Article: Brickyard Bank overcomes regulator scrutiny to offer 'outside-the-box' service

Mimi Sallis' experience belies her age. At 38, she's currently one of the younger bank presidents in the Chicago area. She's held about every position in a bank imaginable in her rather short banking career.

Sallis started out as a bookkeeping clerk in 1989 at Devon Bank in Chicago as a part-time job while studying English at Loyola University in Chicago. While pursuing a teaching certificate at Northeastern Illinois University, she stayed at Devon and moved into compliance. Eight years ago, Sallis joined the staff at Brickyard Bank in Lincolnwood, a first-ring Chicago suburb. Upon beginning her new position, she was handed a box of regulatory issues and told, "see what you can do with ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!