Beth E. Mooney

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| birth_name = Beth Elaine Streeter

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}

| birth_place = Midland, Michigan, U.S.

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| alma_mater = University of Texas at Austin, Southern Methodist University

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| employer = KeyCorp

| known_for = Becoming the first woman leader of a top 20 U.S. bank as the CEO of KeyCorp

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Beth Elaine Mooney (born 1955) is an American financial executive who is the first woman to be CEO of a top-20 U.S. bank. From November 2010 until May 1, 2011, she was the president and the chief operating officer at KeyCorp.{{cite web |title=Beth E. Mooney |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=170442&ticker=KEY |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141112133323/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=170442&ticker=KEY |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=12 November 2014 |publisher=Bloomberg Business Week}} On May 1, 2011, KeyCorp named Mooney its chairwoman and chief executive officer of the Cleveland, Ohio-based bank.{{cite web|last1=Goudreau|first1=Jenna|title=From Secretary To CEO: Beth Mooney Makes Banking History|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2011/09/06/key-corp-ceo-beth-mooney-makes-banking-history-power-women/|work=Forbes|access-date=12 November 2014|date=6 September 2011}} She retired in 2020.{{Cite web |title=:: Boardroom Insiders :: |url=https://app.boardroominsiders.com/skinny-profiles/keycorp-beth-mooney |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=app.boardroominsiders.com}}

Early life and education

Mooney was born in 1955 as Beth Elaine Streeter. She was raised in Midland, Michigan, where her father was a chemist for Dow Chemical, and her mother was an English teacher.{{cite web|title=Beth Elaine Mooney|url=https://www.boardroominsiders.com/executive-profiles/8190/KeyCorp/Beth-Elaine-Mooney|publisher=Boardroom Insiders|date=10 October 2017}} She was the youngest of three children in the family.

Mooney earned a BA in history from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned an MBA from Southern Methodist University in 1983.

In 1977, she got a job in the real estate department of First City National Bank of Houston. She worked there as a bank secretary until 1979, when she got a job on Republic Bank of Dallas' management training program, after refusing to leave training manager Keith Schmidt's office until he employed her.{{cite web|last1=Eichenbaum|first1=Peter|title=Beth Mooney's Rise to KeyCorp CEO Rooted in Texas Standoff|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-30/mooney-s-30-year-climb-to-keycorp-ceo-rooted-in-texas-standoff.html|publisher=Bloomberg|access-date=12 November 2014|date=30 November 2010}}

Career

In 16 years, Mooney performed in various roles in the banking industry, such as commercial and real estate lending and chief financial officer. Mooney served as Regional President of Bank One in Akron and Dayton.{{Cite web|url=http://www.leadersmag.com/issues/2014.4_Oct/Ohio/LEADERS-Beth-Mooney-KeyCorp.html|title=LEADERS Interview with Beth E. Mooney, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, KeyCorp|website=www.leadersmag.com|access-date=2019-09-10}}

From June 1999 until June 2000, she served as president of Bank One Ohio, NA.

She was Chief Operating Officer of DPL Inc, a public utility, from June 1998 until June 1999.

From June 2000 until February 2004, Mooney served as Group Head of Tennessee and North Louisiana Banking Group.

In 2004, she left Nashville to become the CFO of AmSouth.{{cite web |title=Remember Beth Mooney? |url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/taxonomy/term/34632 |publisher=Nashville Post |access-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113142402/https://www.nashvillepost.com/taxonomy/term/34632 |archive-date=13 November 2014}}

From February 2004 until April 4, 2006, she was the CFO and head of the finance group of Regions Financial Corporation in Birmingham, Alabama,{{cite web |last1=Kline |first1=Alan |title=KeyCorp's Beth Mooney: The Most Powerful Woman in Banking |url=http://www.americanbanker.com/magazine/123_10/keycorps-beth-mooney-the-most-powerful-woman-in-banking-1062072-1.html |publisher=American Banker |access-date=13 November 2014 |date=18 September 2013}} (which was formerly known as AmSouth Bancorp and AmSouth Bancorporation) and its subsidiary AmSouth bank.

= KeyCorp =

In April 2006, Mooney joined KeyCorp as a Vice Chair and head of Key Community Bank.{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://my.clevelandclinic.org/about-cleveland-clinic/overview/leadership/board-of-directors|publisher=Cleveland Clinic|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web|title=Corporate Governance: Beth E. Mooney|url=http://www.att.com/gen/investor-relations?pid=24840|website=att.com|access-date=13 November 2014}}

In November 2010, she became president and Chief Operation Officer at KeyCorp.

On May 1, 2011, Mooney became CEO and chairwoman of KeyCorp. She was the first woman leader of a top 20 U.S. bank.{{cite web|title=Beth Mooney, KeyCorp:2011 CEO in Action|url=http://www.diversityjournal.com/2790-beth-mooney-keycorp/|publisher=Diversity Journal|access-date=13 November 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Park Lazette|first1=Michelle|title=Beth E. Mooney Chairman and chief executive officer, KeyCorp|url=http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20120723/WOMEN12/307239995/1251/women12|publisher=Crains Cleveland Business|access-date=12 November 2014|date=23 July 2012}}{{Cite news |date=2010-11-18 |title=KeyCorp to name Beth Mooney as CEO |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/keycorp-to-name-beth-mooney-as-ceo-idUSN18116598/ |access-date=2025-07-10 |work=Reuters |language=en}}

In September 2019, Mooney announced her retirement from KeyCorp, effective May 2020.{{Cite news|last=Prang|first=Allison|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/keycorp-ceo-beth-mooney-to-retire-in-may-11568928449|title=KeyCorp CEO Beth Mooney to Retire in May|date=2019-09-19|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2020-04-15|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}

In March 2019, Mooney was named the chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's Board of Directors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2019/03/keycorp-chairman-and-ceo-beth-mooney-named-chair-elect-of-cleveland-clinics-board.html|title=KeyCorp Chairman and CEO Beth Mooney named chair-elect of Cleveland Clinic's Board|last=Cho|first=Janet H.|date=2019-03-11|website=cleveland.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-09}}