SunTrust Banks Inc., a financial services firm based in Atlanta, is expanding its private client footprint to Ohio and Northern Kentucky with the opening of two new offices, the company announced Wednesday.

SunTrust Private Wealth Management offices have been opened in Cincinnati and Cleveland. The move builds on expansion efforts made last year when SunTrust opened Private Wealth Management offices in New York City, Houston and Dallas.

Virginia Kuertz joins SunTrust Private Wealth Management as the Ohio division executive based in Cincinnati. A 34-year veteran of the Cincinnati banking community, Kuertz previously served as managing director for Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky at J.P. Morgan Private Bank.

Karen Dulaney will lead the Cleveland office as a client advisor. Dulaney has spent 31 years serving clients in Cleveland, with the last 22 years focused on advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families at Key Private Bank and J.P. Morgan Private Bank.