U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management announced that Kim Wilkerson has joined the newly created South Carolina market office as a market executive.

Wilkerson brings over 37 years of experience to the new role. She will report to Richard Nichols, U.S. Trust division executive for the South Atlantic Division with offices in Charleston, Columbia and Greenville. She will be responsible for growing the U.S. Trust office and its solutions for high-net-worth families and institutional clients in South Carolina.

She will remain in her role as the Bank of America South Carolina market president. Previously, she was the national sales performance executive at Bank of America’s Business Banking group and has held other leadership roles at Bank of America in small business lending, local market delivery and commercial banking.

Wilkerson earned a bachelor's degree in financial management from Clemson University, where she became the first female successor member of the Clemson University board of trustees.