Superior Woman--Summer 2020--Final Edition

customer service being our differentiator, but we also need to have the
technology that customers demand.”
Meanwhile, sitting at the top of a regional banking operation, it is
not lost on Daust that she is a woman in what has traditionally been a
position filled by a man in most of the banking world.
“When I’m sitting in a room of bankers, I’m definitely in the
minority,” she said. “But when we’re in that room, I don’t think of
myself as a woman; it’s more about getting stuff done and working
together.”
She does note, however, that seeing more women in leadership
roles in what were, at one time, considered mostly a male domain, is
inspiring.
“I think it’s a great time for women to be in business, but it hasn’t
always been that way. It’s good to see progress, and I see all the women
across the U.P. that have gained higher level positions, and that’s been
good to see.”
As for her own skills that lead her to her current role?
“I don’t give up,” she said. “I kind of have, ‘I get it done attitude,’
where there’s a way to figure out a solution to any issue that comes up.
It’s just getting the right people in the room, and working hard, and
not giving up.”
Daust has carried that attitude outside of her bank office into
volunteer positions with organizations such as The Marquette
Ambassadors and the Lake Superior Community Partnership (LSCP).
As for Daust, as a woman leader in the business world, she has advice
for young women who aspire to something similar.
“Do things that make you feel uncomfortable,” she said. “Because
you learn and you can be proud of yourself. You can learn that you
can do things that you never thought you could do. If you don’t try,
you will never know.”
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Do things that make you feel
uncomfortable because you learn
and you can be proud of yourself.
You can learn that you can do things
that you never thought you could do.
”
If you don’t try, you will never know.
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