Louise Kelly, CEO & Founding Executive, EnerBank

In less than a month, I will be retiring as CEO of EnerBank USA. This decision didn’t come lightly. I’ve spent most of my life in banking: much of it in the mid-Atlantic region and, for the last 13 years in Salt Lake City, as the founding executive and leader of EnerBank USA, specializing in consumer home-improvement lending. I know it’s the right time to step down. And I have every confidence in the successor chosen by the bank’s board of directors (on which I serve) and in the management team we have built over the years.

Dr. Thomas J. Saporito, CEO & Chairman, RHR International

Dear Founding CEO,

Congratulations on what you have accomplished. Your vision, imagination and plain hard work have turned the spark of an idea into an organization that employs thousands and provides valuable products and services to consumers around the world. Your personality and drive have become synonymous with the culture and brand of the company. While this is rightfully a tribute to your talents, I have to wonder…does your vision extend to what the organization will look like without you?