Beth E. Mooney

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Beth E. Mooney
Born
Beth Elaine Streeter

1955 (age 68–69)
Midland, Michigan, U.S.
Alma mater University of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist University
Board member of AT&T, Ford Motor Company

Beth Elaine Mooney [1] (born 1955) is an American financial executive who is the first woman to be CEO of a top-20 U.S. bank. On May 1, 2011 [2] KeyCorp named Mooney its chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based bank. [3] From November 2010 until May 1, 2011, she was the president and the chief operating officer at KeyCorp. [2]

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Early life and education

Mooney was born in 1955 as Beth Elaine Streeter and was raised in Midland, Michigan, as her father was a chemist for Dow Chemical while her mother was an English teacher. [1] [4] She was the youngest of three children in the family. [1]

She earned a BA in history from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1977, she got a job in the real estate department of First City National Bank of Houston. [4] She worked there as a bank secretary until 1979, when she got a job on Republic Bank of Dallas' management training program, after refusing to leave training manager Keith Schmidt's office until he employed her. [4]

Mooney earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University in 1983. [3] [2]

Career

In 16 years, Mooney performed in various roles in the banking industry, such as commercial and real estate lending and chief financial officer. [3] Mooney served as Regional President of Bank One in Akron and Dayton. [5] She served as president from June 1999 until June 2000 of Bank One Ohio, NA.

She was Chief Operating Officer from June 1998 until June 1999 of DPL Inc, a public utility.

From June 2000 until February 2004 Mooney served as Group Head of Tennessee and North Louisiana Banking Group. [2]

In 2004 she left Nashville to become the CFO of AmSouth. [6]

From February 2004 until April 4, 2006, she was the CFO and head of the finance group of Regions Financial Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama [7] (which was formerly known as AmSouth Bancorp and AmSouth Bancorporation) and its subsidiary AmSouth bank. [2]

In April 2006 Mooney joined KeyCorp as a Vice Chair and head of Key Community Bank. [8] [9] In November 2010 until May 1, 2011, she served as president and Chief Operation Officer at KeyCorp. [2]

On May 1, 2011, Mooney became CEO and chairwoman of KeyCorp. [10] [11] In September 2019, Mooney announced her retirement from Key Corp., effective May 2020. [12]

In March 2019, Mooney was named the chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's Board of Directors. [13]

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  5. ↑ "LEADERS Interview with Beth E. Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp". www.leadersmag.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.
  6. ↑ "Remember Beth Mooney?". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Kline, Alan (18 September 2013). "KeyCorp's Beth Mooney: The Most Powerful Woman in Banking". American Banker. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Board of Directors". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
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  12. ↑ Prang, Allison (2019-09-19). "KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney to Retire in May". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2020-04-15.
  13. ↑ Cho, Janet H. (2019-03-11). "KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Beth Mooney named chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's Board". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
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