Juliette Kleffel

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Seacoast Banking Fl

Search every verified Juliette Kleffel interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a September 2021 interview, Juliette Kleffel, then Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at Seacoast Bank, discussed her personal and professional journey following a divorce and the death of her second husband. Kleffel stated that after her divorce she sold her home and "walked away with about 750 dollars to my name and a few pots and pans," adding that she had no job and was unaware of an impending IRS audit. She said she "absolutely would have had support from legal counsel" if she could do it again. Kleffel described starting her banking career as a part-time teller and customer service representative, learning "from the ground up" by reading policy and procedure manuals. She recounted walking into the president's office and asking how to get into management, a meeting she said he took. Kleffel noted that her "big faith is absolutely the foundation of everything" she does and that she sought professional counseling two weeks after her husband's death, continuing for nearly a decade. She advised others to "give yourself permission to grieve" and to build a "village" of support when raising children after divorce or tragedy.