Company: Industry: CEO: Employees: Headquarters:
KeyCorp Banking Beth E. Mooney 13,000 Cleveland, Ohio
KATRINA EVANS
EVP, DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE CENTER KEYCORP
BANKING EXECUTIVE ALIGNING STRATEGY As an executive officer with KeyCorp, Katrina Evans leads the teams responsible for a bank with 13,000 employees, $98.4 billion in assets, and a presence in 12 states. Her colleagues describe her as an accomplished business leader with an indelible civic footprint. They say the quality of her work and character set the bar for her teammates. “I have consistently sought new ways to innovate and add value in my role over the years. I look at every day and every interaction as a chance to make a difference by defining ‘team’ broadly, working hard and choosing accountability,” she said. As executive vice president and director of Corporate Center at KeyCorp, Evans has held various senior management positions over past years. “I watched KeyBank cultivate and grow a culture of corporate responsibility, community development, philanthropy, diversity and inclusion. And I knew that I had brought my career to the right company,” she said. Evans partners with KeyBank’s 118
CEO to create an operating rhythm for the executive leadership team and the board of directors that ensures alignment of strategy and messaging across the enterprise and stakeholder groups. Her leadership is directly responsible for Key being recognized with a variety of accolades and awards.
Evans holds a BS in business management and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. She also has a masters of banking from the American Banker Association Stonier School of Banking at Georgetown University.
Active in the community, Evans volunteers promoting college or Under her purview are all segments post-secondary education for of Key’s Corporate Responsibility, students in low to moderate income Communications and Marketing communities. She also serves on the groups including: Data, Client Boards of Trustees for CollegeNow, Insights, Corporate Communications, the Cuyahoga Community College Media Relations, Sustainability, Foundation and the Great Lakes Philanthropy, Community Science Center. Evans is also an active Development, and Diversity & mentor in the CollegeNow mentoring Inclusion. program. She is the immediate past Board Chair for the American Heart Words she lives by are in a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson, “What lies Association and was awarded a 2015 behind us and what lies before us are YWCA Woman of Achievement nothing compared to what lies within Award. us.” Evans said the most important “Staying involved with my quality a rising business woman community helps me keep a balanced should have is confidence. “Fight the perspective on my work and the urge to ask for permission,” she said. things in life that matter most. I “Confidently, yet humbly, approach believe that my community needs my business challenges and opportunities time, talent and treasure as much as by trusting your experience, your my company does,” she said. PDJ common sense and your team.”
PROFILES IN DIVERSITY JOURNAL • Summer 2016