Executive Vice President | Head of Wells Diverse Segments Commercial Banking, Wells Fargo
CB provides local coverage and specialized industry expertise to companies in a wide variety of industries and subsectors and across multiple geographic locations, as well as government, institutional, and not-for-profit clients, with a portfolio of more than $200 billion in loans. CB’s relationship-focused coverage businesses provide comprehensive financial services to companies with annual sales generally between $25 million and $2 billion, while its specialized and secured lending businesses deliver products to companies of all sizes.
As a member of the CB Operating Committee, Ruth and her team partner with the relationship-focused coverage businesses to understand the client needs, offer solutions, and raise awareness of CB’s commitment to serving historically underserved diverse-owned and -led businesses. The Diverse Segments team also creates partnerships and insights that support their business growth.
The team is responsible for supporting and growing commercial banking relationships with Black and African American, Hispanic and Latino, Native American and Alaskan Native, Asian American and Pacific Islander, LGBTQ+, veteran, and women entrepreneurs across the U.S.
For nearly 25 years, Ruth has been in leadership roles responsible for driving commercial banking sales growth. She joined Wells Fargo in 2021 as the head of Data, Transformation, and Sales Enablement for Commercial Banking after retiring from a senior strategic growth role at Bank of America. She also served as the Sales Strategy and Analytics Executive at Texas Capital Bank and held P&L and engineering leadership roles at General Electric.
Ruth completed her bachelor’s degree from Trevecca Nazarene University and graduated from the Graduate School of Banking and the Wharton School Executive Leadership program at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as the co-chair of the Commercial Banking DE&I council and is also actively involved in various community and national groups.
Her family is her top priority, and she enjoys spending time with her wife, son, three grandsons, and her three daughters adopted in 2023 after years of mentorship and foster care.