Juliette P. Kleffel

Julie Kleffel was appointed Chief Banking Officer in 2020 where she leads all Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Residential Lending, Specialty Finance, Government Lending functions, and Call Center operations of the organization. Julie offers nearly 25 years of banking experience and joined Seacoast in October 2014 through the acquisition of BankFIRST where she previously served as Executive Vice President and Commercial Sales Leader.

A fourth generation Central Florida native, Julie has strong ties to the community. She currently serves as the Treasurer for the Garden Theatre, Board Member for the Central Florida YMCA Finance Committee, Executive Director for the National Entrepreneur Center, Vice President for the Mary Lee DePugh Nursing Home Association, and Lifetime Director for the West Orange County Chamber of Commerce. Most notably, she has been honored as 2017’s Business Executive of the Year by the Orlando Business Journal in their Women Who Mean Business Awards.

As a parent and active advocate for special needs children, Julie is a member of the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida, the Down Syndrome Foundation, and has testified at the Florida and Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate Committees regarding the Personal Learning Scholarship Account.

A graduate of the ABA National and Graduate Commercial Lending Schools, Julie has also received the prestigious “Certified Lender Business Banker” designation from the Institute of Certified Bankers. She completed her professional education by graduating with distinction from the American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009.