Innovation Award Mentor – Lilias Folkes John

Jennifer Bryson is a Senior Vice President serving as a Senior Credit Officer for Pinnacle Financial Partners.  Mrs. Bryson has been in Banking for 30 years of which a majority of her career has been focused on credit roles in Commercial Real Estate.  At Pinnacle, she is based in the Southpark area of Charlotte and is one of two primary CRE Credit approvers for the Carolinas.  Her current portfolio consists of a Bank asset of $1.8 billion. 

Prior to joining Pinnacle in 2018, Mrs. Bryson held similar credit roles at SunTrust (Truist), KeyBank and SouthTrust (Wachovia) and has covered the Carolinas, and various Florida markets.   In addition to CRE, Jennifer’s career also includes Corporate Banking underwriting and a Commercial lender. 

Mrs. Bryson earned a bachelor’s degree in in Business Administration from Western Carolina University. She resides in Charlotte with her husband of 27 years and two children.