The Executive Development Program (EDP) is a comprehensive 12-month course designed to cultivate the next generation of banking leaders. It is an ideal opportunity for aspiring executives to step up their careers and for institutions to invest in the strong bank leaders of tomorrow.

 

Exceptional instructors, with years of industry insights and experience, facilitate interactive course sessions that focus on the important economic, regulatory, and competitive pressures facing the industry today.

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EDP also provides a special one-on-one mentorship program – one of only a few such opportunities in the country – pairing student participants with executives from their institutions. Mentorship is vital to student success and offers bank executives an opportunity to be directly involved in shaping the future.

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Mentors support their mentees each month by reinforcing classroom learning, introducing them to key executives within the bank, and pairing students with business experts to assist with homework preparation.

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Additionally, we ensure your bankers participating in EDP are provided with:

• A convenient schedule designed with the busy professional in mind. Classes take place once a month over a 12-month course period, and only 6-8 hours of homework before each class

• Many opportunities to network with classmates and program alums.

• Practical skills and lessons that can be put into immediate practice.

• A solid foundation for their career and an excellent precursor to financial educational opportunities such as the Pacific Coast Banking School.

 

To date, nearly 500 bankers from banks throughout WA, OR, MT, UT, CA, and ID have benefited from this intensive learning experience, graduating with greater knowledge of banking and the functions of a financial institution. And more than half of EDP graduates have been recognized and promoted within their institutions.

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Questions? Please reach out to Sherry Krainick at sherry@wabankers.com.