Wealth Management Society of NW Ohio
October 2025 meeting
BANKING PANEL DISCUSSION
What’s going on in the NW Ohio banking market? How have interest rate changes affected local banks and their customers? What’s the outlook for the local economy and bank customers? These banking leaders will answer these questions and yours at our next luncheon meeting.
Featuring
Alex Gerken, Sr. VP and Toledo City President, Fifth Third Bank
Marty Sutter, President/CEO, Genoa Bank
Plus one additional person to be announced
Alex J. Gerken serves as Toledo City President and Senior Commercial Banker for Fifth Third Bank, Northern Ohio. He is responsible for the overall leadership of activities for all business lines in Toledo, and particularly focused on driving the Bank’s growth in Commercial, Wealth & Asset Management, Capital Markets and Treasury Management Solutions. Alex previously served as Middle Market Manager for the Commercial Division and Business Banking Executive for six years. He joined Fifth Third Bank in 2001 in the Commercial Banking division. He was promoted to Vice President, Business Banking Team Leader in 2006 and was named Business Banking Executive in 2007. He was then promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Banking in early 2010. Before joining Fifth Third, Alex served as an intern in the Commercial Credit Department at KeyBank. Alex received a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Toledo, with honors, and a master’s degree in business administration from The Ohio State University.
Martin P. Sutter is Chairman, CEO and President of GenoaBank and its parent company, GenBanc. Sutter, a Martin resident, earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in Finance at the University of Toledo. He received a graduate degree in Commercial Banking from Oklahoma University. In addition, he received his Masters Degree in Business from Bowling Green State University. Sutter has been employed as a community banker at GenoaBank since August of 1988. He spent a portion of his career in commercial banking where he helped businesses throughout Northwest Ohio with their financing needs. He has over 35 years of banking experience and continues to play his part in the success of GenoaBank.
DATE: Monday October 27, 2025
WHERE: Manhattan’s Pub & Cheer, 1516 Adams St., Toledo OH 43604
TIME: 12 Noon buffet lunch, followed by the program
COST: WMSNWO members: No Charge
All Others: $20.00 (Student non-members: $5.00)
Guests register using link at top of page. Guests $20; Student guests free.
Members RSVP to Dr. Linda Bowyer Phone: 419-276-0664, linda.bowyer@utoledo.edu
Reservations must be received by 5pm Friday October 24, 2025
If you prefer a vegetarian lunch, please let Linda know.