Joel Barnett Joins Fulton Bank as Commercial Affinity Banking Director
May 25 2022 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Primary responsibility to build relationships
with businesses owned by people of color, women and veterans
Fulton Bank welcomes Joel Barnett as its new Senior Vice
President, Director of Commercial Affinity Banking—a new position
centered on building relationships with businesses owned by people
of color, women and veterans.
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“At Fulton Bank, our purpose is to change lives for the better
and in this position, Joel will help us do just that,” said Wm.
“Smokey” Glover, Executive Vice President, Director of Fair &
Responsible Banking, Fulton Bank. “This new role is focused on
ensuring that we are reaching out to and meeting the needs of
affinity businesses in our communities. By assigning
enterprise-wide responsibility for building these relationships to
one person, we can ensure a concerted effort on this outreach.”
“Ensuring equal access to products and services is simply not
enough anymore,” said Jeff Rush, Senior Executive Vice President
and Director of Commercial Sales. “We need to be reaching out to
diverse businesses, making ourselves known to them and ensuring
they have what they need to bank wisely and succeed. I have
confidence that Joel is the right person for this job.”
Barnett will be based in Philadelphia, PA. He has more than 30
years of experience in the banking industry and most recently
served as the Senior Vice President and Business Banking Market
Executive at a Pittsburgh-based bank. In the past, he’s also served
as a Regional Manager, Group Manager and District Executive. He
holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from St.
Joseph’s College and an MBA from Long Island University. He also
attended graduate school in retail bank management at the
University of Virginia. Barnett served in the Marine Corps from
1980 to 1987.
“As a veteran myself, I’m a big believer in working together to
build-up our communities,” said Barnett. “I look forward to
engaging these potentially underbanked organizations so that
together, we can build successful businesses and drive economic
empowerment in our communities.”
The new Commercial Affinity Banking Director position is part of
Fulton Bank’s Fulton Forward® initiative, which is focused on
building vibrant communities with programs, products and services
focused on four key areas: affordable housing and home ownership;
job training and workforce development; financial education and
economic empowerment; and diversity, equity and inclusion.
About Fulton Bank, N.A.
Headquartered in Lancaster, Pa., Fulton Bank is a premier
community bank in the Mid-Atlantic region. As a subsidiary of
Fulton Financial Corporation, a $26 billion financial services
holding company, Fulton Bank offers a broad array of products and
services at more than 200 financial centers across Pennsylvania,
New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. At Fulton Bank, we
seek to change lives for the better by building strong customer
relationships, providing significant community support and
empowering more than 3,200 employees to do the same. Through the
Fulton Forward® initiative, we’re helping build vibrant
communities. Learn more at www.FultonBank.com. Fulton Bank, N.A.,
Member FDIC.
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