RISING INTEREST Five facts about Rosemary T. McFadden As the first female president of a U.S. exchange, Rosemary T. McFadden broke through many financial industry barriers. Here are highlights from her remarkable career. By Julie Kendrick 1 McFadden began her career as a staff attorney at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and was elected president in 1984. 3 During her tenure, she grew NYMEX by 70% per year. She launched the exchange's crude oil futures contract, bringing oil trading to NYMEX and establishing it as the world's largest energy exchange. 2 Rosemary McFadden in 1984 After retiring from Wall Street, she served as Jersey City's deputy mayor for economic development and chief of staff . 4 5 In an interview, she said that if she could change one thing today, it would be " that more women occupy the C-suites, have parity on boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies and hold more senior-elected offi ces. " independentbanker.org // 11 Photo by by Ed Maker/Getty Imageshttp://www.independentbanker.org