{{Short description|American banker and business executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Cathleen H. Nash | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = c. 1964 | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma_mater = Ithaca College<br/>University of Central Florida College of Business Administration | employer = | occupation = Banker | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | political_party = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = }} '''Cathleen H. "Cathy" Nash''' (born c. 1964), is an American banker and business executive. She was the chief executive officer (CEO) and president of the Woodforest National Bank, a private bank present in 17 states. She was CEO and president of Citizens Republic Bancorp from 2009 until its 2012 merger with FirstMerit Corporation.
==Early life== Cathleen H. Nash was born circa 1964 in New York City.<ref name="bloombergnash">{{cite web|title=Company Overview of Woodforest National Bank Inc.: Cathleen H. Nash|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=27672537&privcapId=4909957|website=Bloomberg Business|access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="citizensrepublicmlive">{{cite web|last1=Burden|first1=Melissa|title=Citizens Republic Bancorp names Cathy Nash bank's first woman leader|date=January 23, 2009|url=http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2009/01/citizens_republic_bancorp_name.html|website=mlive.com|access-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> She graduated from Ithaca College, where she received a bachelor of science degree in communication.<ref name="bloombergnash"/> She received a master in business administration from the University of Central Florida College of Business Administration.<ref name="bloombergnash"/>
==Career== Nash started her career as a bank teller at the age of twenty-two.<ref name="citizensrepublicmlive"/> She was an executive at the Bank of Boston from 1987 to 1993, and she served as senior vice president of SunTrust Banks from 2003 to 2006.<ref name="bloombergnash"/>
Nash joined the Citizens Republic Bancorp in 2006,<ref name="citizensrepublicmlive"/><ref name="leadersmagthecitizensdiff">{{cite news|title=The Citizens Difference: An Interview with Cathleen Nash, President and Chief Executive Officer, Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc.|url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2010.1_Jan/Flint/Nash,%20Flint.html|access-date=February 2, 2016|work=Leaders Mag|date=January 1, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202133627/http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2010.1_Jan/Flint/Nash%2C%20Flint.html|archive-date=February 2, 2016}}</ref> where she held several executive positions for the next three years.<ref name="bloombergnash"/> She served as its chief executive officer and president from 2009 to 2012,<ref name="bloombergnash"/> when it merged with FirstMerit Corporation.<ref name="bankercommunityyear">{{cite news|last1=McGeer|first1=Bonnie|title=Community Banker of the Year: Citizens Republic CEO Cathleen Nash|url=http://www.americanbanker.com/magazine/122_12/community-banker-of-the-year-citizens-republic-ceo-cathleen-nash-1054619-1.html|access-date=February 2, 2016|work=American Banker|date=November 28, 2012}}</ref> The merger led to a lawsuit from shareholders over golden parachutes for senior executives.<ref name="newlawsuit">{{cite news|last1=Allen|first1=Jeremy|title=New lawsuit blasts Citizens Bank for potential 'golden parachute' payouts to top execs|url=http://www.mlive.com/business/mid-michigan/index.ssf/2013/01/new_lawsuit_blasts_citizens_ba.html|access-date=February 2, 2016|work=mlive.com|date=January 11, 2013}}</ref>
Nash served as the chief executive officer and president of the Woodforest National Bank from April 16, 2015 to January 2019, replacing Robert E. Marling Jr.<ref name="bizjournalsnamed">{{cite news|title=Cathy Nash named President and Chief Executive Officer of Woodforest National Bank|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/prnewswire/press_releases/2015/04/20/DA84018|access-date=February 2, 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=April 20, 2015}}</ref>
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