Rodney C. Whitwell

Rodney C. Whitwell was named Chief Administrative Officer of Sterling Bancorp and Sterling National Bank in July 2017, and previously had been Chief Operating Officer since November 2011. Mr. Whitwell has over 30 years of leadership experience in executive financial and investment services. He served as Director of Segment Management for Key Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio from 2004 to 2007, Senior Vice President of New Business Initiatives at The First Marblehead Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts from 2007 to 2008 and from 2008 to 2010 he served as Chief Executive Officer at Union Federal Savings Bank, a subsidiary of The First Marblehead Corporation. Mr. Whitwell was Principal at Mercatus LLC, a national financial services consulting and investing firm, from 2010 to 2011.