Pinnacle Financial Partners continues to expand its equipment finance team with the hiring of two veteran financial services professionals: Anita Ball and Raven Sheehan. Ball serves as the Equipment Finance Operations Manager and is based at Pinnacle’s Birmingham, AL office along with Sheehan, who is a Financial Advisor Assistant.

“I’m very excited to add Anita and Raven’s experience to our growing team,” said Kris Foster, President of Pinnacle’s equipment finance group. “They both play critical roles in helping us build out our equipment finance operations group and how we process and fund business. They bring a vast amount of experience that will help us continue to grow and service our client base. It’s important to have leaders like these to help us deliver on our promise of distinctive service and effective advice.”

Ball brings over 30 years of banking experience to Pinnacle. She joins the firm from Regions Bank, where she most recently served as Equipment Finance Fulfillment/Operations Manager. Prior to Regions she served in various operational and risk management roles with Sirote & Permutt, Protective Life Insurance Company and Synovus Mortgage.

Sheehan brings 11 years of experience to the firm from Regions Bank, where she most recently served as Corporate Fulfillment Team Manager for equipment finance. Other roles included Equipment Documentation Paralender and Small Dollar Loan Document Specialist. Sheehan earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.