Dennis Devine is president and CEO of Alliant Credit Union. Alliant is a national digital financial institution and one of the largest credit unions in the U.S. with over $18 billion in assets. In 2022, Alliant was named Best Credit Union by Bankrate, Best Overall by CNBC and The Balance, earned Kiplinger’s Gold Award for Credit Unions and among Best Online Banks by NerdWallet. Alliant has been recognized as one of the country’s best workplaces by Great Places to Work and FORTUNE.

Prior to Alliant, Mr. Devine held senior leadership roles at KeyBank, Citizens Financial Group and PNC Bank. He serves as a board trustee for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and board chair for the Alliant Credit Union Foundation.

Frank Sorrentino is chair, CEO and founder of ConnectOne Bank, an industry-leading commercial bank.  ConnectOne Bank has delivered strong growth and performance metrics as it developed a unique model to serve small-middle market clients.  Under Mr. Sorrentino’s leadership, ConnectOne has achieved numerous milestones including completing the first bank IPO since the great recession, and a series of mergers & acquisitions, propelling the company to become one of the largest banks headquartered in the state of New Jersey.

Mr. Sorrentino led the acquisition of BoeFly, a fintech company that operates a business lending marketplace specializing in the franchise space.  He serves as a voice of the industry, frequently commentating on Bloomberg, Fox Business News, The Wall Street Journal, American Banker, along with being a contributor for Forbes.com. 

Nathaniel Harley is the CEO and co-founder of MANTL, an enterprise SaaS company helping traditional financial institutions modernize and grow.  Founded in 2016, MANTL’s mission is to expand access to financial services. 

MANTL believes that the strategic deployment of technology will define the banking landscape for decades to come.  Its whitelabeled software helps community institutions raise billions of dollars in core deposits each year and is up to 10x more cost-effective than building a brick-and-mortar branch. 

Mr. Harley is a serial entrepreneur.  Before founding MANTL, he founded and invested in several startups and began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs.