Pinnacle Financial Partners Expands Treasury Capabilities with Addition of Mary Blanton

Tenured treasury advisor joins Pinnacle in Roanoke to serve business clients across Virginia

Pinnacle Financial Partners has added longtime Virginia banking leader Mary Blanton to its team as a treasury management advisor. Based in Roanoke, Blanton will serve clients throughout the Commonwealth, including the firm’s recently added team in Richmond. Blanton brings her expertise in cash management, financial strategy and risk management to further strengthen the firm’s ability to deliver innovative and comprehensive cash management solutions to its clients.  

“Mary has been a trusted resource for Virginia businesses for years, and her expertise will help us round out the full suite of services our clients expect,” said Jonathan Richardson, Pinnacle’s regional president for Western and Central Virginia. “She knows this market inside and out, and she brings the kind of insight and care that defines Pinnacle’s client experience.” 

Blanton brings more than three decades of experience delivering treasury services to corporate and middle market clients across Virginia. At Pinnacle, she will work closely with financial advisors to help businesses streamline operations, optimize liquidity and plan for growth with services that include receivables management, fraud protection and digital banking tools. 

Blanton spent 34 years at Wells Fargo, where she most recently served as an executive director and treasury sales consultant. Her experience spans the commercial banking sector, including middle market, corporate and healthcare clients.  She has deep expertise in cash flow optimization and a strong track record of helping clients solve operational challenges with innovative solutions. A native Virginian, she is well known throughout the Commonwealth for her dedication to client success and her long-standing community relationships. She will work hand-in-hand with advisors in Richmond, Roanoke and Lynchburg. 

Blanton earned her bachelor’s in business administration from Radford University and is a Certified Cash Manager and Certified Purchasing Card Professional.  

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 2024 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 $54.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2025. As the second-largest bank holding company 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.