Bryant Bank is proud to announce the promotion of Patrick Hamner, a longtime Tuscaloosa resident and dedicated community leader, to Executive Vice President, Commercial Loans and Credit Administration. In this role, Patrick will assume new responsibilities with Bryant Bank’s commercial lending and credit administration functions statewide.
“Patrick was here on day one, and his fingerprints are on so much of what Bryant Bank has become,” says Claude Edwards, Bryant Bank President. “Promoting him to Executive Vice President is not just a recognition of his past contributions. It is an investment in our future. We look forward to the leadership that Patrick will provide Bryant Bank as he assumes his new responsibilities.”
Patrick’s connection to Bryant Bank runs deep, and so does his connection to Tuscaloosa. A Montgomery native, he made Tuscaloosa home in 1989, earning a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Alabama in 1993 and later graduating from the Graduate School of Banking at LSU in 2013. He began his banking career in 1992 as a teller, spending more than a decade in commercial lending before helping to found Bryant Bank in June 2005. Patrick has been part of the Bryant Bank family since the day the doors opened, and his promotion to Executive Vice President reflects more than three decades of dedication to his customers, his colleagues, and this community.
Patrick has spent his career building something meaningful in Tuscaloosa, one relationship, one business, one family at a time. Beyond his banking career, Patrick’s commitment to Tuscaloosa is woven into nearly every corner of the community. He served two four-year terms as the District 4 Representative on the Tuscaloosa City School Board and currently serves on the boards of Junior Achievement of Tuscaloosa County and the Southern Development Council, an Alabama-based Certified Development Company specializing in SBA loan programs. He is an active Vestry member at Canterbury Chapel, where he also supported the congregation’s Meals on Wheels ministry. He consistently volunteers with Reading Allies at MLK Elementary School and the Tuscaloosa City Schools and Tuscaloosa’s Adopt-A-School program. His civic involvement extends further through the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce, the Port Authority of Tuscaloosa, United Way of West Alabama, the Mental Health Association of Tuscaloosa, the Tuscaloosa County Diversion Program, and a host of other organizations dedicated to the health, safety, and growth of the region.
Patrick’s dedication to community has not gone unnoticed within Bryant Bank, either. In 2020, he was honored with the Making A Difference Community Service Award, an internal recognition that celebrates a Bryant Banker whose commitment to serving others goes above and beyond the expected.
In 2017, he was recognized by the Young Leaders Society of Tuscaloosa with a United in Service / West Alabama Young Leaders Award. Patrick is a graduate of Leadership Tuscaloosa and a member of the inaugural 2018 class of the Alabama Bankers Association’s Bank Executive Leadership Program.
Outside of work, Patrick shares his life with his wife of 26 years, The Honorable Elizabeth Hamner, Tuscaloosa circuit judge. Together, they love to travel and explore new places.
“For over thirty years, Tuscaloosa has been my home and my customers have been my neighbors. That will never change,” says Patrick Hamner. “But I’m excited to now serve in a role where I can support our bankers and customers across all of our banking footprint. Every community Bryant Bank calls home deserves the same level of attention and care, and I’m excited to be a part of that collaborative mission.”
