Rita Lowman is a 45 year banking veteran most recently serving as President of Pilot Bank.  Rita has managed 20+ acquisitions in her career including being a part of the Executive Team who took C1 Bank public.

Rita is Chair of the Outback Bowl; Executive Board of the Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce; Southeastern Cabinet of the American Cancer Society; past chair of the Florida Bankers Association and a past director of the Florida School of Banking at the University of Florida.

Rita has received numerous awards to include Woman of Distinction, Tampa Bay Business Woman of the Year by TBBJ; 100 Most Influential People in Florida; Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce Small Business Leader of the Year and Woman of Distinction.

In 2016 Rita wrote From the Farm to the Boardroom which was named the best business book of the year by the publishing company Richter Publishing.

Rita and her husband Gary own a 430 acre cattle farm in Georgia named after their two sons HooperWill Farm.