Powel

Andy Powell

Andy is the EVP and Chief Lending Officer for Republic Bank. In this role, he is responsible for the overall credit quality for Republic Bank, specifically as it relates to commercial and consumer lending. He oversees sales, credit and operations related to commercial and consumer lending. Andy is responsible for the oversight of treasury management as well as aircraft lending, Special Assets and the Retail Collections group. He serves on the Asset Liability Committee and the Senior and Executive Loan committee as well as additional strategic committees as assigned. Andy is responsible for the safety and soundness of the bank with respect to loan policy, underwriting and compliance with regulatory exams. Prior to working at Republic Bank, he was at National City Bank in various commercial lending roles.  

Andy has a finance and marketing degree from the University of Kentucky. He received the W. Fielding Rubel School of Business Faculty Award in 1999 when he received his MBA at Bellarmine. 

Andy is the President of the Board of Baptist Health Foundation, and a member of the UK Alumni Board.  He has been on the Rubel School of Business Advisory Council since 2020. 

Andy and his wife, Laura, have three children – Abby, Andrew and Lucy. 

About Bellarmine University

Bellarmine University is a vibrant community of educational excellence and ethical awareness that consistently ranks among the nation’s best colleges and universities. Our students pursue an education based in the liberal arts – and in the distinguished, inclusive Catholic tradition of educational excellence, the oldest and most rewarding in the western world. It is a lifelong education, worthy of the university’s namesake, Saint Robert Bellarmine, and of his invitation to each of us to learn and live In Veritatis Amore – in the love of all that is beautiful, true and good in life.