Delegates to the 66th Annual Meeting of the Young Bankers Division of the Tennessee Bankers Association elected new officers and directors on March 31, 2026, in Knoxville, Tenn. Brooke Regen, SVP, Chief Risk Officer, First Citizens National Bank, Div. of Park National Bank, Dyersburg was installed as the new chairman, accepting the gavel from 2025-2026 Chairman Coty Grissom, VP, Homeland Community Bank, McMinnville.
 
New Officers
Delegates elected the following bankers to serve as officers:
• Chairman: Brooke Regen, SVP, Chief Risk Officer, First Citizens National Bank, Div. of Park National Bank, Dyersburg
• Chairman-Elect: C.J. Tate, SVP, Senior Credit Administrator, First Peoples Bank of Tennessee, Jefferson City
• Vice Chairman: Billy Snyder, VP, Consumer Sales Manager, Wellworth Bank, Lafayette
• Immediate Past Chairman: Coty Grissom, VP, Homeland Community Bank, McMinnville

As chairman of the division, Regen 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 6 decades by some of Tennessee’s most respected banking leaders,” said Regen. “As banks focus on identifying and developing the next generation of leaders, the Young Bankers Division continues 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—Logan Strunk, Loan Officer, The First National Bank of Oneida, Oneida
• Middle Tennessee—Joshua Richardson, Vice President, Relationship Manager, First National Bank of Pulaski, Fayetteville
• West Tennessee—Katie Surratt, Chief Compliance Officer, Security Bank and Trust Company, Dyer

Bankers who have completed their three-year terms and rotated off the board were:
• 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

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
• Logan Tuck, VP, Lending, Macon Bank And Trust Company, Lafayette
• Dustin Boroughs, VP, Chief Financial Officer, Decatur County Bank, Decaturville
• Jordan Knight, SVP, Commercial Lender, WesBanco Bank, Inc., Knoxville

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.