Meet our team
Meet our team in Tuscaloosa
Blake Thrasher
Market PresidentBlake joined Synovus in 2021, bringing more than two decades of financial services experience. A native of Dallas, TX, Blake expertly matches Synovus clients to the tools and products they need to help their businesses grow. Blake’s career in banking began at the University of Alabama, where he studied finance while playing guard for the Crimson Tide. His love of basketball, and Alabama, continues to this day. When he is not teaching the next generation the finer points of the game, he and his wife, Jennifer, enjoy traveling with their three sons.
Work in our community
- Board member, American Christian Academy, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Head basketball coach, American Christian Academy, Tuscaloosa, AL
- Past board member, The Arc of Tuscaloosa
- Past board member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of West Alabama
Maggie Tanner
Director, Private Wealth ManagementMaggie Tanner’s more than two decades of experience have informed her understanding of the complex liability and liquidity needs of families, busy professionals, and business owners. Her expertise incorporates banking solutions into comprehensive wealth strategies tailor-made for each client. A native of Huntsville, AL, Maggie joined Synovus in 2016. In 2020, she received the James D. Yancey Customer Covenant Award and was inducted into the Chairman’s Circle of Excellence. Maggie earned her bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Mississippi. She holds Series 7 and Series 66 certifications, as well as an insurance license.
Maggie’s passion is making banking about her clients, not an institution, and delivering fresh ideas with the highest level of responsiveness and service. She accomplishes this by working seamlessly with Synovus experts in trust, financial planning, mortgage, investments, and insurance, along with external CPAs, attorneys, and other advisors. “I love helping clients think through financial concerns and finding the best solutions for them.” She and her husband, Richard M. Tanner, MD, a general surgeon, recently returned to Alabama with their two children after eight years in Chattanooga, TN. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking, cooking, Little League, and traveling.
Work in our community
- Graduate, Alabama Leadership Initiative
- Graduate, Leadership Huntsville, Connect Class 6
- Finalist, Young Professional of the Year, Huntsville Chamber of Commerce (2007)
- Past member, Junior League of Birmingham
- Past member, Junior League of Huntsville
- Past member, Public Affairs Research Committee of Alabama
- Past member, Committee of 100, Young Professional Initiative of Huntsville
- Past president, Chattanooga Medical Alliance
- Past member, Medical Society of Chattanooga
- Past member, Chattanooga Medical Group Management Association
- Sustainer, Junior League of Chattanooga
- Member, Leadership Chattanooga (2017-2018)
Scott Wilhelm
VP, Commercial BankingScott joined Synovus in 2021, bringing two decades of financial services experience to advising clients in Tuscaloosa and across West Alabama. A native of Winter Garden, FL, near Orlando, Scott grew up in Gainesville, FL. He enlisted in the United States Air Force after high school, deploying to Egypt, Germany, Oman and Spain. After fulfilling his four-year service commitment, Scott moved to Orlando FL and earned his bachelor’s in business with a minor in management from Western International University.
Scott later worked at Walt Disney World, where he met his wife, Bethany. (“I played the taller characters. She played the smaller ones!”) In his spare time, Scott enjoys cheering on the Gators, staying fit to keep up with the couple’s two daughters, and playing drums in the praise band at his church every Sunday. For the former student of improv comedy, collaboration is the key to successful servant leadership. “It’s not about me,” he says. “It’s about the person in front of me.”
Work in our community
- Board member, Boys & Girls Clubs of West Alabama
- Board member, Children’s Hands-On Museum of Tuscaloosa
- Loaned Executive and Volunteer Allocation Team member , United Way of West Alabama