41-year SWFL Bank of America market leader to retire

Longtime Southwest Florida banking executive Gerri Moll, who has led the market for Bank of America since 1997 and been with the bank for 41 years, is retiring at the end of July.   

The bank named Julie Schmelzle, senior relationship manager in global commercial banking, market president and Moll’s successor. Schmelzle, the bank says in a statement, will “connect clients, teammates and communities to the full power of the franchise and drive integration across the bank’s eight lines of business.”

In her current role, Schmelzle has responsibility for corporate client relationships with companies with revenues of $50 million to $2 billion across all major industries. She’s been with the bank since 1989, according to her LinkedIn profile. 

Julie is well positioned to build on Gerri’s success and continue to grow our market share in Southwest Florida, delivering the full breadth of Bank of America’s capabilities to help our local clients improve their financial lives,” Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan says in the statement. 

Moll, meanwhile, the bank says, has “had a tremendous impact delivering the full breadth of Bank of America to our clients, growing market share and representing our company in the community.” That includes representing the Southwest Florida market on the state’s Board of Governors, which oversees Florida’s 11 public universities. “We thank Gerri for her remarkable 41 years of service with the company,” Moynihan says.