About the Authors

Ray Davis is a pioneer of change in the banking industry, revolutionizing how banks look, feel, sound, and operate. As president and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, parent company of Umpqua Bank, Davis took a small, regional bank with six locations and developed it into one of the most innovative and dynamic community banks in the United States. He has been recognized in numerous national publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Fast Company, BusinessWeek, Business 2.0, Newsweek, and CNBC, and he is the author of Leading for Growth: How Umpqua Bank Got Cool and Created a Culture of Greatness. Davis has been recognized as one of high finance’s twenty-five most influential people by U.S. Banker Magazine. Davis lives with his wife in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit www.umpquabank.com.

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Peter Economy is associate editor of Leader to Leader, the award-winning magazine of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute. He is also the best-selling author, coauthor, or ghostwriter of more than sixty books, including The SAIC Solution: How We Built an $8 Billion Employee-Owned Technology Company; Lessons from the Edge: Survival Skills for Starting and Growing a Company; Leadership Ensemble: Lessons in Collaborative Management from the World’s Only Conductorless Orchestra; Managing For Dummies; The Management Bible; and The Complete MBA For Dummies. For more information, please visit www.petereconomy.com.