Published mark
SouthState Bank Corp
NYSE: SSB. Canonical company identity and public leadership record.
US
Record source reportedRecord not claimedNo Eval published
- Alpha ID
- alpha:company:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e
- SEC CIK
- 0000764038
- Record version
- vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Oct 16, 2026
- Newest evidence
- Mar 3, 2026
- Monitoring
- Not yet monitored Details
- Integrity
- Not yet signed Methodology
- CEO
- John C. CorbettSince Feb 20, 2026
- Chair
- Not published
- Independent
- 9 / 1111 directors published
- Published claims
- 443 distinct sources
- Evidence records
- 60 pinned
- Source conflicts
- 0None open
Built from 3 distinct sources and 6 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.
CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed
Public record. Alpha publishes governance facts about this organization from regulatory filings and company statements. Private enterprise overlay data is never projected here. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. How this works
CEO CHANGED
John C. Corbett executive of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2026-02-20.
EffectiveEffective Feb 20, 2026E3
Monitoring
ContinuousWhat the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.
- IdentityunclaimedPublished
- Evidencesource_reportedPublished
- Evaluationnot_evaluatedPublished
- MonitoringNot yet published for this record.Not published
- AuthorityNot yet published for this record.Not published
- FreshnesscurrentPublished
Leadership
Evidence| Role | Person | Since | Status | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer and Director | John C. Corbett | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE3 |
| Executive Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer | Sara G. Arana | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE4 |
| Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer | William E. Matthews, V | Feb 2026 | current | Source reportedE5 |
Board of directors
Evidence11 directors published. 9 of 11 with a published determination are independent.
| Director | Status | Since | Committees | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David G. Salyers | Independent | 2020 | AuditAudit; Compensation; RiskCompensationRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| David R. Brooks | Not independent | 2025 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| G. Ruffner Page, Jr. | Independent | 2020 | AuditAudit; Compensation; Nominating and GovernanceCompensationNominating and Governance | Source reportedE2 |
| G. Stacy Smith | Independent | 2025 | AuditAudit; RiskRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| Janet P. Froetscher | Independent | 2025 | AuditAudit; CompensationCompensation | Source reportedE2 |
| John C. Corbett | Not independent | 2020 | None published | Source reportedE2 |
| Joshua A. Snively | Independent | 2020 | AuditAudit; Compensation · ChairCompensation, chair | Source reportedE2 |
| Merriann Metz | Independent | 2024 | Nominating and GovernanceNominating and Governance; RiskRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. | Independent | 2022 | Audit, chairAudit · Chair; RiskRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| Shantella E. Cooper | Independent | 2022 | AuditAudit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance; RiskCompensation, chairNominating and GovernanceRisk | Source reportedE2 |
| William Knox Pou, Jr. | Independent | 2020 | Nominating and Governance, chairNominating and Governance · Chair; RiskRisk | Source reportedE2 |
Committees and risk ownership
Evidence| Committee | Chair | Members | Risks assigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audit | Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. | Ronald M. Cofield, Sr., David G. Salyers, G. Ruffner Page, Jr., G. Stacy Smith, Janet P. Froetscher, Joshua A. Snively, Shantella E. Cooper | Not described in the published record |
| Audit · Chair; Risk | Not published | Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation | Not published | Janet P. Froetscher | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair | Not published | Joshua A. Snively | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance; Risk | Not published | Shantella E. Cooper | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance | Not published | G. Ruffner Page, Jr. | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Compensation; Risk | Not published | David G. Salyers | Not described in the published record |
| Audit; Risk | Not published | G. Stacy Smith | Not described in the published record |
| Compensation | Shantella E. Cooper | Joshua A. Snively, Shantella E. Cooper, David G. Salyers, G. Ruffner Page, Jr., Janet P. Froetscher | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance | William Knox Pou, Jr. | William Knox Pou, Jr., G. Ruffner Page, Jr., Merriann Metz, Shantella E. Cooper | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance · Chair; Risk | Not published | William Knox Pou, Jr. | Not described in the published record |
| Nominating and Governance; Risk | Not published | Merriann Metz | Not described in the published record |
