Mr. Rich is a retired equity partner of the law firm of Holland & Knight, where he devoted the majority of his thirty-year practice to advising banks and trust companies on matters of trust law. He is a past member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of STI Capital Management, N.A., the investment management affiliate of SunTrust Banks, Inc. He received his B.A. from Hampshire College and his J.D., with honors, from Stetson University College of Law, where he was an editor of the Stetson Law Review.