Cathleen Nash

Cathleen Nash will teach Risk Management for Financial Compliance this semester. She is the president and CEO of Woodforest National Bank, located in The Woodlands, Texas. She has more than 20 years of experience in banking, joining Citizens in July 2006 as executive vice president and head of consumer banking. She was subsequently named executive vice president, vice chair of regional banking, and then president and CEO. Prior to Citizens, Nash was senior vice president, director of branch banking for SunTrust Corporation, headquartered in Atlanta. In this role, she was responsible for overseeing the sales strategy of 1,700 branch locations. Nash was with SunTrust for more than 13 years, serving in a variety of positions including director of retail banking and marketing in Florida. Prior to joining SunTrust, Nash held positions at Bank of Boston in marketing and human resources. Nash received her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Ithaca College.