Legal Seminar

Joelle Weltzin Senior Vice President and Division General Counsel Truist Bank

Will it play in Peoria? Originally from Peoria, Illinois, and the Land of Lincoln, Joelle left the corn belt of the Midwest for the grits belt of the South on a cold January day 14 years ago to begin her career as an attorney with BB&T, now Truist, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Since then she has held lead attorney positions for various bank subsidiaries and provided counsel to a number of internal clients that include credit and prepaid cards, merchant services, treasury services, online banking, and insurance premium finance, to name a few. Joelle is currently the longest-serving member of the regulatory team, which comes with a daily bowl of regulatory alphabet soup and the monthly exercise of taking board-level risk committee minutes. Prior to Truist Bank, she spent 10 years in banking and insurance between Wells Fargo and State Farm. Joelle attended Missouri Valley Conference schools (Go Braves and Salukis!), and since college, has been a chronic volunteer in a number of community activities. She looks forward to participating in the CSBS Bankers Advisory Board and meeting its members in person one day!