SANDRA E. PIERCE Profile Sandra Pierce is Vice Chairman of FirstMerit Corporation, and Chairman and CEO of FirstMerit . Pierce has direct oversight of and responsibility for Consumer Banking, Wealth Management Services, and Corporate Marketing for FirstMerit Corporation and coordination of FirstMerit’s business activities in the state of Michigan. FirstMerit Corporation is a diversified company headquartered in Akron, , with assets of $23.5 billion as of June 30, 2013 and 416 banking offices and 452 ATM locations in Ohio, Michigan, , and . FirstMerit provides a complete range of banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses through its core operations. Principal affiliates include: FirstMerit , N.A., FirstMerit Mortgage Corporation, FirstMerit Title Agency, Ltd. and FirstMerit Community Development Corporation.

Prior to joining FirstMerit, Pierce was Midwest Regional Executive, President and CEO for Charter One Bank, Michigan, a division of RBS Citizens, N.A. where she had responsbilities for commercial banking and all state bank activities in Michigan as well as oversight of all state activites in Illinois and Ohio and was a member of ’s Executive Leadership Group and the Midwest Regional Advisory Board.

Pierce began her successful and diverse career in 1978 when she joined NBD Bancorp as a teller while attending Wayne State University. Upon graduation, she held a number of significant roles in commercial banking, retail banking, marketing and private client services at NBD and its successor organizations First NBD, Bank One, and JP Morgan Chase. In 2002, Pierce became regional executive of the Retail Midwest Region at Bank One. In this role, Pierce managed 350 bank branches that served over one million households and provided a full suite of consumer services, including: mortgages, small business loans, consumer loans and investments.

A native of Detroit, Pierce is a 1980 graduate of Wayne State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration / Marketing degree. She earned a Masters of Business Administration / Finance degree from Wayne State University in 1984. She is a board member of Barton Malow Enterprises and Penske Automoative Group. She serves as Chair of the Detroit Financial Advisory Board and chair of the Henry Ford Health System. Current and past business associations and civic involvements include board membership on Business Leaders for Michigan (Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, Audit Chair); Detroit Economic Club (Board of Directors; Executive Committtee); Detroit Regional Chamber (Prior Chair); the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy; Detroit Zoological Society; Downtown Detroit Partnership; Invest Detroit; New Detroit, Inc., and The Parade Company (Chair, Board of Directors).

In 2012, Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of Detroit’s 2011 “Most Powerful Women”; was named as one of the 2011 “Detroit News Michiganian of the Year”, and was identified as a “Powered by Detroit Woman” by dBusiness.

In 2011, Pierce was named as one of News/Talk WJR 760 AM’s “Women Who Lead” for her contributions and dedication to the community. Pierce also received the 2011 Executive Leadership Award from the Marketing & Sales Executives of Detroit. Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business in 2010 as one of the region’s “Most Connected” individuals. In 2007, Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of the “Most Influential Women” and as one of ten “Newsmakers of the Year.” In 2006 Pierce was recognized by Crain’s Detroit Business as one of the region’s “Most Powerful People” and as one of ten “Newsmakers of the Year.” She is a graduate of Leadership Detroit XXI.

Pierce and her husband Tom reside in Northville, Mich., and have three children.

August, 2013