Michigan Business Travel Association Meeting – Monday, June 18^th 2012 

The Inn at St. Johns

44045 Five Mile Road  Plymouth, Michigan 48170  (734) 414-0600

Meeting Agenda

     9:00am – 10:00am  - Registration & Networking

   10:00am – 10:45am – Educational Topic – Leadership Development                     

Guest Speaker:   Sandra Pierce, CEO Charter One Bank                                   

Sandra Pierce is President and CEO, Charter One and RBS Citizens, Michigan. She is responsible for the bank’s commercial banking business, oversees all state bank activities and is involved in local marketing and community giving. In addition to her responsibilities in Michigan, Pierce is the Regional Executive for the Midwest, overseeing all state activities in Illinois and Ohio.

Charter One is a division of RBS Citizens, N.A, which is a subsidiary of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a commercial bank holding company headquartered in Providence, R.I. CFG’s corporate parent is RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc).

Pierce began her successful and diverse career in 1978 when she joined NBD Bancorp as a teller while attending Wayne State University. Upon graduation, she held a number of significant roles in commercial banking, retail banking, marketing and private client services at NBD and its successor organizations First Chicago NBD, Bank One, and JP Morgan Chase. In 2002, Pierce became regional executive of the Retail Midwest Region at Bank One. In this role, Pierce managed 350 bank branches that served over one million households and provided a full suite of consumer services, including: mortgages, small business loans, consumer loans and investments.

In late 2004, Pierce brought her leadership experience, local market insight and customer service expertise to Charter One as President and CEO in Michigan. Additionally, she is a member of Citizens Financial Group’s Executive Leadership Group.

A native of Detroit, Pierce is a 1980 graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She earned a Masters of Business Administration degree from Wayne State University in 1984. Civic and community involvement include the chairman of the board of trustees for Henry Ford Health Systems, vice chairman of Business Leaders For Michigan; chairman of The Parade Company; Detroit Regional Chamber (FY 2010 board chair); the Detroit Economic Club; Detroit RiverFront Conservancy; Detroit Zoological Society; Downtown Detroit Partnership; Invest Detroit; and New Detroit, Inc.

In 2012, Pierce was selected by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing as a member of the nine-person Financial Advisory Board. The Board was commissioned under the Detroit Financial Stability Agreement between the City of Detroit and the Treasury Department of the State of Michigan to jointly address the severe financial crisis facing the City. Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of Detroit’s 2011 “Most Powerful Women”; was named as one of the 2011 “Detroit News Michiganian of the Year”, and was identified as a “Powered by Detroit Woman” by dBusiness.

In 2011, Pierce was named as one of News/Talk WJR 760 AM’s “Women Who Lead” for her contributions and dedication to the community. Pierce also received the 2011 Executive Leadership Award from the Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit. Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2010 as one of the region’s “Most Connected” individuals. In 2007, Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of the “Most Influential Women” and as one of ten “Newsmakers of the Year.” In 2006 Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of the region’s “Most Powerful People” and as one of ten “Newsmakers of the Year.” She is a graduate of Leadership Detroit XXI.

Pierce and her husband Tom reside in Northville, Mich., and have three children.

  10:45am - 11:15am - MBTA Meeting

  11:30am –  Shot Gun Start

    5:00pm – 7:00pm  -Reception & Golf Tournament Winner Announcements

Thank you MBTA Golf Sponsors & 2012 Annual Sponsors!