With 30+ years in finance and more than a decade in C-suite leadership roles — including CEO, CFO, Chief Accounting Officer, and Chief Strategy Officer — Ardis helps organizations navigate their most important decisions: mergers, restructuring, growth strategy, leadership transitions, and board-level challenges. Her background spans enterprise banking, nonprofit leadership, strategic planning, and executive advisory.

As Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Accounting Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Ardis led strategy and financial oversight for a $180B institution. She aligned strategy with financial reality, spearheaded collateral initiatives designed to generate $10B+ in new business capacity, and strengthened board-level decision-making. This work required aligning member institutions, risk management, operations, and regulatory requirements to deliver scalable growth without compromising discipline. She also led enterprise strategic planning, large-scale financial integration, and cross-functional transformation that created long-term institutional value. As Interim CEO of a statewide professional association, she stabilized operations during a leadership transition and advanced critical legislation.

Ardis is often brought in when the decision is big and the room is tense. Whether serving as an interim executive, strategic advisor, or board partner, she helps leaders move from financial complexity to confident action by understanding the financial story their numbers are telling — and what to do next. Leaders don’t need to be accountants, but they do need to understand the truth their numbers reveal.