Misty Colston-Ramos, Karla Kennedy and Kristi Kyle have joined Pinnacle Financial Partners.

"Misty, Karla and Kristi are excellent additions to the incredible team we already have in place in Murfreesboro," said Bill Jones, Pinnacle area executive for Rutherford County. "Their broad array of experience will help us continue to meet clients' needs better than any of our competitors."

Colston-Ramos brings 13 years of experience to her role of client service specialist. Prior roles included serving as a senior teller for Bank of America in Smyrna and financial service representative for SunTrust Bank in Nashville.

Colston-Ramos is based at Pinnacle's South Lowry office in Smyrna.

Kennedy, with 21 years of experience, is a service specialist. Prior roles were with Capital Bank, where she was a teller coordinator and operational specialist, and Bank of America, where she served as a teller and personal banker.

Kennedy is based out of the firm's South Church Street office in Murfreesboro.

Kyle joins Pinnacle as a service specialist. She brings 16 years of experience to her role and comes most recently from Capital Bank, where she was a teller. Previous roles included serving as a branch operations manager for First National Bank in Murfreesboro and financial service representative for First Tennessee Bank in Spring Hill.

Kyle is based at Pinnacle's Memorial office 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 firm began operations in a single downtown Nashville location in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $6.3 billion in assets at March 31, 2015. At March 31, 2015, Pinnacle is the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, with 29 offices in eight Middle Tennessee counties and five offices in Knoxville. The firm expanded to West Tennessee in April 2015 with a loan-production office in Memphis. Additionally, Great Place to Work® named Pinnacle one of the best workplaces in the United States on its 2014 Best Small & Medium Workplaces list published in FORTUNE magazine. The American Banker also recognized Pinnacle as the second best bank to work for in the country.