Elissa Hopkins, Karla Kincaid and Rich Katchur have joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as collections and recovery support associates. They are based at the firm's College Street office in Murfreesboro.

Hopkins brings six years of experience from Frost-Arnett in Nashville, where she served as a collections specialist.

She attended Middle Tennessee State University.

Kincaid, with 25 years of experience, comes to Pinnacle from Randstad USA, where she was a collections representative. Previously she was a credit and collections manager for Tom James/IAD Credit and billing and customer service coordinator for Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County.

Kincaid attended Jefferson State Junior College in Birmingham.

Katchur comes to Pinnacle from Professional Account Services in Brentwood, where he served for seven years as a collections specialist.

He is a graduate of Harding University in Searcy, AR.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the sixth best bank to work for in the country in 2016.

The firm began operations in a single downtown Nashville location in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $11.2 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2016. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in the state's four largest markets, Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga, as well as several surrounding counties.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the NASDAQ Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.