Nicole S. Stokes has served as Ameris Bank and Ameris Bancorp executive vice president and chief financial officer since January 2018. Stokes joined Ameris Bank in December 2010 as controller and served as Ameris Bank chief financial officer beginning June 2016. Prior to joining Ameris Bank, she served as chief financial officer of PAB Bankshares and Park Avenue Bank in Valdosta, Georgia, controller of The Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, and senior auditor of Synovus Financial Corporation in Columbus, Georgia.