Reginald E. Davis ‘84

Senior Executive Vice President, President of Banking • Flagstar Bank

1993 Bennie Trailblazer Award

Reginald E. Davis serves as Senior Executive Vice President and President of Banking of New York Community Bancorp, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for all non-mortgage lending, Government Banking, Treasury Management, strategic alliances, and all of Retail Banking.

He has 35 years of banking experience, most recently with SunTrust, now Truist, where he was head of business banking. He also served as President of RBC Bank USA, the U.S. banking division of the Royal Bank of Canada, and as a senior executive and member of the operating committee for Wachovia (now Wells Fargo), where he held a number of senior roles. He started his banking career at First Union Bank.

Mr. Davis serves on the board of the Lincoln Financial Group and is a member of the 100 Black Men of Atlanta. Previously, he served as chair of the Morehouse College Dean’s Advisory Board and as a board member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.

His past recognitions include being named by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the 75 most powerful African Americans in corporate America, and in 2021, by Savoy Magazine to the list of Most Influential Black Corporate Directors.