Episode 5: Rita Lowman: A Banking Titan on Relationships, Trust, and Giving Back

In this episode of KNOWN + Connected, Kinard sits down with his longtime mentor Rita Lowman, a 45-year veteran of the banking industry whose career has taken her from bank teller to bank president. Rita shares the story behind her rise, including turning around five community banks and successfully taking one public, and reflects on the mentors, teachers, and coaches who shaped her along the way. She and Kinard dig into what makes mentorship a two-way relationship, why people skills can't be taught the way technical skills can, and how ethics, honesty, and integrity built the reputation that carried her through a career that included serving as just the third woman in 130 years to chair the Florida Bankers Association. The conversation closes on what Rita calls the real keys to success: faith, family, and a commitment to giving back through time, talent, or treasure, not just money.