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Mary H. Griffith was named vice chairman of Kentucky banking in 2001. In this role, she has primary responsibility for the positioning, continuity and leadership of the bank’s commitment to the community. Ms. Griffith is charged with bringing the company’s new customer champion initiative to life at the bank, and is actively engaged in selling National City’s services in the wealth management, charitable and endowment areas. In April 2006 Ms. Griffith received National City’s Lifetime Achievement Award, its first female recipient and one of only three presented in the award’s history.
Ms. Griffith joined National City in 1990 as vice president and director of Corporate Communications. She had previously served as senior vice president and director of public relations at First Kentucky National Corporation, which National City acquired in 1988. At First Kentucky, she was responsible for media relations, investor and employee communications and the First Kentucky National Charitable Foundation. Ms. Griffith was named senior vice president of marketing communications for National City Corporation in 1992.
A Louisville native, Ms. Griffith has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Centre College, and was honored in 1991 with the College’s Louisville Distinguished Alumni Award. She and her attorney husband, Robert, divide their time between Louisville and their family farm in Big Springs, Ky. They have two sons. | 