huntington bank

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $52 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Huntington has more than 143 years of serving the financial needs of its customers. We are a bank whose size makes people feel right at home, yet is more than large enough to provide them with access to all the resources they need. We like to think of Huntington as a local bank with national resources, and it’s just one of the things that makes us great. Our values – Communication, Teamwork, Accountability, Service, Diversity and Passion – define the way we think and act, and help to create extraordinary customer experiences. We demonstrate our commitment to the customer by delivering simply the best service—always.

Rebecca R. Smith

Rebecca Smith attended Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio completing a B.A. degree in 1977. Her M.B.A. degree was acquired at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan in 1981. She started her banking career with NBD Bancorp in 1977 in retail, and after five years entered the loan officer/credit-training program in 1982. In 1983, she was moved to the Middle Market Lending Group as a Loan Representative in the Regional Banking Group, Bloomfield Hills, MI; followed by an assignment in National Banking where she spent the next two years responsible for developing relationships with large corporations located in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington D.C.

In 1987, she was asked to become the major credit exposure review officer as part of the Credit Administration leadership team, where she spent the next two years developing industry studies and lending strategies for the bank's largest credit exposures. In 1989, she was promoted back to a line sales position, Commercial Loan Manager, opening a commercial loan production office in Novi, Michigan until 1992. In 1992, she was promoted to Regional Bank Director in the Downriver Region of the bank in Wyandotte, Michigan where she remained until the end of 1995. During this time she was responsible for Retail Banking, Commercial and Consumer Lending for this region. In January 1996 as part of restructuring to a line of business organization, she was promoted to Middle Market Group Head for East Oakland County in Troy, Michigan.

In late 1997, Rebecca became the Division Head/President of the Equipment Leasing Division/NBD Equipment Finance in Detroit, Michigan. This subsidiary's lease portfolio was approximately $1 billion with 100 employees. She subsequently integrated the division into Bank One's Equipment Leasing subsidiary after that merger was announced. In 1998, her leadership/organization skills were further developed when she became the Commercial Banking Integration Director for the Bank One/First Chicago NBD merger. She spent the next year in an integration role for the Commercial Banking line of business. This was a position located in Chicago dealing with the executives and consultants merging the three organizations. After completing this role, Rebecca decided not to relocate and left Bank One. Rebecca was recruited in May 2000 to Old Kent Bank as President of East Michigan. In 2001 Fifth Third Bank acquired Old Kent. She was appointed Executive Vice President and Senior Leader for Fifth Third Eastern Michigan Commercial Banking; responsible for both Sales and Credit segments. At the time of Rebecca's departure from Fifth Third Bank in June 2005, the Commercial banking Division produced over half of the affiliate's net income with a portfolio approaching $3 billion and a total head count of 178 employees. Rebecca left Fifth Third Bank with a track record of growth, profitability, leadership in recruiting talent and championing the affiliate's Diversity initiative for two years. Rebecca joined Huntington National Bank as the East Michigan Regional President in December, 2006.

Rebecca resides in Birmingham with her husband, Dave, and three children.