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Comerica CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Curtis Chatman Farmer is the Comerica's CEO. Comerica has 8,051 employees, of which 53 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Comerica executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Comerica management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Curtis Chatman Farmer

CEO / President

Curtis Chatman Farmer's LinkedIn

Curtis C. Farmer is Vice Chairman of Comerica's Retail Bank and Wealth Management. He is a member of Comerica's Management Policy Committee. On August 12, 2010, Comerica announced it was combining the Retail Bank and Wealth Management leadership into one organization, led by Farmer. He leads the business segments which serve consumers, small businesses, institutional clients and the wealth market. He is responsible for the Retail Bank, which includes Comerica's 489 banking centers (as of 12/31/12) and Small Business. He also has responsibility for Wealth Management, which delivers personal wealth management solutions to high-net-worth individuals. The Institutional Services group within Wealth Management works with organizations such as partnerships, sole proprietorships, corporations, unions, non-profits, health care organizations and municipalities to provide services such as custody, investment management, employee benefit plans, investment banking, and business succession planning. Farmer also has responsibility for Corporate Marketing and Communications, and Corporate Quality Process. He was named Vice Chairman of Comerica's Retail Bank and Wealth Management on April 29, 2011. Farmer joined Comerica as Executive Vice President of Wealth Management on Oct. 20, 2008, from Wachovia Corporation of Charlotte, N.C., where he most recently spent three years as Executive Vice President and Wealth Management Director of the Wealth Management segment. During his 23 years with Wachovia, he held a variety of positions of increasing scope and responsibility, including Senior Vice President and Managing Executive Wachovia Trust Company in Charlotte, NC; Senior Vice President and Wealth Management Director in Philadelphia, Pa.; and Senior Vice President and Managing Executive of Marketing and Strategic Planning in Charlotte, NC. Farmer earned a bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, where he also earned his Masters in Business Administration. Farmer's board affiliations include Wake Forest University, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Baylor Healthcare Foundation and the Circle 10 Council of the Boys Scouts of America.

Elon Farnsworth

Founder

James J. Herzog

Exec VP/CFO

James J. Herzog is a Sr VP/Divisional Finance Ofcr at Business Bank and Exec VP/CFO at Comerica. He has worked as Exec VP/Treasurer at Comerica. James attended Oakland University.

James Harry Weber

Executive Vice President

James Harry Weber's LinkedIn

James Weber is an Executive Vice-President, Chief Experience Officer at Comerica and is based in Dallas, Texas. He has worked as Senior VP, Global Marketing at Fossil Group and Group Creative Director at TM Advertising. James attended Swarthmore College between 1980 and 1984.

Cassandra M. McKinney

Board Member

Mauricio A. Ortiz

Senior VP/Chief Acctg Officer

Mauricio A. Ortiz's LinkedIn

Mauricio Ortiz is a Chief Accounting Officer at Comerica and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Audit Senior at Whitley Penn and Associate/Senior at Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). Mauricio attended McCombs School of Business between 1996 and 2001 and FTTA.

Megan D. Burkhart

EVP - Chief HR Officer

Megan D. Burkhart's LinkedIn

Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer As executive vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer, Burkhart leads the division that includes Compensation, Corporate Learning, Employee Benefits, Employee Relations, HR Administrative Management, HR Consulting, Strategic Staffing, and Talent Management. She is a member of Comerica's Management Policy Committee. Burkhart joined Comerica in 1997, where she most recently served as Senior Vice President and Director of Compensation since 2007. She was named to her current position on January 26, 2010. Burkhart earned a bachelor's degree from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is a member of the Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas Board of Directors.

Megan D. Crespi

Executive Vice President

Megan D. Crespi's LinkedIn

Specialties: Outsourced Model, Offshoring, Major Program Application Development, IT Strategy, Contract Management, Structural Cost Management/Reduction

Nina G. Vaca-Humrichouse

Board Member

Robert S. Taubman

Board Member

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Curtis Chatman Farmer

CEO / President

Curtis Chatman Farmer's LinkedIn

Curtis C. Farmer is Vice Chairman of Comerica's Retail Bank and Wealth Management. He is a member of Comerica's Management Policy Committee. On August 12, 2010, Comerica announced it was combining the Retail Bank and Wealth Management leadership into one organization, led by Farmer. He leads the business segments which serve consumers, small businesses, institutional clients and the wealth market. He is responsible for the Retail Bank, which includes Comerica's 489 banking centers (as of 12/31/12) and Small Business. He also has responsibility for Wealth Management, which delivers personal wealth management solutions to high-net-worth individuals. The Institutional Services group within Wealth Management works with organizations such as partnerships, sole proprietorships, corporations, unions, non-profits, health care organizations and municipalities to provide services such as custody, investment management, employee benefit plans, investment banking, and business succession planning. Farmer also has responsibility for Corporate Marketing and Communications, and Corporate Quality Process. He was named Vice Chairman of Comerica's Retail Bank and Wealth Management on April 29, 2011. Farmer joined Comerica as Executive Vice President of Wealth Management on Oct. 20, 2008, from Wachovia Corporation of Charlotte, N.C., where he most recently spent three years as Executive Vice President and Wealth Management Director of the Wealth Management segment. During his 23 years with Wachovia, he held a variety of positions of increasing scope and responsibility, including Senior Vice President and Managing Executive Wachovia Trust Company in Charlotte, NC; Senior Vice President and Wealth Management Director in Philadelphia, Pa.; and Senior Vice President and Managing Executive of Marketing and Strategic Planning in Charlotte, NC. Farmer earned a bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, where he also earned his Masters in Business Administration. Farmer's board affiliations include Wake Forest University, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Baylor Healthcare Foundation and the Circle 10 Council of the Boys Scouts of America.

Cassandra M. McKinney

Board Member

Nina G. Vaca-Humrichouse

Board Member

Robert S. Taubman

Board Member

Roger A. Cregg

Board Member

Barbara R. Smith

Board Member

Jacqueline P. Kane

Board Member

James McGregor Carr

Executive Vice Pres

Michael E. Collins

Board Member

Michael G. van de Ven

Board Member

Comerica leadership demographics

Comerica gender distribution in management team

  • The Comerica executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • Comerica is 59% female and 41% male company-wide.
Male
Male
55%
Company-wide: 41%
Female
Female
45%
Company-wide: 59%

Comerica executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Comerica executive officers is White.
  • 67% of the management team is White.
  • 13% of Comerica's management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 10% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 59% of employees are White.
  • 14% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 12% of employees are Asian.
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What employees say about the executives at Comerica

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5.0
A zippia user wrote a review on Jul 2020
Pros of working at Comerica

Work ethics. Team player. Their core values and they care about their employees.

Cons of working at Comerica

Too boring. Not challenging enough.

Comerica benefits

Working independently . I am able to set up appointments according to my schedule without asking permission from manager.

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