| Risk | Not published | David G. Salyers, G. Stacy Smith, Merriann Metz, Ronald M. Cofield, Sr., Shantella E. Cooper, William Knox Pou, Jr. | Not described in the published record |
Committee RecordAudit: Chair Ronald M. Cofield, Sr.; Members Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. (Chair); David G. Salyers; G. Ruffner Page, Jr.; G. Stacy Smith; Janet P. Froetscher; Joshua A. Snively; Shantella E. Cooper
Committee AppointmentRonald M. Cofield, Sr.: chair, Audit
Committee AppointmentDavid G. Salyers: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentG. Ruffner Page, Jr.: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentG. Stacy Smith: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentJanet P. Froetscher: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentJoshua A. Snively: member, Audit
Committee AppointmentShantella E. Cooper: member, Audit
Committee RecordCompensation: Chair Joshua A. Snively; Shantella E. Cooper; Members Joshua A. Snively (Chair); Shantella E. Cooper (Chair); David G. Salyers; G. Ruffner Page, Jr.; Janet P. Froetscher
Committee AppointmentJoshua A. Snively: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentShantella E. Cooper: chair, Compensation
Committee AppointmentDavid G. Salyers: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentG. Ruffner Page, Jr.: member, Compensation
Committee AppointmentJanet P. Froetscher: member, Compensation
Committee RecordNominating and Governance: Chair William Knox Pou, Jr.; Members William Knox Pou, Jr. (Chair); G. Ruffner Page, Jr.; Merriann Metz; Shantella E. Cooper
Committee AppointmentWilliam Knox Pou, Jr.: chair, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentG. Ruffner Page, Jr.: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentMerriann Metz: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee AppointmentShantella E. Cooper: member, Nominating and Governance
Committee RecordRisk: Chair not stated; Members David G. Salyers; G. Stacy Smith; Merriann Metz; Ronald M. Cofield, Sr.; Shantella E. Cooper; William Knox Pou, Jr.
Committee AppointmentDavid G. Salyers: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentG. Stacy Smith: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentMerriann Metz: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentRonald M. Cofield, Sr.: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentShantella E. Cooper: member, Risk
Committee AppointmentWilliam Knox Pou, Jr.: member, Risk
Control and voting power
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Authority to act
Evidence and agent registryWho can act for the company, and on whose authority. This is what a counterparty's agent checks before it accepts an order, signs, or pays.
Principal executive officerJohn C. Corbett, Chief Executive Officer and Director, from Feb 20, 2026
Who can authorize an agentNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
AI agents registered by the companyNot registered in the public RegistryAgent Deployments, Agent Use Cases, Authority Grants, TrustChecks, Action Ledger entries and Governance Receipts live in the private enterprise overlay. They are never projected into the public Registry without explicit cross-plane authorization. Absence here is a plane boundary, not evidence that the enterprise operates no agents.
Agent registry
Delegations publishedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
Financials and market context
EvidenceSecurity ListingSSB (NYSE)
Index membershipsNo current membership is published in Alpha's tracked index universe.This is not evidence that the company is absent from every market index.
None publishedAs of Oct 16, 2026. Rights-filtered public evidence only; no redistribution or model training is granted. Only source-backed memberships with an explicit public redistribution basis are returned.
Governance and policies
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Risk, audit, and cyber
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
AI oversight and accountability
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Legal and regulatory
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Compensation
EvidenceNo published claims
Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.
Other published claims
EvidencePublished Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.
Legal NameSouthState Bank Corp
Entity StatusPublic listing published
Published FactUS
Not yet in this record
CoverageA gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.
- Corporate structureNot reviewed. Parent, subsidiary and predecessor structure explains who is governed.
- OwnershipNot reviewed. Ownership and voting power determine who can influence the board.
- FinancialsNot reviewed. Governance-relevant financial context frames capital and audit decisions.
- CompensationNot reviewed. Pay design shows how incentives are governed.
- GovernanceNot reviewed. Governing documents and provisions set the rules of the enterprise.
- Shareholder governanceNot reviewed. Meeting and vote records show shareholder dissent and support.
- AuditNot reviewed. Auditor, controls and restatements show assurance over reporting.
- LegalNot reviewed. Material legal and regulatory matters show enforcement exposure.
- RiskNot reviewed. Risk ownership links the board, committees, executives and controls.
