Ms. Karen Lovaglio Dee has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Central Florida of Fifth Third Bank (Cincinnati, OH) of Fifth Third Bancorp since January 5, 2009. Ms. Dee has been Head of Retail Banking of Fifth Third Bancorp since January 2007. She is responsible for the retail division's overall performance, objectives, products, operations and strategies. She joined Fifth Third in October 2006 and has been providing strategic support on special retail initiatives since that time. Prior to joining Fifth Third, she served as Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director of Wachovia Wealth Management for central, north and southwest Florida. She served as President of Greater Tampa Bay Region of Wachovia Bank, N.A., where she was responsible for the commercial, business, government and retail segments in five county markets. She served as Senior Vice President and Retail Banking Director of Greater Tampa Bay region. Before relocating to Cincinnati, she served as Member of Board of Directors of the United Way of Tampa Bay and of the University of South Florida Foundation. Ms. Dee is the recipient of the Tampa Bay Business Journal's "Judges Choice" 2004 Business Woman of the Year award. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Stetson University in Deland, Florida.