KAREN SESSIONS
Pacific Southwest Region
Executive for Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America
Under Karen Sessions’ leadership, her division has been one of the fastest-growing regions in Global Commercial Banking for Bank of America. As Pacific Southwest region executive of global commercial banking, Sessions leads 250 commercial banking teammates across California, Arizona, Nevada and Utah. Under her leadership, they serve more than 1,000 commercial clients with annual revenues of $50 million to $2 billion, and specialize in entertainment, gaming/casinos, consumer and retail, agriculture, aerospace and defense, distribution, general industrials and private equity sectors. Sessions previously served as head of Bank of America Business Capital and Asset-based Financing, where she led an international team of 350 asset-based lenders.