Kara Kulda

Kara Kulda has over 22 years of experience in the banking industry. Kara is currently serving as Vice President at BankVista since 2017. Prior to this, Kara worked at US Bank for 12 years, where they held the position of Vice President/Private Banking Relationship Manager. Kara excelled at building and maintaining relationships with affluent clients and consistently exceeded sales goals. Additionally, they possessed strong credit underwriting and review skills. Before US Bank, Kara worked at U.S. Bancorp as a Risk Manager/Credit Risk Assessment from 2000 to 2005. During this time, they monitored and assessed risk within the bank's $60 billion consumer portfolio, leading to significant cost savings through uncovering compliance breakdowns. Kara also had extensive daily interaction with senior portfolio managers. Kara began their career at Arcadia Financial in 1995 as an Internal Audit Supervisor. In this role, they were responsible for conducting audits across the firm's buying and collection centers, developing loan policies, and managing a team of examiners.

Kara Kulda completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Finance with an emphasis in Investments from Missouri State University. Kara attended the university from 1985 to 1989.