Pruitt serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of Lakeland Financial, a position she has held since 2017. She also serves as Corporate Secretary. She joined Lakeland Financial in 2008 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel and was promoted to Executive Vice President and General Counsel in 2014. Before joining Lake City Bank, she served as Assistant General Counsel at 1st Source Bank in South Bend, Indiana, since 2004. From 1999-2004, Pruitt was associated with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP's Washington DC office as an attorney. She has a bachelor's degree cum laude from the University of Notre Dame and a juris doctor degree magna cum laude from Case Western Reserve University School of Law.

Lake City Bank, a $4.8 billion bank headquartered in Warsaw, Indiana, is the fourth largest bank headquartered in the state, and the largest bank 100% invested in Indiana. Lake City Bank operates 49 branch offices in northern and central Indiana, delivering technology-driven solutions in a client-centric way to individuals and businesses. The bank is the single bank subsidiary of Lakeland Financial Corporation (Nasdaq Global Select/LKFN). For more information visit www.lakecitybank.com.

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