TrustBank Leadership

Debbie Rhodes works at TrustBank and a Chief Operations Officer at TrustBank and is based in Albany Georgia Area.

I held varied positions in my 33-year career with Both TrustBank and Northern Trust. My current position is Senior Vice President and Chief Fiduciary Officer for TrustBank wherein I oversee the Wealth Management and Fiduciary Practice for the company (AZ and IL).

After completing the mandatory 2 years in public accounting, my financial services career began in Northern Trust's Fiduciary Tax area preparing fiduciary and estate tax returns, then moved to Financial Management where I participated in Asset/Liability mangement, budgeting and strategic planning and both internal/external reporting. At the beginning of 1996 I joined the Estate Settlement Group, where I served as the senior estate administrator. I was promoted to SeniorTrust and Fiduciary officer in 2004 and served as the lead relationship manager for the company's Trust and Investment Management relationships, while also managing the trust function in the East Valley (Phx) of Northern Trust's West Region.

During my tenure I have taken on other roles at Northern Trust including the teaching of the Company's Diversity Program in 1993; chaired their Quality Committee; was a participating member of their Mentoring Committee, and chaired the Discretionary Distribution Committee. I also chaired company's United Way corporate drive (2002) and served as Secretary on the Northern Trust's PFS Diversity and Inclusion Council.

I am an a past Advisory Board Member of ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business Finance Department. I am also past chair o fthe W.P. Carey of Business Dean's Board of Excellence where I spearheaded one of the first Mentoring Programs between the professional community and the school. I am a past member of the Dean's Council of 100 and President's Club member.

I have also been active with Junior Achievement, Business Volunteers for the Arts, Valley of the Sun United Way, past board member of the Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce and past President of the East Valley Estate Planning Council.

Philip W Hotchkiss is a Chief Wealth Strategist at TrustBank and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has worked as Area Manager at TD; President at Independent Planner and Insurance Producer; and VP, Client Advisory Officer at BMO Private Banking. Philip attended Menlo College between 1981 and 1985.