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WOMEN IN BANKING

January 1, 2007

Diane Boston

Senior Vice President

Regional CFO

Bank of North Georgia

8025 Westside Pkwy.

Alpharetta, GA 30004

770.751.4700

Diane Boston joined the staff of Bank of North Georgia as financial reporting manager in 1998 and was promoted to chief financial officer three years later and then was named chief administrative officer in January 2002. Currently, she serves as the regional CFO for the Atlanta Region with seven Synovus affiliate banks in the Atlanta MSA.

A graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a business degree in accounting and the Graduate School of Banking of the South, Boston has over 23 years of banking experience. She previously worked for AmSouth as controller of AmSouth Bank of Georgia. She is involved in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Managers Society.

Chris Cooper

Executive Vice President

Private Banking

Georgian Bank

3300 Cumberland Blvd.

Atlanta, GA 30339

678.589.9000

Chris Cooper, executive vice president, oversees the Private Banking team at Georgian Bank and is a member of the bank's Executive Committee. Cooper manages a team of 17 in the bank's five locations.

In the banking industry for more than 30 years, Cooper began her banking career with The Citizens and Southern National Bank (now Bank of America) working in operations and branch banking. She started the Private Banking Group in Buckhead. After 17 years, she left C&S Bank to help start the Enterprise Bank of Atlanta, a de novo bank that was sold to a regional bank. Prior to joining Georgian, Cooper ran the Entrepreneur Private Banking Group at SunTrust Bank for five years.

Tammy S. Driggers

President

First Horizon Bank, Georgia

3333 Peachtree Road NE

Suite 500, Atlanta, GA 30326

404.279.4500

Tammy Driggers serves as President of the Georgia region of First Horizon Bank, the national banking brand of First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE:FHN). As president, she is responsible for building the region's commercial, retail and wealth management presence in the greater Atlanta metro area. She started her banking career in 1990 with SunTrust Bank as a corporate tax accountant, and has 16 years experience in the financial industry, and one year with First Horizon Bank.

Prior to joining First Horizon, Driggers was senior vice president and wholesale banking director at National Bank of Commerce and was integral to that bank's de novo establishment in the Atlanta market. She spent seven years at First Union National Bank in various leadership roles including regional managing director of the Private Capital and Wealth management groups and as a senior relationship manager in First Union's Commercial Banking Group.

Sue Hancock Wyatt

Consumer Market Executive

Bank of America

600 Peachtree Street

Atlanta GA 30308

770.514.2681

Serving as the Consumer Market Executive for Northwest Atlanta Market for Bank of America, Sue Hancock Wyatt is directly responsible for the sales of 34 banking centers and the overall customer experience.

She joined Bank of America in 1978 and has served in many capacities within her 29-year tenure with the company, including Atlanta Small Business Executive, Premier Banking Executive covering Georgia and Tennessee, and Southeast Division Sales Executive and Division Service Executive.

Wyatt attended Wheeling College in Wheeling, W.V. and is a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Banking. Currently she is chairing the Leadership Cobb Alumni Association for Cobb County Chamber of Commerce. Other community involvement includes Cobb Youth Leadership Chair, Honorary Commanders Association, Gideon Auxiliary member and Mountain Park First Baptist Church.

Heidi Hein

Vice President

Manager of Private Banking

United Commercial Bank (Formerly Summit National Bank)

4360 Chamblee-Dunwoody Rd.

Atlanta, GA 30341

770.454.0400

Heidi Hein is vice president and manager of Private Banking for United Commercial Bank, and works out of the Vinings office. Last year UCBH Holdings Inc., the holding company of the United Commercial Bank acquired Summit for $175.5 million. A German immigrant who came to the United States in the 1960's, Hein's native language has proved to be a great asset in attracting German clients for the bank, securing a unique niche for the bank within the financial community.

Hein is very active in Atlanta's German community, with organizations such as The German American Chamber of Commerce, where she has chaired the silent auction for the past seven years. She is president of the German American Business Stammtisch, and has contributed to the planning of the 100-year anniversary of the Consulate General of Germany in Atlanta. In addition, Heidi is also active in The Mexican American Business Chamber, The Belgian American Chamber and Atlanta Women in Business.

