Christine Pierson has been a driving force behind identifying and capitalizing on shifts in market dynamics, gaps in product offerings, and obstacles to business growth. She has served as an executive in four diverse industries and has been recruited to some of the nation’s top corporations by leveraging the creative application of scientific principles to solve problems and create innovative solutions. Capitalizing on these experiences, she is currently leading a niche fintech business in the consumer lending arena. As president and CEO of Tresl, she leads a consumer finance company with strategic business-to-business (B2B) relationships in the automotive industry coupled with national and regional lenders that serve over 24,000 applicants per month and billions in loans since its inception in 2007.

Ms. Pierson serves on several boards of directors, where she is active in helping organizations design strategies and initiatives to strengthen programs and achieve the objectives of all stakeholders. She is a member of the advisory board for the Rockhurst University Helzberg School of Management and the University of Missouri College of Engineering, as well as returning faculty at the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Wharton. An active alumna of her alma mater, Ms. Pierson is president of the University of Missouri Athletics Mizzou Letterwinners Club board, serving over 5,000 former Division I athletes. She served for eight years on the executive committee for Local Initiatives Support Corporation and for 20 years on the Lee’s Summit Educational Foundation board.

Ms. Pierson holds an MBA from Rockhurst University and a bachelor of science degree in industrial engineering from the University of Missouri. She is a member of the University of Missouri Engineering Hall of Fame, earned the 2013 NACD Fellow designation, and was named in 2014 as among the American Banker Most Powerful Women in Banking.