- CyberNot reviewed. Cyber and data governance is a disclosed oversight domain.
- AI governanceNot reviewed. AI oversight is a differentiated Alpha governance domain.
- Markets externalNot reviewed. Auditors, advisors, investors and regulators form the external ecosystem.
- Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a leadership role, committee, or disclosure is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.Only explicitly published canonical company identity and current confirmed public roles are included.
- Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.Absence of a board, committee, executive, listing, or claim is not evidence that it does not exist.
- Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.Public retrieval does not grant redistribution, model-training, direct-contact, or relationship-pathfinding rights.
- This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.This Company Profile is an identity and evidence record, not an Alpha rating.
Linked people
Same claims as person records- John C. CorbettChief Executive Officer and Directorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:16, company:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:10
- Sara G. AranaExecutive Vice President and Principal Accounting Officercompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:17
- William E. Matthews, VSenior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officercompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:18
- David G. SalyersDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:5
- David R. BrooksDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:6
- G. Ruffner Page, Jr.Directorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:7
- G. Stacy SmithDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:8
- Janet P. FroetscherDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:9
- Joshua A. SnivelyDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:11
- Merriann MetzDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:12
- Ronald M. Cofield, Sr.Directorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:13
- Shantella E. CooperDirectorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:14
- William Knox Pou, Jr.Directorcompany:e1a7c9fe-3fdb-43e9-bf45-e4bc1454ab1e:leadership_role:15
Subject and corrections
Public-role doctrineThis record exists because the company is in the published Registry. The company can claim the record, correct, or dispute any Claim. Corrections are versioned and the original stays in history.
- Basis
- Published company record built from public sources
- Sources
- 6 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
- Never published
- Private enterprise overlay data: deployments, authority grants, TrustChecks, receipts, telemetry
- Record claimed
- No
- Open disputes
- 0
- Identity ownership
- unclaimed
Claiming not yet available
If the company claims the record, its statements appear as their own assertion state and never overwrite the cited evidence.
Evidence
Authority and rights- E1Alpha canonical company public projection. canonical identity. Retrieved Oct 16, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
- E2sec proxy. Published Mar 3, 2026. Retrieved Jul 12, 2026. Cited by 11 Claims.
- E3sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E4sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E5sec filing. Published Feb 20, 2026. Retrieved May 5, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
- E6board_seats. board seats. Cited by 26 Claims.
What changed in version public-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce
vpublic-1:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce:ro-d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Oct 16, 2026- John C. Corbett executive of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2026-02-20.
- Sara G. Arana executive of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2026-02-20.
- William E. Matthews, V executive of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2026-02-20.
- David R. Brooks seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2025-01-01.
- G. Stacy Smith seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2025-01-01.
- Janet P. Froetscher seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2025-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2025-01-01.
- Janet P. Froetscher member of Audit; Compensation, effective 2025-01-01.
- Audit; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2025-01-01.
- G. Stacy Smith member of Audit; Risk, effective 2025-01-01.
- Merriann Metz seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2024-01-01.
- Nominating and Governance; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2024-01-01.
- Merriann Metz member of Nominating and Governance; Risk, effective 2024-01-01.
- Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2022-01-01.
- Shantella E. Cooper seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2022-01-01.
- Audit · Chair; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2022-01-01.
- Ronald M. Cofield, Sr. member of Audit · Chair; Risk, effective 2022-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2022-01-01.
- Shantella E. Cooper member of Audit; Compensation · Chair; Nominating and Governance; Risk, effective 2022-01-01.
- David G. Salyers seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- G. Ruffner Page, Jr. seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- John C. Corbett seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- Joshua A. Snively seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- William Knox Pou, Jr. seat on SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation · Chair committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- Joshua A. Snively member of Audit; Compensation · Chair, effective 2020-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- G. Ruffner Page, Jr. member of Audit; Compensation; Nominating and Governance, effective 2020-01-01.
- Audit; Compensation; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- David G. Salyers member of Audit; Compensation; Risk, effective 2020-01-01.
- Nominating and Governance · Chair; Risk committee of SouthState Bank Corp, effective 2020-01-01.
- William Knox Pou, Jr. member of Nominating and Governance · Chair; Risk, effective 2020-01-01.