11
Mar
Young Leader Meeting
11:00 AM
DEC Young Leaders participated in an exclusive virtual discussion with Sandy Pierce, Chairman – Huntington Bank Michigan of The Huntington National Bank., on Thursday, March 11. The conversation focused on “Leadership Lessons – Navigating Your Career in Unprecedented Times” and included questions from the audience.
Sandy Pierce joined Huntington in 2016 after the FirstMerit merger and leads the following corporate- wide revenue segments: Huntington Private Bank, Huntington Insurance Agency, Huntington Auto Finance and RV/Marine. Sandy also has management responsibility for Huntington’s Community Development initiatives and Huntington’s Regional Presidents across its seven-state footprint. Sandy is Chair of Huntington Bank Michigan.
While at FirstMerit, Pierce was appointed to Vice Chairman of FirstMerit Corporation and Chairman and CEO of FirstMerit Michigan. Pierce had direct oversight of and responsibility for Retail Banking, Wealth Management Services, and Corporate Marketing for FirstMerit Corporation and coordination of FirstMerit’s business activities in the state of Michigan.
Prior to joining FirstMerit, Pierce was Midwest Regional Executive, President and CEO for Charter One Bank, Michigan, a division of RBS Citizens, N.A. where she had responsibilities for commercial banking and all state bank activities in Michigan as well as oversight of all state activities in Illinois and Ohio and was a member of Citizens Financial Group’s Executive Leadership Group and the Midwest Regional Advisory Board.
Pierce began her successful and diverse career in 1978 when she joined NBD Bancorp as a teller while attending Wayne State University. Upon graduation, she held a number of significant roles in commercial banking, retail banking, marketing and private client services at NBD and its successor organizations First Chicago NBD, Bank One, and JPMorgan Chase. In 2002, Pierce became regional executive of the Retail Midwest Region at Bank One. In this role, Pierce managed 350 bank branches that served over one million households and provided a full suite of consumer services, including: mortgages, small business loans, consumer loans and investments.
A native of Detroit, Pierce is a 1980 graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration / Marketing degree. She earned a Masters of Business Administration / Finance degree from Wayne State University. She is a board member of Barton Malow Company, Penske Automotive Group, American Axle & Manufacturing and Henry Ford Health System (Prior Chair) and served as Chair of the Detroit Financial Advisory Board from 2012 through 2014. Current business associations and civic involvements include board membership on the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch; Business Leaders for Michigan (Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, Audit Chair); Detroit Economic Club (Board of Directors; Executive Committee); Detroit Regional Chamber (Prior Chair); Downtown Detroit Partnership, and The Parade Company (Prior Chair, Board of Directors.
Sandy and her husband of 40 years reside in Northville; have three children, two sons-in-law, and
six grandchildren.
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