Pinnacle Financial Partners Expands Richmond Team with Veteran Financial Professionals

Pinnacle Financial Partners has added three experienced financial professionals to its growing team in Richmond. Jen Melton, John Clark and Jason Wood have joined the firm, bringing decades of industry knowledge and community relationships to support clients across Central Virginia.

 Chris Daniels, market leader for Pinnacle, said these additions reflect the firm’s continued investment in the region.

“Jen, John and Jason each bring exceptional expertise, integrity and a client-first mindset,” Daniels said. “They embody Pinnacle’s commitment to building trusted relationships and helping clients achieve lasting financial success.”

Melton serves as area manager for retail and small business banking, leading Pinnacle’s efforts to deliver distinctive service and effective advice throughout the Central Virginia. She brings more than 20 years of experience in retail banking and business development, most recently serving as senior vice president for M&T Bank. A graduate of Towson University, Melton has held leadership roles on several nonprofit boards including roles as board advisor and former board president of the Hanover Education Foundation and board treasurer of the Historic Polegreen Church Foundation.

Clark joins Pinnacle as a credit advisor, contributing extensive experience in middle market and business banking. A former Richmond resident based in Winston-Salem; he exclusively supports our Richmond office as they continue building the Pinnacle brand in Central Virginia. He previously spent more than a decade in credit roles with Wells Fargo, supporting the Richmond market where he built deep relationships and a strong understanding of the local market. A native of North Carolina, John also spent time in credit roles with Bank of America and Sun Trust Bank (now Truist) prior to his move to Richmond.  Clark is a graduate of UNC Wilmington.

Wood joins Pinnacle as a credit advisor. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking, including leadership roles at SunTrust Bank (now Truist) and First Market Bank (now Atlantic Union). A graduate of the University of Richmond, Jason has been in the Richmond area for 25 years and is an active volunteer in the greater Richmond community.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2025 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 9 on FORTUNE magazine’s 2025 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its ninth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 12 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2024.

Pinnacle entered the Virginia market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp. Pinnacle continues BNC’s practice of offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. The firm was recognized as the No. 6 Best Place to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business magazine in 2020.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $56.0 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2025. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

 Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.