Jim donatelli

Jim Donatelli is president of Regions banks in Pensacola. He is responsible for all banking operations in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties, including 24 Regions bank branches. Donatelli joined Regions in April 2007 as a consumer banking executive responsible for Regions consumer banking sales and service activities from Pensacola to Panama City. Prior to joining Regions, he held progressively responsible positions with Wachovia in South and Central Florida.

Donatelli is a board member of the Pensacola Museum of Art and a supporter of the American Red Cross. He received a PAcCE Award for Emerging Leader of the Year in 2011. The award is presented by the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Donatelli was recognized for his leadership at Regions Bank and for spearheading two major fund-raising campaigns for United Way and the chamber's Vision 2015. Both fund-raisers exceeded their goals in a time when philanthropic giving is down 4 percent nationally.

Donatelli received a bachelor's degree in business economics from the University of Pittsburgh at Jamestown, Penn. He also holds professional licenses in insurance and investments and is a graduate of the Retail Leadership Development Program of the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, N.C.