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Leadership

Beth Whitehead
Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer

Beth Whitehead joined First Commercial Bank, N.A (USA) in 2008 as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer.

Beth oversees Business Development & Clean Energy Lending, Community Development & Corporate Giving, Corporate Security, Corporate Real Estate & Facilities, Corporate Training & Development, Human Resources, Legal, and  Regulatory Compliance.

She previously served as Assistant General Counsel and Senior Vice President of First Horizon National Corporation, a $37 billion diverse financial services holding company and one of the top 30 bank holding companies in the United States, and General Counsel at National Commerce Financial, a $26 billion diverse financial services holding company, which consistently ranked in the top five of United States Banker's performance rankings of the 100 largest banking companies, prior to its merger with SunTrust Bank in 2004.

Having worked in two complex, multi-state and multi-chartered financial holding companies, Beth's broad experience includes bank and non-bank acquisitions, contract management, corporate governance, CRA, legal, procurement, records retention, regulatory compliance/relations, risk management, and Security Exchange Commission filings. Her community service most recently includes serving on the Steering Committee and Board of Advisors of the University of North Carolina School of Law Banking Institute, Treasurer of the Women's Fund of California and other charitable boards.

Beth obtained her Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Mississippi with honors and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas School of Law where she also graduated with honors.