Jennifer Docherty
Board Director, Sunrise Banks
About Jennifer
Jennifer Docherty is a member of the Board of Directors at Sunrise Banks. She joined the board in June 2022 and currently chairs the Audit and Finance committee.
Jennifer has more than 25 years of experience as a senior banking and legal advisor, working closely with management teams and boards of directors to provide strategic and industry advice. She is also skilled at partnering with bankers, clients and regulators to identify and resolve issues, and develop and execute major strategic initiatives.
Jennifer currently serves as General Counsel of Performance Trust, a Chicago-based full-service investment bank focused on community depository institutions.
Previous Experience
Jennifer’s previous experience includes serving as a managing director and associate general counsel in the financial services group at Piper Sandler & Co. (previously Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P.). Prior to investment banking, she was a senior associate at a New York City law firm working on general corporate, regulatory and securities matters for financial institutions, including mergers and acquisitions, mutual-to-stock conversions, reorganizations into holding company form, and public and private offerings of debt and equity securities.