Celebrity Directors
October 14, 2012 11:01 PM
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Maj. Gen. Robert McMahon (Ret.)
McMahon joined the board of State Bank Financial in Atlanta last month after retiring as the commander of the air logistics center of Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Ga. He also has tied to economic development as the president and CEO of the 21st Century Partnership in Warner Robins.
Arthur Rooney II
A co-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, Rooney joined the board of F.N.B. Corp. in Hermitage, Pa., in 2006. F.N.B. has said that his managerial role with the NFL team, along with his experience as a lawyer, qualify him to serve on the board.
Jim McMahon
McMahon may have mastered the Super Bowl Shuffle, but the former NFL quarterback apparently was less skilled as a bank director . McMahon, along with other directors of Broadway Bank, is facing a lawsuit from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. associated with the Chicago bank's 2010 failure. He was a director from 2003 to 2008.
Geno Auriemma
Berkshire Hills Bancorp wanted to make a splash after buying a bank in Connecticut, so earlier this year it recruited the University of Connecticut women's basketball coach to join its board . Auriemma, who also coached women's basketball in the Summer Olympics, will also serve as a spokesman for Berkshire Hills.
Ivanka Trump
The 29-year-old daughter of Donald Trump helps run her father's business empire and has a recurring role on his reality TV show. Signature Bank hired her late last year to replace outgoing director Frank Selvaggi, a business advisor to celebrities and entertainment-industry big shots. (Image: Bloomberg News)
Gen. Tommy Franks (Ret.)
Jake Delhomme
Delhomme led the Carolina Panthers to the Super Bowl in 2004 but people in Louisiana remember the quarterback more for winning two conference championships while at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. MidSouth Bancorp drafted the local legend in May to serve on the advisory board of its bank. (Image: Bloomberg News)
Preston Geren
Texas Capital Bancshares in Dallas also went the military route, adding Pete Geren, a former U.S. congressman and secretary of the Army, to its board in July . Geren is a former director at Cullen/Frost Bankers in San Antonio.
Condoleezza Rice
The former Secretary of State may not serve on a bank board, but she was selected by Regions Financial in October 2009 to serve as a senior advisor to the Birmingham, Ala., company's directors. Rice will help us "navigate through today's rapidly changing environment and uncertain times," the company said in a release announcing her addition. (Image: Bloomberg News)
Stu Voigt
Voigt, a former Minnesota Vikings tight end, reached a settlement with federal regulators in July for his alleged misdeeds while serving as the chairman of First Commercial Bank in Bloomington, Minn. The FDIC accused Voigt of approving loans without disclosing his personal financial relationship with the borrower.
Dave Wannstedt
Wannstedt, a former coach of the Miami Dolphins and the current defensive coordinator for the Buffalo Bills, was a director of Orion Bank before it failed in 2009. Former Orion Bank CEO Jerry Williams was later sentenced to six years in jail for his role in a fraud conspiracy that helped topple the bank.