Donna L. Kain

Executive Vice President

Buckhead Community Bank

415 East Paces Ferry Road

Atlanta, GA 30305

404.231.2265

Donna L. Kain is executive vice president of The Private and Entrepreneurial Banking Division of the Buckhead Community Bank. She has been in the private banking industry for over 20 years. Her responsibilities include managing and mentoring the Private and Entrepreneurial Bankers, managing portfolios of selected clients and partnering with key specialists in the bank and investment areas to ensure above standard performance for all clients.

Kain is invested in the community. Last year she served as the president of the Buckhead Business Association, and she is also an active supporter of The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and co-founder of ThePowerOfWomenandMoney.com. She also currently serves on the board of The Heart of Hope Academy, School for Special Needs Children located on the campus of the Wieuca Baptist Church in Buckhead.

Amy W. Medendorp

Executive Vice President

Head of Corporate Banking

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

303 Peachtree Center Avenue

Atlanta, GA 30303

404.588.4400

Amy Medendorp is Head of Corporate Banking for SunTrust's Corporate and Investment Banking Division. She spent the first 10 years of her career with SunTrust in its Florida operations involved in all aspects of financing in the small, middle market and large corporate arenas.

Before assuming her current position, Medendorp spent eight years in SunTrust Debt Capital Markets in a variety of roles, responsible for various corporate finance groups. She originated and managed SunTrust Public Debt, Securitization and Structured Leasing groups. She additionally was co-head of Syndications and the Private Placement Groups during her tenure in Capital Markets.

She serves on the Board of Directors of SunTrust Capital Markets, SunTrust Leasing and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

Maria J. Trafton

Senior Vice President

Wealth Management Director

Georgia/Texas/Mid-South

Wachovia Bank

171 Seventeenth St.

Atlanta, GA. 30126

404.332.5000

Maria Trafton is senior vice president and Wealth Management Director for Wachovia Wealth Management in Georgia, Texas and the Mid-South, which includes Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. In the Georgia region, there are 111 employees in Wealth Management. Trafton's responsibilities include the delivery of investment management, financial and tax planning, trust and estate services, insurance, charitable and private banking services.

She has been with Wachovia for more than 13 years and served in key leadership roles in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. She began her career as a correspondent banker with Banker's Trust of New York and later worked as a corporate lender in New Orleans and as a credit manager with Bank One. She joined Wachovia Wealth Management in 1992 and served as the management director for Wachovia Wealth Management in Philadelphia before assuming her current position in Atlanta.

Angela White

Regional Manager

Personal and Business Banking

RBC Centura Bank 1585 Southlake Pkwy., 2nd FloorMorrow, GA 30260404.495.6848

Angela White was born in the Caribbean island of Dominica. She immigrated along with her family to Toronto at the age of 13. Her parents’ main purpose for the move was to give her and her siblings access to higher level education. White graduated in 1988 with a 4-year business degree from Ryerson University in Toronto.

She joined RBC Centura Bank in Georgia in March 2003 as a sales effectiveness advisor to the Georgia Regional President and Regional Manager of Personal and Business Banking. She was promoted later to Regional Manager, Personal and Business Banking of RBC Centura's Metro Atlanta South Region with 13 direct reports. As regional manager, White is responsible for the sales coaching and sales management of 10 banking centers, as well as, Private and Small Business Banking for her markets. White was recently recognized with a Peak Performers Award by the President of her division.

Additional roles include a membership on RBC Centura's Diversity Council and a directorship on RBC Centura's Credit Card Bank Board.

Jackie Yeaney

Executive Vice President

Chief Marketing Officer

HomeBanc Mortgage Corp.

2202 Summit Blvd., Suite 100

Atlanta, GA 30319

Jackie Yeaney was named chief marketing officer in 2005 and is responsible for all aspects of marketing for HomeBanc. She joined the bank in late 2004 as senior vice president of marketing and focused on e-business and customer retention strategies. Her ability to quickly generate results and make an impact resulted in being promoted to HomeBanc's highest ranking marketing position, and one of the top corporate marketing positions in metro Atlanta.

Prior to joining HomeBanc, Yeaney served as managing director of consumer marketing at Delta Air Lines, where she was responsible for worldwide marketing communications, including advertising, interactive, sponsorships, promotional and direct marketing activities. She also worked at Boston Consulting Group and is a veteran of the Air Force where she worked in military intelligence.

She recently was named president of the board of Project Open Hand Atlanta, a non profit that prepares and delivers meals and provides nutrition therapy to critically ill individuals. She can be found on most Sunday mornings volunteering at Project Open Hand.




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