Fun – About That Ratio

Last week, I shared pictures from the first half of 2014 (Bank Director: A Year in Pictures — part 1). Today, some of my favorite photos of our team from July through the end of this year. Be it a board meeting in Jackson Hole, WY, FinTech Day at NASDAQ’s MarketSite in New York City or taking a trip to Pinewood Social in downtown Nashville when a fire knocked us out of our office, a pretty fun final six months.

Jackson Hole, WY — home of our summer board meeting

One of our board meetings (Jackson Hole, WY)

Why ask why (Jackson Hole, WY)

The team’s 4 year celebration? Don’t ask (Leiper’s Fork, TN)

I think I see lightning coming towards Jackson, WY

Confirming the winning team’s work (yes, Kaitlyn, we won)

Let’s get stuck on the tram!

I’m taking the back bowl back to Bill’s

NYC in Sept

Most of our senior team / © 2014, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Kelsey signing off for the day / © 2014, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

My exec coach, Ronni, and me @ NASDAQ’s MarketSite

So proud of our team! © 2014, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Closing time / © 2014, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

Kelsey and me © 2014, The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.

post-FinTech Day dinner in NYC

Pinewood Social post-office fire

Pinewood Social “Fire in the Building” HH

Mika is always posing for the camera!!!

Why am I not surprised?

Huntington Beach, CA to speak at a Moss Adams conference

A typical Kelsey session

Conferencing

Demo’ing the office

The old office

New office space

Our new office space

United Way Day

The unofficial ice cream of Bank Director

Team colors

Bank Director representing in DC

An early Happy New Year!

As our team starts to settle into holiday routines, I thought to take a look back at the year we enjoyed. If you’re not familiar with Bank Director, think about us in parallel to bigger brands like the Economist Group. They publish a magazine, we publish a magazine. They host conferences, we host conferences. They conduct research, we conduct research. They have a website and what do you know, so do we. The parallels go on and on, and I like to think of both organizations as hugely influential. The key difference? Rather than reach a broad audience with varying levels of skill and professional expertise, Bank Director focuses on issues fundamental to a bank’s CEO, senior leadership team, chairman and independent directors. An information resource to the financial community since 1991, Bank Director’s reach to — and relationships with — a financial institutions’ leadership team is without equal thanks to our very talented team. While we can dress up with the best of them, our culture is one that allows for real fun and shared experiences. Here’s a look at some of what transpired in the first six months of the year.