Chesapeake Bank recently announced a pair of personnel changes—the appointment of Amber Buker as its new Vice President Senior Innovation Strategist, and the addition of Ron Andrews to the bank’s board of directors.
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In her senior VP role, Buker will support driving digital strategy and innovation for the bank’s customers, a release stated.
Most recently, Buker worked with a chartered financial institution to build Totem, a digital banking and payments platform designed specifically for Native American tribes and their people. Buker’s work with Totem led her to become the second Indigenous woman in the United States to raise a multimillion-dollar venture funding round.
Before founding Totem, she was a financial/technical advisor to bank executives, leveraging her skills in innovation and strategy. She created the FinXTech Connect platform for Bank Director and was Director of Insights for the Alloy Labs Alliance, where she provided actionable insights and strategic guidance to mem...