Pinnacle Hires Veteran Financial Advisor in Memphis

Joelle Rogin and her credit advisor colleague join Shady Grove team

Joelle Rogin, former senior managing director and a founding officer of Metropolitan Bank, has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor. Joining Rogin is former associate managing director at Metropolitan, Jeffrey Whitley, who will serve as a credit advisor for Pinnacle. Both will work from the firm’s Memphis main office at Shady Grove.

“There aren’t a lot of people with a better pedigree in Memphis banking than Joelle,” said Kirk Bailey, Pinnacle’s Memphis chairman. “She was a driving force behind the success at Metropolitan, and now she will help us build on the tremendous momentum Pinnacle has in the Mid-South. Having Joelle and Jeffrey together on our team gives us an important leg up in delivering distinctive service to our clients.”

Rogin served at Metropolitan Bank from its inception in 2007 until it was acquired by Renasant in 2017. She was a commercial banker, working with businesses with annual sales of more than $15 million. At the time the bank began, Rogin helped lead its strategic direction and the development teams for the bank’s treasury services, online banking and insurance platform. Prior to Metropolitan, she worked in corporate banking for Regions and Wachovia Bank.

Rogin earned her bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College and her MBA from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. She is a member of the Memphis Rotary Club, a graduate of the New Memphis Institute and serves on the Parents Association Board of St. Mary’s School. She is a former board member of the Urban Art Commission, Rise Foundation and Exchange Club.

“Pinnacle has quickly become one of the premier commercial banks in Memphis, so it’s a great fit,” said Rogin. “I am dedicated to giving my clients everything they need to be successful, and a firm like Pinnacle is perfectly positioned to support my work for them. It’s wonderful to know I can do what I love most by keeping my focus on client service.”

Whitley served at Metropolitan Bank starting in 2014 and made the move to Renasant after its acquisition. Prior to that he was a partner at Fouts & Morgan, CPAs.

Whitley earned his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Delta State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of both the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm earned a place on FORTUNE’s 2017 and 2018 lists of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S., and American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the sixth-best bank to work for in 2017.

Pinnacle has served Memphis since 2015 when it acquired Magna Bank. Since then Pinnacle has become the official bank of the Memphis Grizzlies and FedExForum and was named a “Top 10 Company to Watch in 2017” by the Greater Memphis Chamber.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $22.2 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2017. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 11 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Virginia.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.