Executive Panel


Dierdre White Dierdre White
Senior Chief Legal Office
Grow Financial Federal Credit Union

Dierdre White is the Chief Legal Officer for Grow Financial Federal Credit Union (Tampa, Florida) where her practice focuses on corporate law, banking, regulatory compliance, governance, employment and ethics, litigation, and enterprise risk management.

Prior to coming to Grow Financial in 2009, Dierdre worked as a tax attorney for United Airlines, Inc. (Chicago, Illinois) where she was responsible for the compliance of United’s state and local taxes (sales and use, property, fuel, liquor), licenses, and administrative dispute management throughout the airline’s eastern region. Following United, Dierdre was the Associate General Counsel at Alliant Credit Union f/k/a United Airlines Employees’ Credit Union (Chicago, Illinois) where she was responsible for the legal, compliance, and strategic support of all credit union functions. After Alliant, Dierdre was fortunate enough to dedicate her time to a personal mission/cause as the first General Counsel for the national office of the Alzheimer’s Association (Chicago, Illinois).

Dierdre serves as the executive sponsor of the Grow Financial Foundation, Inc. and is the founding donor of the Dr. Earnestine Huffman White Endowed Scholarship in Nursing at Tuskegee University (Tuskegee, Alabama). In addition, she is a 5-year member of the $1000 Club of Waukegan Township’s Artis Yancey HBCU Tour (Waukegan, Illinois), and is an active member of the Gamma Theta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (Tampa, Florida) and the Chapter’s charitable foundation.

In 2016, Dierdre was named by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as the Top Corporate Counsel in the Tampa Bay area and the Top Corporate Counsel in Financial Services. She was also selected as one of the Florida Diversity Council’s 2016 Most Powerful & Influential Women.

Dierdre is a graduate of the University of Washington (BA), Chicago-Kent College of Law (JD), and Lake Forest Graduate School of Management (MBA). She is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois, and the District of Columbia, is a Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE) as designated by the Credit Union National Association, and Dierdre is a proud member of the Leadership Tampa class of 2016.

 

Saturday, Feb 29, 2020
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Epicurean Hotel
1207 S Howard Ave
Tampa, FL 33606

 

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