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Senior Management
Edward Robinson McGraw Chairman & CEO
Mr. McGraw has served as our and the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer
since 2000. Since June, 2005, Mr. McGraw has also served as Chairman of our and the Bank’s board
of directors. Mr. McGraw served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Bank prior
to becoming our Chief Executive Officer.
Stuart R. Johnson Senior Executive VP & Treasurer
Stuart R. Johnson has served as Executive Vice President of Renasant Corporation (the "Company") since 2003, and Treasurer since April 2012. From April 1996, until March 2012, he served as Chief Financial Officer of the company. Mr. Johnson has served as Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank since June 2005 and as Cashier and Chief Financial Officer of the Renasant Bank (the "Bank") since April 1996, serving together with Mr. Chapman as Chief Financial Officer of the Bank since 2011.
Board of Directors
Edward Robinson McGraw Chairman
Mr. McGraw has served as our and the Bank’s President and Chief Executive Officer
since 2000. Since June, 2005, Mr. McGraw has also served as Chairman of our and the Bank’s board
of directors. Mr. McGraw served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the Bank prior
to becoming our Chief Executive Officer.
John M. Creekmore Lead Director
Mr. Creekmore has engaged in the practice of law since 1987 as the owner of the law firm Creekmore Law Office, PLLC.
William M. Beasley
Mr. Beasley has been a partner in the law firm of Phelps Dunbar LLP since 1999 and has practiced law since 1975.
George H. Booth II
Mr. Booth is co-owner of Tupelo Hardware Company, a closely-held family business
primarily engaged in wholesale and retail hardware sales. Mr. Booth has served as president of
Tupelo Hardware Company since 2000.
Frank B. Brooks
Mr. Brooks has been a cotton farmer since 1959 and has served as president of
Yalobusha Gin Company, Inc., a cotton gin located in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, since 1992.
Albert J. Dale III
Mr. Dale has served as president of Dale, Inc., since 1985. Dale, Inc., located in
Nashville, Tennessee, is a specialty contractor and an authorized distributor of custom building
products. He was appointed as a director of the Company upon the completion of our acquisition of
Capital Bancorp, Inc., or Capital, in July, 2007.
Jill V. Deer
Ms. Deer is a real estate consultant in Birmingham, Alabama. From 2001 until March,
2013 Ms. Deer served as a principal of Bayer Properties, L.L.C., a full service real estate company
based in Birmingham, Alabama, that owns, develops and manages commercial real estate. Ms. Deer
joined Bayer Properties in 1999 to serve as an executive officer and general counsel of the company.
Prior to that time, she was a partner in a large regional law firm in Birmingham practicing in the area
of commercial real estate finance.
Marshall H. Dickerson
Mr. Dickerson is the retired owner and manager of Dickerson Furniture Company, a
company primarily engaged in retail home furnishings sales, since 1978.
John T. Foy
Mr. Foy is retired. From February, 2004 until February, 2008 he served as president
and chief operating officer of Furniture Brands International, Inc. During that time, he was also a
member of the board of directors of Furniture Brands International. Prior to 2004 he served as
president and chief executive officer of Lane Furniture Industries. Furniture Brands International
and Lane Furniture Industries are engaged in the manufacture of upholstered and wooden furniture.
R. Rick Hart
Mr. Hart has served as an Executive Vice President of the Company and President of
the Northern Division of the Bank since October, 2011. He served as the President of the Tennessee
Division and Middle Tennessee Division of the Bank from July, 2007 until October, 2011. Prior to
our acquisition of Capital, Mr. Hart served as chairman, president and chief executive officer of
Capital Bank & Trust Company, in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Hart was appointed as a director of
the Company upon the completion of our acquisition of Capital in July, 2007.
Richard L. Heyer Jr.
Dr. Heyer has served as a physician and partner of Tupelo Anesthesia Group, P.A.
since 1989. In addition, Dr. Heyer has served as President of TAG Billing, LLC, a billing service
provider in the medical industry.
Neal A. Holland Jr.
Mr. Holland has been president of Holland Company, Inc., a diversified sand, stone
and trucking company in Decatur, Alabama, since 1980. He is also the chairman and CEO of Alliance
Sand and Aggregates, LLC and owner and president of Cedar Ridge Golf Course, Inc. Mr. Holland
was appointed as a director of the Company upon the completion of our acquisition of Heritage
Financial Holding Corporation, or Heritage, in 2005.
Jack C. Johnson
Mr. Johnson has served as president of Germantown Home Builders, Inc., located in
Germantown, Tennessee, since 1974. Since March, 2001, he has also served as the chief manager of
Colonnade, LLC, a company engaged in the leasing of storage and office space in Memphis,
Tennessee, and he has been the managing member of Germantown Storage, LLC since May, 2009.
Mr. Johnson was appointed as a director of the Company upon the completion of our acquisition of
Renasant Bancshares, Inc. in 2004.
J. Niles McNeel
Mr. McNeel has engaged in the practice of law as a partner of the law firm of McNeel
and Ballard since 1983.
Theodore S. Moll
Mr. Moll has been with MTD Products, a company primarily engaged in the
production of outdoor power equipment, since 1965. Mr. Moll presently serves as chairman of its
board of directors.
Michael D. Shmerling
Mr. Shmerling has served as chairman of Choice Food Group, a manufacturer and
distributor of food products, since July, 2007. Mr. Shmerling served as a senior advisor to Kroll,
Inc., a risk consulting company, from August, 2005 to June, 2007 and an executive vice president of
Kroll, Inc. from August, 2000 to June, 2005. Effective as of May, 2001, he also served as Chief
Operating Officer of Kroll. Mr. Shmerling was appointed as a director of the Company upon the
completion of our acquisition of Capital in July, 2007. Mr. Shmerling is also a director for
Healthstream, Inc., a publicly-traded company.
