Tupelo’s Mitchell Waycaster Elected Chairman of Mississippi Bankers Association

JACKSON, Miss. –C. Mitchell Waycaster, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman, of Renasant Bank (the “Bank”) and Renasant Corporation (the “Company”), respectively, headquartered in Tupelo, has been elected Chairman of the Mississippi Bankers Association (MBA) for 2023-2024.

As MBA Chairman, Waycaster chairs the association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. The membership of the 134-year-old statewide trade association includes commercial banks and savings institutions operating in Mississippi.MBA members hold more than 95% of bank deposits in the state.

Waycaster was elected Chief Executive Officer of both the Company and the Bank on May 1, 2018, and, prior to his ascension to CEO, had served as President and Chief Operating Officer since January 21, 2016. He had served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the Company since 2007. Prior to being Chief Administrative Officer, Waycaster, who joined the Bank in 1979, held various leadership positions within the Company and Bank, including President of Renasant’s Mississippi Division, Executive Vice President of Retail Banking, and Senior Vice President and Credit Administrator.

Waycaster received his Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware American Bankers Association Stonier Graduate School of Banking and the American Bankers Association National Compliance School at the University of Oklahoma and the University of Colorado. He is also a graduate of the Mid-South School of Banking at the University of Memphis and the Tennessee Commercial Lending School at Vanderbilt University.

Waycaster has previously served on the MBA board of directors as well as various MBA committees. In addition to his MBA service, he currently serves as a Board Member of the Mississippi Economic Council, Japan-America Society of Mississippi, North Mississippi Health Services, Natchez Trace Council Boy Scouts of America, Create Foundation, Banking and Finance Advisory Board – University of Mississippi and on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve of Bank of St. Louis.

Waycaster and his wife, Christy, have raised three children and have three grandchildren. The Waycasters reside in Tupelo and are active members of First Baptist Church.

Since 1889, the Mississippi Bankers Association has been the statewide trade association of the state’s banking industry. The MBA supports its member banks through education, advocacy, communications, and products and services. Learn more at www.msbankers.com.

– Amanda Markow, Communications Manager, Mississippi Bankers Association