The Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce’s November 2 Power in Partnership Breakfast will feature keynote speaker Seema Sheth, Senior Vice President and Regional Executive, Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The breakfast is sponsored by Baptist Health Paducah.

The program also features the Chamber’s annual “Salute to Education.” Local schools will have displays to feature their programs and accomplishments, and students and faculty representing each school will be in attendance. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to meet with the schools. Doors will open at 6:45 a.m.

The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention Center. Pre-registration is required by Monday, October 30 by 2 p.m. at paducahchamber.org or call 270-443-1746. Power Card holders do not have to pre-register.  The cost is $25. 

Seema Sheth is Senior Vice President and Regional Executive of the Louisville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Her topic will be “Fed Overview (Who We Are and What We Do), Economic Education Resources at the Fed and Financial Capability.”

Sheth became head of the Louisville Branch in December 2021. The Branch serves southern Indiana and western Kentucky. She joined the Bank from PNC Private Bank in Louisville, where she served as vice president and relationship strategist. In this role, she specialized in financial planning and stewardship of high net-worth clients. Passionate about financial capability, Sheth founded the Adulting Academy in 2017, which teaches the basics of finance to young adults, and still speaks frequently on the topic and its importance.

Sheth earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of California, Irvine and an undergraduate degree in theater from the College of William and Mary. She has been recognized by Louisville Business First as one of the 20 people to know in finance and is a board member of Louisville Public Media, the Jefferson County Public Education Foundation, the College of Business at the University of Louisville Business Board of Advisors, and the Board of Trustees of the Speed Arts Museum.