Delegates to the 65th Annual Meeting of the Young Bankers Division of the Tennessee Bankers Association elected new officers and directors on April 29, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. Coty Grissom, Vice President & Loan Officer of Homeland Community Bank in McMinnville was installed as the new chairman, accepting the gavel from 2024-2025 Chairman John Seiber of Peoples Bank of the South in Clinton.
New Officers
Delegates elected the following bankers to serve as officers:
• Chairman— Coty Grissom, Vice President and Loan Officer, Homeland Community Bank, McMinnville
• Chairman-elect—Brooke Regen, Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, First Citizens National Bank, Dyersburg
• Vice Chairman—C.J. Tate, Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Administrator, First Peoples Bank of Tennessee, Jefferson City
• Immediate Past Chairman— John Seiber, Vice President, Peoples Bank of the South, Clinton
As chairman of the division, Grissom will serve as an ex-officio member of the Tennessee Bankers Association board of directors.
“It is an honor to serve as the chairman of the TBA Young Bankers Division, which has been shaped over the last 60 years by some of the most well-respected bankers in Tennessee,” said Grissom. “As in many industries, banks are looking to identify and groom the next generation of leaders. The Young Bankers Division has a well-established track record of providing the network and professional development skills bankers need to become effective and influential leaders in their banks and communities.”
Directors
In addition to the four executive officers, the Young Bankers Division is governed by a nine-member board composed of three directors from each of the three grand divisions of the state—East, Middle, and West. Directors serve a three-year term with one director from each of the grand divisions rotating off each year and replaced by a newly elected banker from the same division.
Directors elected to the board during this year’s convention were:
• East Tennessee— Jordan Knight, Relationship Manager, Bank of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Middle Tennessee—Logan Tuck, Assistant Cashier and Branch Manager, Macon Bank & Trust Company, Lafayette
• West Tennessee—Dustin Boroughs, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Decatur County Bank, Decaturville
Bankers who have completed their three-year terms and rotated off the board were:
• Andrew Sprecher, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Bank3, Memphis
• Jared McCullough, Vice President, First Commerce Bank, Lewisburg
• Joe Snyder, Vice President and Relationship Manager, SmartBank, Chattanooga
Directors continuing to serve out their terms on the board are:
• Andrew Barrett, SVP, Relationship Manager, Mountain Commerce Bank, Brentwood
• Montay Calloway, Vice President, Commercial Lender, Tennessee State Bank, Sevierville
• Jinny Culpepper, Vice President, Centennial Bank, Humboldt
• Wesley Fletcher, Vice President/City Executive of Johnson City, The First Bank and Trust Company, Johnson City
• Lauren Howell, AVP, Internal Auditor, Citizens Tri-County Bank, Dunlap
• Will Landry, Loan Officer, The Bank of Fayette County, Rossville
The Young Bankers Division was established in 1960 and is devoted to preparing Tennessee’s young bank officers to become the industry’s next generation of leaders.
The members of the division represent financial institutions across the state of Tennessee. In addition to the two-day professional development conference, Leadership Convention, the division hosts the Young Bankers’ Day on the Hill. This program reinforces the importance of involvement in the TBA’s government relations activities. During this annual event, bankers spend a day at the Capitol in Nashville engaging in the legislative process and learning about how the General Assembly functions.