Mikelle Holt Brady

Mikelle Holt Brady, Partner

Mikelle’s experience with financial institutions makes her a leading consultant in the retail banking arena. Her banking career spans 30 years, beginning at a bank in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she gained knowledge and experience in retail banking and customer service. After joining PRI in 2003, Mikelle immediately developed expertise in procedure documentation, workflow reengineering, and project management with large institutions in documenting payment processing risk, loan post closing reengineering, lockbox operations standardization, and billing.

With community banks, Mikelle works on the retail side of the bank improving process efficiency and organizational structure.  She additionally facilitates strategic planning for community banks and works to appropriately staff all PRI projects to ensure client success.

Mikelle is an instructor at the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking (a Wharton School partner), teaching “Strategies for Increasing Non-Interest Income.”  She has developed educational sessions that were delivered to hundreds of bankers on topics related to bank profitability.

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Tuesday, Oct 06th, 2026

Interchange Income Under Pressure: Practical Steps to Protect Debit Card Profitability

Many community financial institutions are seeing interchange income come under pressure, even as card usage and consumer spending remain relatively strong. Merchant routing changes, rising network costs, evolving fraud trends, and shifting customer behaviors can […]

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Tuesday, Sep 22nd, 2026

Getting More from Your Digital Banking Platform

Community banks have invested heavily in digital banking over the past decade. New platforms, expanded mobile capabilities, and enhanced self-service tools have become commonplace. Yet technology alone does not guarantee success. While selecting the right […]

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Friday, Aug 28th, 2026

The Case for a Deposit Retention Strategy 

Community banks have long understood that relationships are at the heart of their competitive advantage. Yet when it comes to deposits, many institutions devote considerable time and resources to attracting new balances while paying less […]

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