Hope Bryant

Hope Holding Bryant currently works at Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc., as Vice Chairman, First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. (Raleigh, North Carolina), as Vice Chairman from 2011, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (North Carolina), as Vice Chairman from 2011, Fidelity BancShares (N.C.), Inc., as Director, Southern Bank & Trust Co. (Mt.
Olive, North Carolina), as Director, and Woodberry Forest School, as Trustee.
Ms. Bryant also formerly worked at First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (North Carolina), as Executive Vice Chairman in 2013, YVC Holdings, Inc., as Chairman, First Citizens Bank & Trust Co., Inc. (Columbia, SC), as Vice Chairman, Bank, as Vice Chairman from 2011 to 2012, First Citizens Bancorporation, Inc. (South Carolina), as Director, EVP & Manager-Business Banking Segment, Southern Bancshares (N.C.), Inc., as Director, North Carolina Community Foundation, as Director, North Carolina Bankers Association, as Director, YMCA of the Triangle Area, Inc., as Director, Wake Forest University, as Member-Visitors Board, IronStone Bank (Alpharetta, Georgia), as President, IronStone Bank (Alpharetta, Georgia), as President from 2006 to 2011, and Interest On Lawyers' Trust Accounts, as Trustee.
Ms. Bryant received her undergraduate degree in 1985 from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Masters Business Admin degree in 1990 from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.