planning, marketing, line operations and human
resources and has served in roles as diverse as line manager,
staff officer, human resources executive and consultant.
Having worked in these multiple environments Mary well
understands the special challenges of leading the development
and implementation change. In her consulting career she has
managed projects in strategic planning, market segmentation,
sales promotion, transition planning, business performance
improvement, organizational structure and incentive
compensation. Her client list includes U.S. Bank, Union Bank of
California, Wells Fargo Bank, California Bank and Trust, eosbank
(Internet bank), TBG Financial, Farmers Insurance, Health Net,
McKesson, New Energy Ventures (startup electricity provider),
Verio (Internet service provider), UCLA Medical Center, Right
Associates, the Counsel of California Community Foundations
(3CF) and others.
She has also consulted with the boards of the Southern
California March of Dimes, the YWCA of Glendale, the UCLA
Medical Center Board of Advisors and the Sheriff’s Youth
Foundation.
Prior to her consulting career, Mary served as the Vice
President of Planning for the Southern California Gas Company
where she reported to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
and was responsible for strategic planning, corporate
development, economic analysis and competitive information. For
an interim period she was also responsible for personnel
compensation and benefits, administration and systems
development for human resources.
Prior to her utility experience Mary spent seventeen years in
banking. Her last position in that industry was Senior Vice
President of Marketing and Planning at First Interstate Bank. .
Her responsibilities theren included strategic planning, product
management and development, marketing information and research,
advertising, sales and service support and product systems. She
joined First Interstate in the capacity of Vice President and
District Manager where she was responsible for fourteen branches
in the Los Angeles area with over half of a billion dollars in
deposits and loans.
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