Emilia DiMenco, Executive Vice President, was appointed to lead a newly created position to head up Business Banking Market Initiatives, Development and Government Programs.

As part of the Business Banking Division, Emilia will provide critical leadership in Harris' growth initiatives and market development. She also will have direct responsibility for the oversight and growth of alternative capital sources and government programs.

DiMenco joined Harris in 1980 and has held relationship management and leadership positions in Corporate Banking, Capital Markets and Corporate Cash Management and most recently, Business Banking, and most recently, Marketing.

She completed both her undergraduate (B.S. Finance) and graduate studies (MBA Finance) at DePaul University. She studied International Finance at Loyola University's Rome Center.

Selected Civic and Community Affiliations:

• Board member of YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
• Chicago Finance Exchange
• Union League Club of Chicago
• The Business Advisory Council of the College of Business Administration at University of Illinois at Chicago
• Consumer Bankers Association Small Business Committee
• Chicago Friend of the Boardroom Bound Organization