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Our monthly gatherings aim to offer an informational and positional advantage for attendees, whether de-risking investments or servicing deals. Our events are free, thanks to our strategic partners. We invite you to the next topical session.

December 17th, 2025 | 2 PM - 3:30 PM CST

The Fort Worth Club, 12th Floor Trinity Room, 306 W 7th St, Fort Worth, TX 76102

Comped parking in the building.

Free to attend.

Monetary Policy & Theory:
Reserve Perspectives on Currency & Alternatives

A professional gathering and panel offering insights on capital flow relevant to regional banking and professionals in service of capital.

Featured Panelist

Jill Cetina, CFA

Jill Cetina, CFA

Former VP in Banking Supervision at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Executive Professor and Associate Director of Commercial Banking Program at The Texas A&M University Mays Business School

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Jill is the former Associate Managing Director for U.S. Banks and Government-Sponsored Enterprises at Moody’s Investors Service. At the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Jill was a Vice President of Supervision with leadership of six teams with responsibility for banking supervision, macro-financial analysis and monitoring financial conditions/monetary policy formulation.

Her tenure at Moody’s, the Dallas Fed, and the Office of Financial Research (OFR) reflects a commitment to using research and analytics to develop innovative financial insights. Jill’s other professional experiences include Treasury debt management, issuing US Treasuries, banking regulation in the economics department at the OCC, working on Fed credit facilities during the 2008-09 financial crisis at the Federal Reserve Board, and academic research at the OFR.

 

With academic publications and a CFA, Jill serves as the Associate Director of the Commercial Banking Program and an Executive Professor of Finance at the Mays Business School at Texas A&M.

 

Jill instructs students how to analyze the ever-evolving landscape of global financial services with an emphasis on banks, fixed income markets and macrofinance. Jill is also a mother of two children and a board member and chair of the audit committee of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, a US non-profit which has funded over $350 million in pediatric cancer research since its inception.

Jill is a 2024-2026 research and policy scholar with the Conference of State Banking Supervisors (CSBS); a North America Chapter director, monthly columnist and a member of the international Certificate of Bank Treasury Risk Management faculty; and one of 25 members nationally of American Banker’s 2024 ThinkTank group of thought leaders and recurring opinion page contributors.

Professor Cetina is a frequent keynote speaker and panelist at regional and US banking industry events including events with PwC/Institute for International Finance in NY, the Houston Chapter of the Risk Management Association, American Bankers Association in DC, the Office of Financial Research/Cleveland Fed financial stability conference, Conference of State Banking Supervisors, Moody’s Analytics Annual Banking Summit, and Empyrean Asset Liability Management Solutions Annual Conference. She regularly speaks at banking industry webinars, including for the SAS Institute, Risk Management Association, and Certificate of Bank Treasury Risk Management.

A panel and professional gathering of professionals in service of capital and community.

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