Terry Saber is a longtime community banker, educator and consultant. Terry specializes in delivering strategic thinking and planning services as well as all facets of human resource work. Saber is nationally known for her facilitation skills as well as her all-inclusive approach to performance management. Since 1992, her consulting practice focuses on working with community banks and financial institutions to position shareholders and management to compete effectively in the midst of rapid industry and technological change. Saber has conducted several management studies to assist banks with organizational structure, processes and systems necessary to accommodate growth and expansion.

Terry has spoken at the Community Bankers Assembly in San Diego and was on the faculty of the American Bankers Executive Development Seminars. She has been a general session featured speaker at numerous state banking conventions throughout the United States and in 2002, Saber was the featured speaker at the ABA sponsored Conference of State Banking Association Executives. Saber currently coordinates leadership and management curriculum for the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and serves on the Curriculum Advisory Committee; she is the curriculum section leader for the Human Resource School.

Saber holds a Bachelors of Science degree, with triple majors of Speech, English and Education from Minnesota State University. She has held national certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a graduate of the BMA Graduate School of Marketing Management and Strategic Planning at the University of Georgia, Athens. In 2001, Saber completed the Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Executive Development program at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Email: tsaber@saberassociates.com