Brenda Skidmore

Member, The Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership
State Advisory Board

Brenda Skidmore serves as Senior Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs, for SunTrust Bank.  She also serves as President of the SunTrust Foundation.  She began her career with SunTrust in 1975 and has served in a variety of roles over the past 30 years.  She is a graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management at UVA and of the LSU Graduate School of Banking.  She is a member of the Government Relations Council of the Financial Services Roundtable, the Legislative Liaison Action Committee of the American Bankers Association and a member of the Government Relations Committee for the Virginia Bankers Association.  Further, she currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Virginia College Fund, the Richmond SPCA and Virginia Free.  She is also a trustee of the Chesapeake Corporation Foundation.

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