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Beth E. Mooney
Born
Beth Elaine Streeter

1955 (age 70–71)
Midland, Michigan, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist University
EmployerKeyCorp
Known forBecoming the first woman leader of a top 20 U.S. bank as the CEO of KeyCorp
Board member of
AT&T, Ford Motor Company

Beth Elaine Mooney (born 1955) is an American financial executive who is the first woman to be CEO of a top-20 U.S. bank. From November 2010 until May 1, 2011, she was the president and the chief operating officer at KeyCorp.[1] On May 1, 2011, KeyCorp named Mooney its chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based bank.[1][2] She retired in 2020.[3]

Early life and education

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Mooney was born in 1955 as Beth Elaine Streeter. She was raised in Midland, Michigan, where her father was a chemist for Dow Chemical, and her mother was an English teacher.[4][5] She was the youngest of three children in the family.[4]

Mooney earned a BA in history from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University in 1983.[2][1]

In 1977, she got a job in the real estate department of First City National Bank of Houston.[5] She worked there as a bank secretary until 1979, when she got a job on Republic Bank of Dallas' management training program, after refusing to leave training manager Keith Schmidt's office until he employed her.[5]

Career

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In 16 years, Mooney performed in various roles in the banking industry, such as commercial and real estate lending and chief financial officer.[2] Mooney served as regional president of Bank One in Akron and Dayton.[6]

From June 1999 until June 2000, she served as president of Bank One Ohio, NA.

She was chief operating officer of DPL Inc, a public utility, from June 1998 until June 1999.

From June 2000 until February 2004, Mooney served as group head of Tennessee and North Louisiana Banking Group.[1]

In 2004, she left Nashville to become the CFO of AmSouth.[7]

From February 2004 until April 4, 2006, she was the CFO and head of the finance group of Regions Financial Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama,[8] (which was formerly known as AmSouth Bancorp and AmSouth Bancorporation) and its subsidiary AmSouth bank.[1]

KeyCorp

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In April 2006, Mooney joined KeyCorp as a vice chair and head of Key Community Bank.[9][10]

In November 2010, she became president and chief operation officer at KeyCorp.[1]

On May 1, 2011, Mooney became CEO and chairwoman of KeyCorp. She was the first woman leader of a top 20 U.S. bank.[11][12][13]

In September 2019, Mooney announced her retirement from KeyCorp, effective May 2020.[14]

In March 2019, Mooney was named the chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's board of directors.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Beth E. Mooney". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved November 12, 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. 1 2 3 Goudreau, Jenna (September 6, 2011). "From Secretary To CEO: Beth Mooney Makes Banking History". Forbes. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Boardroom Insiders". app.boardroominsiders.com. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Beth Elaine Mooney". Boardroom Insiders. October 10, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 Eichenbaum, Peter (November 30, 2010). "Beth Mooney's Rise to KeyCorp CEO Rooted in Texas Standoff". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  6. ↑ "LEADERS Interview with Beth E. Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp". www.leadersmag.com. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Remember Beth Mooney?". Nashville Post. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kline, Alan (September 18, 2013). "KeyCorp's Beth Mooney: The Most Powerful Woman in Banking". American Banker. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Board of Directors". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Corporate Governance: Beth E. Mooney". att.com. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Beth Mooney, KeyCorp:2011 CEO in Action". Diversity Journal. Retrieved November 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ Park Lazette, Michelle (July 23, 2012). "Beth E. Mooney Chairman and chief executive officer, KeyCorp". Crains Cleveland Business. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
  13. ↑ "KeyCorp to name Beth Mooney as CEO". Reuters. November 18, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  14. ↑ Prang, Allison (September 19, 2019). "KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney to Retire in May". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. ↑ Cho, Janet H. (March 11, 2019). "KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Beth Mooney named chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's Board". cleveland.com. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
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