Top Women in Finance 2025 honorees announced

Finance & Commerce is pleased to announce the 2025 honorees for Top Women in Finance.

Each year Finance & Commerce recognizes women who are shaping the finance industry and making an impact within their own communities by breaking down barriers and paving the way for future generations of women. This year’s class honors 37 remarkable women.

This year sees one new Hall of Fame honoree: Lynnette Slater Crandall of P3 Legal & Strategy Advisors LLC. She will join the 10 previous honorees who have received this high honor.

Additionally, four women are being recognized as a Top Women in Finance honoree for a second time and will be inducted into the Circle of Excellence.

An outside panel of experts reviewed the nominations and helped to select the honorees. The women will be profiled in the Top Women in Finance magazine and honored at a networking and awards event on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Quincy Hall, 1325 Quincy St. NE in Minneapolis.

 

Congratulations to the 2025 Top Women in Finance honorees!

 

Lynnette Slater Crandall — Hall of Fame

P3 Legal & Strategy Advisors LLC

 

Lesley Farmer — Circle of Excellence

KLC Financial

 

Laura Helmueller — Circle of Excellence

Old National Bank

 

Martha Pomerantz — Circle of Excellence

Evercore Wealth Management

 

Katie Wahlquist — Circle of Excellence

Star Bank

 

Libby Arendt Baker

RBC Wealth Management

 

Sharon Bloodworth

White Oaks Wealth Advisors

 

Erin Chase

Community Reinvestment Fund, USA

 

Jayne Discenza

City of Minneapolis

 

Shelly Doll

United Prairie Bank

 

Jamie L. Erickson

Taft

 

Amber Ferrie

Eide Bailly

 

Becky Frazier

Rohloff Associates

 

Annette Fuchs

Mayo Employees Federal Credit Union

 

Amanda Goar

Baker Tilly

 

Stephanie Hauschild

All In One Accounting

 

Rochelle Hilson

SLR Business Credit

 

Gauri Jadhav

Stonebridge Capital Advisors

 

Mallory Kretman

Laurel Wealth Planning

 

Angela Ledding

PACE Loan Group

 

Heather Lundstrom

Oppidan

 

Caitlin McMahon

Sunrise Banks

 

Lisamarie Meyer

TruStone Financial Federal Credit Union

 

Trisha Qualy

Affiliated Advisors

 

Jennifer Ray

Ms. Jane Accounting

 

Ellen Scipta

Ascential Medical & Life Sciences

 

Justine Seidel

First Resource Bank

 

Kate Shibilski

Minnesota Vikings

 

Lori Simonson

First Avenue & 7th St. Entry

 

Thabani Sinkula

CaringBridge

 

Erin Snyder

Maslon LLP

 

Krystal Stautz Julius

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.

 

Deb Steinke

Volunteers of America Minnesota and Wisconsin

 

Kristin Strom

Fortune Financial

 

Kathleen Strombeck

Bell Bank

 

Julie Westbrock, JD

Trust Point

 

Judy Wright

BTM Global