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PNC Financial Services in Pittsburgh has appointed a former brand executive for the National Football League to its board.
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Tory Nixon played defense for San Francisco's famed NFL team in some of its glory years, but now he's on offense, seeking to build out commercial lending and retail operations in Northern California for California Bank & Trust.
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How do you top a guest speaker like all-everything quarterback Joe Montana at your banking conference? Bring in his former 49er teammate Jerry Rice, the ICBA decided.
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Katherine Blackburn, a principal owner and executive vice president for the sports franchise, is the daughter of Mike Brown, the team's primary owner. Blackburn is in charge of managing the Bengals' NFL salary cap and is also involved in player contract negotiations. She also chairs the National Football League's Super Bowl and diversity committees and is a trustee on the NFL's player retirement benefit board.
"Our team is excited to work with the Katie and benefit from her unique business experience running operations for a professional football team," Kevin Kabat, Fifth Third's chief executive, said in a press release Wednesday. "Her familiarity with our company and headquarters city of Cincinnati is also a plus."
Blackburn is also the granddaughter of Paul Brown, a former coach of the Cleveland Browns who was inducted into the
Fifth Third in September signed a five-year extension of its sponsorship agreement with the Bengals, worth more than $7.9 million, according to a
