Pinnacle Financial Partners hired Anita Ball as equipment finance operations manager and Raven Sheehan as financial advisor assistant. They will be based at Pinnacle’s Birmingham, AL, office.

“I’m very excited to add Anita and Raven’s experience to our growing team,” Kris Foster, president of equipment finance group at Pinnacle, said. “They both play critical roles in helping us build out our equipment finance operations group and how we process and fund business. They bring a vast amount of experience that will help us continue to grow and service our client base. It’s important to have leaders like these to help us deliver on our promise of distinctive service and effective advice.”

Ball has more than 30 years of banking experience. She joined Pinnacle Financial Partners from Regions Bank, where she most recently served as equipment finance fulfillment and operations manager. Prior to Regions Bank, she served in various operational and risk management roles with Sirote & Permutt, Protective Life Insurance Company and Synovus Mortgage.

Sheehan has 11 years of experience at Regions Bank, where she most recently served as corporate fulfillment team manager for equipment finance. Sheehan also held other roles at Regions Bank, including equipment documentation paralender and small dollar loan document specialist.