Mr. Polley retired as a vice chairman and member of the board of directors of First American Corporation and First American National Bank in 2000. In the nine years preceding these positions, Mr. Polley served in various executive management positions at First American, which included serving as its president from 1997 to 1999. Before joining First American in 1991, Mr. Polley was group executive vice president and treasurer for C&S/Sovran Corporation, and held various positions within Sovran before its merger with C&S. Mr. Polley joined Sovran from Commerce Union Bank of Nashville where he was its executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Mr. Polley serves on the boards of directors of O'Charley's Inc., Nashville Sports Council, Gaylord Hotel's Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone (currently Chairman), St. Thomas Health Services Foundation (currently Treasurer), Brentwood United Methodist Church Foundation and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Additionally, he has formerly served on the boards of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Nashville branch), the American Cancer Society, the American Heart Association, the Pencil Foundation, YMCA, and the United Way, where he served as chairman of the board and chairman of the community's 1995 fundraising campaign. Mr. Polley has also served as president of the Nashville Club for the University of Kentucky Alumni Association. Additionally, Mr. Polley serves as the chairman of the steering committee for the Nashville Sports Council's hosting of the 2006 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament, a position he also held in 2001. Mr. Polley is a member of Leadership Nashville, Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Executives Institute.
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