Sarah R. Borders

Chairperson

Sarah R. Borders has served as a member of our Board since February 2021 and was appointed Chairperson in July 2026. Since October 2023, Ms. Borders has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Novare Group, a Sunbelt focused multi-family real estate development company. Prior to her time at Novare, until December 2022, Ms. Borders was a partner of King & Spalding LLP where she practiced in the Finance and Restructuring and Real Estate practice groups with a focus on financial institutions. Ms. Borders has extensive experience representing both creditors and debtors in some of the nation’s largest workouts, restructurings and bankruptcy cases as well as sophisticated real estate financing transactions. Ms. Borders is a fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, has been recognized as one of Georgia’s “Legal Elite” for several years and Chambers USA selected her as a star individual, its highest rating, in her practice area. Ms. Borders served on the BrandBank board of directors prior to its merger with Renasant in 2018. Ms. Borders graduated from Louisiana State University and the University of Virginia School of Law.