In late October, the chairman and CEO of Huntington Bancshares was on the way to the airport in Little Rock, Arkansas. Stephen Steinour had finished his third stop of the day, part of a frenetic tour to visit 12 out of 23 cities in a matter of days to introduce himself to the employees of Cadence Bank, after announcing a deal to acquire the $53.3 billion Tupelo, Mississippi-based bank. But he didn’t sound tired at the end of the long day. He was calm and careful with his words. “It has been a journey, and our colleagues have worked very,…

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Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.