Rob McCabe is chair of the board at Pinnacle Financial Partners.  He began his banking career with the former Park National Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee, as an officer trainee in 1976.  From 1976 to 1984, Mr. McCabe held various positions with Park National Bank in Knoxville, including senior vice president, until the acquisition of Park National by First American National Bank in 1985.  Mr. McCabe joined First American as an executive vice president of the retail bank of First American National Bank of Nashville, a position he held until 1987 when First American promoted him to president and chief operating officer of the First American Bank of Knoxville.  In March 1999, Mr. McCabe was appointed by First American to manage all banking and nonbanking operations, a position he held until First American’s merger with AmSouth Bancorporation in October 1999.

Mr. McCabe’s extensive banking and business development experience and his experience managing the day-to-day operations of the fee-based portion of the company’s business provides the board with knowledge and insight into the company’s operations.

Terry Turner is president & CEO at Pinnacle Financial Partners and has been with them since their founding in 2000.  Mr. Turner previously worked for Arthur Andersen & Company as a consultant in Atlanta, Georgia.  He joined one of his clients, Park National Bank in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1979, where he held various management positions before that bank was acquired by First American National Bank in Nashville, Tennessee.  Mr. Turner served in various executive positions at First American including president of the general bank and president of the investment services group.

During Mr. Turner’s tenure in Nashville, he has served as chairman of the board of the Nashville Sports Council, advisory board chairman for the Salvation Army, member of the board of trustees of Belmont University, a member of the board of governors of the Nashville Chamber of Commerce and board member of the Nashville branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

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.