Sammy Slaughter is employed by Regions Bank as a City President/Commercial Relationship Manager in Starkville, MS. Sammy is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a BBA Degree in Business and a BPA Degree in Accounting. His main focus is providing clients financial solutions that meet their individual needs. Sammy works with all his Regions partners to provide these financial solutions including Insurance, Wealth Management, Investment options as well as traditional loans and deposit solutions. Sammy has over thirty-three years banking experience with twenty-seven of those years in the Starkville/MSU market. In his career he has worked in many different areas of the bank including the Audit Department, Loan Review, Consumer Lending and Administration.
Sammy has been very active in the community over the years having served on various Boards and helping with various Organizations. These include the boards of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, which supports local economic development, Oktibbeha Educational Foundation, United Way, Starkville Country Club, Ducks Unlimited, Graduated Leadership Mississippi program and Young Bankers Association. Before joining the Catch-A-Dream Board, Sammy had worked with the organization for many years. He has served on the personnel and budget committees for First Baptist Church, Starkville where he attends.
Sammy and his wife Beverly, a native of Grenada, MS, reside in Starkville MS, where he enjoys playing golf, hunting and fishing. They have three sons ages 27, 22 and 20. As his boys were growing up he was very active in youth sports including football, baseball, basketball, and soccer, serving as a coach or assistant coach. Sammy will tell you that two of his greatest memories of his boys growing up are watching them play sports and each of them learning the value of “TEAM,” and teaching each of them how to hunt and fish while enjoying the experience of being outdoors.