Management Team

Robert Shaw is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon National Bank and a member of its Board of Directors. He is a twenty-six year veteran of the financial industry and a recognized leader in banking. He previously served in several executive level positions at another community bank, including President and Chief Operations Officer. Holding a Bachelor and Master of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi, Robert is a certified public accountant and a graduate of the American Bankers' Association National Commercial Lending School. He has served as an honorary co-chair of the March of Dimes Signature Chefs Gala for two years and he annually serves as a celebrity waiter at the Celebrity Chefs Gala benefiting the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. He is active in Woodland Presbyterian Church, having served as an elder and on numerous committees and boards. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Woodland Presbyterian School and Chairman of the Pinecrest Camp and Conference Committee Long-Range Planning Task Force.

Michael Erhardt is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Paragon. He has 13 years of banking experience and is responsible for financial reporting, fee-based businesses, liquidity, deposit operations, information systems, property management, and asset liability management. A certified public accountant and graduate of Louisiana State University's Graduate School of Banking, Michael has a Bachelor and Master of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi. He serves on the finance committees of both the St. Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville and the Bodine School in Germantown, where he is also a board member.

Andrew Taylor is the Executive Vice President and Senior Credit Officer at Paragon. He is responsible for the bank's credit administration and overall credit quality. Andy's experience in commercial lending and retail banking for both a large regional financial institution as well as a small community bank dates back to 1992. Andy holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and an MBA from the Owen School of Management at Vanderbilt University. He serves yearly as the coordinator for Paragon's efforts in the Hands on Memphis Servathon.

Sam McClatchy is the Executive Vice President and Senior Lender at Paragon. He has been in the banking industry for nearly 28 years, where he has had a strong record of meeting and exceeding loan growth goals.  A graduate of the Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending at Vanderbilt University, McClatchy is an expert in the lending field.  He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barret School of Banking and the Mid South Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Kim Hall is the Senior Vice President of Treasury Management at Paragon. While managing the treasury department she started at another bank from 1998 to 2004, Kim increased gross cash management income from approximately $6,500 to almost $300,000. She serves on the board and was a past president of the Mid-South Association of Financial Professionals. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been recognized by both Memphis Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 and Memphis Woman Magazine's 50 Women Who Make a Difference, and she is active in her community, serving such organizations as Make a Wish and Memphis Child Advocacy Center.

Carol McConkey is the Senior Vice President and Senior Consumer Banking Officer at Paragon. She is responsible for mortgage lending and retail banking. A 30-year veteran of the financial services industry, Ms. McConkey currently serves on the Tennessee Mortgage Bankers Association's Board of Directors. She also serves on the Board of Directors and Loan Committee for United Housing, Inc., a non-profit housing agency serving the low to moderate income borrowers of the Memphis community. Carol holds a Direct Endorsement certification from the Federal Housing Administration and attended the University of Memphis' Fogelman College of Business and Economics.

Gordin McMurtry is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Lending at Paragon. He has 16 years of banking experience, which includes such leadership as Senior Vice President and Business Banking Sales Manager. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and History from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Master of Business Administration (in finance). He is also a member of the Downtown Memphis Rotary Club and sits on the board of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

Tanya Novarese is Senior Vice President of Commercial Real Estate Lending at Paragon. She has over 18 years of banking experience, and is extremely active in the Memphis community. She was awarded the honor of Top 40 Under 40 by the Memphis Business Journal in 2007. She is also a founder and charter member of the Memphis chapter of CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women), a former member of the vision and finance committees at St. Mary's Catholic Church, and has been both financial advisor and chapter advisor for Chi Omega at Rhodes College, her alma mater, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Business Administration in 1989.

Beth Perry is the Senior Vice President of Private Banking. She comes to Paragon after having managed two other banks' private banking departments. With a career in the financial industry going back to 1983, she holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Memphis and is a 2002 graduate of Leadership Memphis. As a native Memphian, Beth has a unique feel for the economic pulse of the business community.

Bob Word is the Senior Vice President and Manager of Residential Construction Lending at Paragon. A 35-year veteran of the financial services industry. Bob holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, a graduate of the Institute of Financial Education Leadership Program, and a 1993 graduate of the Tennessee Commercial Lending School at Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association.