Awards & Recognition
★Alabama Business Hall of Fame member (2022)
★Mann Medal in Ethics and Leadership from Samford University (2016)
Notable Facts
→Led Regions Financial Corporation for 38 years, retiring as Chairman/CEO in 2018
→Grew up on a potato farm in Fort Payne, Alabama
→Led Fortune 500 company - Alabama's only when he was CEO
→Served on Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Board 2017-2019
→Member of Federal Advisory Council of Federal Reserve Board (2014-2016)
→Serves on boards of Alabama Power and Vulcan Materials
→Elected to University of Alabama System Board of Trustees (2024)
→Led company through 2008 financial crisis
→Earned just under $12 million in 2012