Zions Bancorporation Ranks Among the Top Banking Teams in American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Banking Issue

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Sep 28, 2011, 03:00 ET

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of Zions Bancorporation's women executives were named one of the Top Teams in American Banker magazine's Most Powerful Women in Banking. In addition to the team award, LeeAnne Linderman, executive vice president of Branch Banking at Zions Bank, received an individual award, rising to be ranked as one of "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking." Since 2004, women executives from Zions Bancorporation have consistently been included in the annual rankings.

According to American Banker, Zions' team is one of four selected across the industry and stands out because of its "diligent efforts, and emerging success, at promoting women to its highest ranks, and in institutionalizing diversity efforts and mentoring programs." The annual focus of this award on women in the financial services industry recognizes Zions Bancorporation for the contributions of women-led divisions, the commitment to mentoring programs and sustaining women's business leadership in the community.

"In what remains a challenging environment for financial institutions, the leadership of our women executives has helped drive our substantially stronger business results in recent quarters," said Harris H. Simmons, Zions Bancorporation chairman and chief executive officer. "This team of women bankers has helped contribute to significant improvement in the quality of our loan and securities portfolio, enhancements in our loan and deposit portfolios, expense controls, and capital and liquidity over the past year."

Zions Bancorporation is one of the nation's premier financial services companies, consisting of a collection of great banks in select Western U.S. markets. Zions operates its banking businesses under local management teams and community identities through approximately 500 offices in 10 Western and Southwestern states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. The company is a national leader in Small Business Administration lending and public finance advisory services. In addition, Zions is included in the S&P 500 and NASDAQ Financial 100 indices. Investor information and links to subsidiary banks can be accessed at www.zionsbancorporation.com.