GROWTH & IMPACT WEEK SPEAKER LINEUP
The speakers at Growth and Impact Week are award-winning advisors, operators, and thought leaders who don’t just understand growth and impact, they execute it. Each speaker has been selected for their ability to translate methodology into real-world implementation, sharing how they’ve built in-demand practices through intentional, ROI-driven relationships with business owners. Expect candid perspectives, practical frameworks, and honest discussion around what works in today’s market, from client selection and trust-building to accountability, culture, and value creation. This is not a stage of theorists; it’s a room of practitioners committed to helping you apply what you learn and accelerate results in your firm.
Shanda McFadden
Shanda is a financial advisor with the Oberlander Timmerwilke Group, a well-recognized, Chicago-based team who has helped individuals and families pursue their financial goals for more than 40 years. She brings nearly 10 years of experience as a...
ABOUT SHANDA
Shanda is a financial advisor with the Oberlander Timmerwilke Group, a well-recognized,
Chicago-based team who has helped individuals and families pursue their financial goals for more than 40 years. She brings nearly 10 years of experience as a commercial banker, primarily focused on credit and cash management for middle-market businesses. With her transition to private banking and wealth management, Shanda leverages this experience for the benefit of business owners, high-net-worth individuals and families, providing customized and strategic investment guidance.
As a Certified Exit Planning Advisor, Shanda holds unique expertise in helping business owners transition their businesses to the next generation, employees or a third-party. Employing an owner mindset honed by her graduate degree in business and an empathetic approach, she works with business owners to asses what they need to retire, determine the value of their business and work toward that ultimate goal of entering a new and financially secure phase of life.
Shanda is passionate about shrinking the racial wealth gap and focuses her non-profit involvement on financial literacy. She is a Bank of America Better Money Habits Champion and volunteers her time teaching Chicago’s youth about money management and introducing them to careers in banking and financial services.
Shanda earned her BS in Economics from DePauw University and her MBA from Indiana University. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc - Chicago Metropolitan Alumnae Chapter and Social Venture Partners, Chicago (SVP). Shanda lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband, children and 80-pound Pit Bull, Rocky. She's an avid photographer and enjoys exploring the city (while logging steps for her Fitbit challenge) with her family.