Katherine O. McCary

The Honorable Katherine O. McCary
Vice President, SunTrust Banks, Inc
President, VA Business Leadership Network
Past Chair, US Business Leadership Network
Katherine.mccary@suntrust.com
804-343-9571

Katherine McCary reports to the Chairman, President and CEO, SunTrust Mid-Atlantic and has corporate responsibility for the Disability Resource Center, a program that seeks to increase the employment of people with disabilities throughout SunTrust´s workforce and to increase awareness of marketing opportunities for customers with disabilities. The Corporate Center provides disability information internally to employees and managers. She is co-chair for SunTrust´s National Disability Mentoring Day. She acts as disability consultant to SunTrust´s 17 Diversity Councils.

In her 19 years with SunTrust, her contributions to SunTrust´s disability efforts have resulted in national recognition, including the SHRM HR Magazine 2000 Innovative Practice Award, the 2002 US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®) Exceptional Leadership Award and the US Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao´s 2004 New Freedom Initiative Award.

Katherine is responsible for SunTrust representation in the Business Leadership Network organization and serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the US Business Leadership Network (USBLN®), a national organization representing 5,000 businesses that educates employers on the business imperative of disability. Katherine is a long term member of SHRM, and is active in many "disability business" organizations, and local Workforce Investment Boards. She is a SHRM certified Diversity Trainer and a recognized national speaker.

In October 2008, Katherine was appointed to the National Council on Disability by President Bush and confirmed by the US Senate. NCD is an independent federal agency composed of members appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. NCD provides advice to the President, Congress, and executive branch agencies to promote policies, programs, practices, and procedures that guarantee equal opportunity for all individuals with disabilities, to empower individuals with disabilities to achieve economic self-sufficiency, independent living, and inclusion and integration into all aspects of society. The U.S. Senate confirmation confers upon Katherine the lifelong title of "The Honorable".

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