Pinnacle Opens New Office in Gallatin

Wendy Henson-Elliott and Chris Rippy lead a location built to serve Sumner County

Pinnacle Financial Partners opened its new Gallatin office May 5 at 1534 Noah Lane in Greensboro Village. This is the firm’s first new full-service location in the Nashville area in 11 years and its 28^th office in Middle Tennessee. A time-lapse video of the construction is available below.

“Pinnacle has served Sumner County for 16 years, and this expansion into Gallatin continues that legacy,” said Chris Rippy, Pinnacle’s area manager in Sumner County. “Our model of providing distinctive service and effective advice is what our community expects and deserves, and now we can bring it to even more of our neighbors who live and work here.”

In addition to Rippy, the team based at the new office includes:

• Wendy Henson-Elliott, office leader
• Lauren Ward, financial specialist
• Ashley Jirik, financial specialist
• Tracey Wiggins, financial specialist
• Matthew Rickett, financial specialist
• Pam Neighbours, mortgage advisor
• Toni Simpson, financial advisor assistant

Henson-Elliott joined Pinnacle last month after 20 years at Regions Bank in White House, TN. Ward also comes from Regions in White House, where she served clients for six years. The others have moved to the Gallatin location from other Pinnacle offices.

This new office has the firm’s distinctive contemporary architectural style. The interior space includes client service areas, five offices, two conference rooms and Pinnacle’s signature design elements: a water wall and the Pinnacle Learning Center for meetings, workshops and use by community groups. The exterior features two drive-through banking lanes and a drive-up ATM.

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 is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2020 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle earned a spot on the 2021 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For^® in the U.S., its fifth consecutive appearance. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For eight years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2020.

Pinnacle owns a 49 percent interest in Bankers Healthcare Group (BHG), which provides innovative, hassle-free financial solutions to healthcare practitioners and other licensed professionals. Great Place to Work and FORTUNE ranked BHG No. 1 on its 2020 list of Best Workplaces in New York State in the small/medium business category.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $35.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2021. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 12 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia and Atlanta.

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