Laurie Stewart, president and CEO of Sound Community Bank, has been named one of 2015’s “25 Women to Watch” nationally by American Banker Magazine.

The “25 Women to Watch” is a ranking that honors top-performing female executives whose governance continues to shape the banking industry throughout the country. Stewart was hired in 1989 as president and CEO of Associated Grocers Federal Employee Credit Union.

In the ensuing 25 years, the credit union converted to a thrift and is now a fully public company traded on the NASDAQ.

Stewart oversaw the growth of the organization from $38 million to nearly $502 million in the span of 25 years.

She also was recognized by American Banker as one of the Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2011.