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Written by Dawn Robinette   Redefining Strength: From Vulnerability to Victory By Dawn Robinette  |  Photography by Suzanne Pack   Brandi Vitier’s path into banking wasn’t traditional, landing an opportunity in graduate school to work with a real estate-based family office. “I handled a majority of the banking functions and transactions. Once we ran through the real estate, the primary bank I worked with offered me a job. So, I got into banking haphazardly and not planned. My first banking job was as a loan assistant to the Market President. I learned a lot – and quickly.”   That unplanned entry led to a remarkable career at Texas Partners Bank, where Vitier serves as Market President, helping grow the institution from $60 million in assets when it was just 11 months old to $2.4 billion today. But her professional history is only part of a larger story marked by personal battles ...