Your Support Team Julie Hower Federal Reserve Bank

Your Support Team: Julie Hower Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, IIA Atlanta Chapter President Bill Mulcahy Consulting Shalim Matos Serta Simmons Bedding Toks Olabisi IIA Atlanta Board Member Megan Beeston Panella Rausch Advisory Services 2020 IIA Atlanta Mentoring Program November 6, 2020 Special Guest: Taron Ragan

Agenda TOPIC PRESENTER Opening Remarks Julie Hower 9: 00 – 9: 05 One Intern’s Journey: An Inspirational Story Bill Mulcahy 9: 05 – 9: 10 Taron Ragan 9: 10 – 10: 00 Break 10: 00 – 10: 05 Framework For Success Shalim Matos 10: 05 – 10: 35 The Mentoring Experience Megan Beeston Panella 10: 35 – 10: 50 Closing Remarks – Insights and Q&A 10: 50 – 11: 00 Articles and Other Resources Shared 2

Meet Taron Ragan 3

Polling Questions: Polling question #1: Is success a destination or a mindset? A. Destination B. Mindset C. Both 4

One Intern’s Journey: An Inspirational Story 5

Humble Beginnings College Journey

College Journey

Career Journey

Polling Questions: Overcoming Adversity Polling question #2: If given the chance, would you change past circumstances that you have overcome? A. B. Yes No 9

Coffee Break

Polling Questions: Polling question #3: Have you participated as a mentor/mentee prior to this 2020 -2021 Mentoring program? A. Yes B. No 11

Framework for Success: Three Essential Elements Mentor • Willingness to develop • Ability to share • Skill to undergo the journey Mentee • Willingness to being open and receptive • Able to seek and accept feedback • Committed to undergo the journey Relationship • Design the alliance • Get to know each other • Set the agenda Source: Forbes, Mentoring Matters Three Essential Element of Success 12

Polling Questions: Polling question #4: During your professional career, have you had a boss, a peer or someone in your life that has provided thoughtless comments? A. Yes B. No 13

Framework for Success: A Career Advice “It helps to be a little bit deaf. ” Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Being able to tune out the thoughtless words you're guaranteed to hear isn't just important to keep yourself psychologically healthy. It's also a necessary ingredient for resilience, one's ability to bounce back quickly from failure, adversity, stress, etc. If you can keep yourself from perseverating on unkind words hurled in your direction, you're far more likely to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and go right back to what you were doing. ” – Forbes Article Source: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Deliver The Best Advice You’ll Ever Hear in Just One Sentence. 14

Polling Questions: Polling question #5: What topic of conversation will you be interested in hearing at our next meeting? A. B. C. D. Additional mentoring guidance Personal and leadership development advice Audit Competencies and other audit resources Diversity, Equity and Inclusion 15

The Mentoring Experience M E N T O R S motivation engagement networking training opportunities relationship support 16

Pooling Questions: Polling question #6: Have you reached out to your mentor/mentee prior to this meeting? A. Yes B. No 17

2020 -2021 Mentoring Program: Framework for Success Timeline: 2021 2020 1 August September 2 November October 3 January December March February 4 May April Progra m Start ID July June 5 Progra m End Task Objective 1 Kick-Off Meeting Set the tone for the program and provide guidance 2 Performed Mentor and Mentee Matches Determine Mentor/Mentee match 3 Introduction Calls/Communications Facilitate first meeting discussions between Mentor and Mentee 4 Mid-Point Meeting Provide support by determining the success of the matches and the continuous communications between Mentor/Mentee 5 Closing Meeting A survey will be conducted in order to gather information around the success of the program, share best practices, and set the tone for the 2021 -2022 Mentoring Program Scheduled Breakout Sessions Throughout the duration of the program, we will offer opportunities to meet with mentors/mentees and share valuable insights

Closing Remarks Mentoring Program Committee: Julie Hower Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, IIA Atlanta Chapter President Bill Mulcahy Consulting Communication team: Shalim Matos Serta Simmons Bedding Nancy Thomas atlantaiia@comcast. net Toks Olabisi IIA Atlanta Board Member Amy Pichard admin@atlantaiia. net Megan Beeston Panella Rausch Advisory Services Special Guest: Taron Ragan 19

Article and Other Resources Shared Movie Referenced by our IIA Atlanta Chapter President Mr. Destiny Quote made by our Ex-President, founder of the Mentoring Program Communication team: Nancy Thomas atlantaiia@comcast. net Amy Pichard admin@atlantaiia. net “You can’t go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending” Career Advice: “It helps to be a little bit deaf” Three Essential Elements for Success: Mentoring Matters 20