Top Women in Finance 2025 honorees announced
September 17, 2025
As published in Finance & Commerce
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
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 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
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