Michelle Younts Joins Pinnacle as Office Leader in Lexington

Michelle Younts has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as office leader for the firm’s Lexington East Center location. She brings more than 20 years of banking experience, most recently serving as branch leader for multiple offices in the Triad region.

“Michelle has a proven track record of building strong client relationships and leading successful teams,” said Susan Apple, area manager for Central North Carolina. “She’s deeply connected in her community and shares our belief that banking should be personal. Her leadership and experience will help us take great care of clients in Davidson County.”

Younts began her banking career as a teller with BB&T and quickly advanced as a relationship banker and then branch leader, where she guided multiple offices across Welcome, Winston-Salem, High Point and Davie County. She specializes in small business and consumer lending, credit underwriting and associate development.

Younts is a graduate of Catawba College and completed the BB&T Leadership Development Program. She serves as chair of the Davie County Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of The CARES Project, in addition to past leadership roles on the Confluence advisory board and the local Truist advisory board in Davie County.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2024 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 9 on FORTUNE magazine’s 2025 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its ninth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 12 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2024.

Pinnacle entered the North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle is ranked as the No. 1 workplace in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte markets, as listed by the Triad Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal and Charlotte Observer.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $54.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2025.  As the second-largest bank holding company in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.