Holly Murrell and Angela Woods have joined Pinnacle Financial Partners' Trust team.

"Holly and Angela have the skills, background and commitment that we need to deliver distinctive service and effective advice to our clients," said Robert Newman, Pinnacle's trust services manager. "They are strong additions to our team in Rutherford County."

Murrell, with 17 years of experience, is a trust portfolio advisor. Prior roles were with Stifel and Sterne Agee & Leach Inc., where she held registered sales assistant positions; RBC Dain Rauscher Inc., where she was a junior institutional trader and trading assistant; and J. C. Bradford & Co., where she was a municipal portfolio specialist.

Murrell earned her bachelor's degree in business finance from Middle Tennessee State University and holds Series 63 and 7 securities licenses. She has served as a mentor and visionary for Stacy Jagger's Music with Mommie and served as treasurer for the Columbia Central Lions Basketball Booster Club.

Woods brings 20 years of trust services experience to her role of trust advisor assistant. She comes to Pinnacle from U.S. Trust, Bank of America, where she was a trust administrative officer. Previously she served as a client support specialist for SunTrust Bank and as a personal trust associate for NationsBank.

Woods attended Lipscomb University and received an associate's degree in office management from Volunteer State Community College.

Murrell and Woods are based at Pinnacle's Financial Center in Murfreesboro.

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 $11.0 billion in assets at Sept. 30, 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.