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William C. Rhodes III

Executive Chair, Regions Financial Corporation

Since Jan 1, 2024.

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Alpha ID
alpha:person:william-c-rhodes-iii
Record version
vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce, published Apr 21, 2026
Newest evidence
Mar 23, 2026
Monitoring
Not yet monitored Details
Integrity
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Current role
Executive ChairSince Jan 1, 2024
Board seats
2Regions Financial Corporation, AutoZone
Committee seats
0None published
Published claims
132 distinct sources
Evidence records
70 pinned
Source conflicts
0None open

Built from 2 distinct sources and 7 evidence records. Every Claim links to where it appears. Where nothing was published, the record states the coverage gap.

CorroboratedSource reportedAlpha inferenceNot disclosed

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DIRECTOR APPOINTED

William C. Rhodes III seat on Regions Financial Corporation, effective 2024-01-01.

EffectiveEffective Jan 1, 2024E2

Monitoring

Continuous

What the published record states about identity, evidence, evaluation, monitoring, authority, and freshness. Watched-source schedules are not published for this record.

  • Identityunclaimed
    Published
  • Evidencecorroborated
    Published
  • Evaluationnot_evaluated
    Published
  • MonitoringNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • AuthorityNot yet published for this record.
    Not published
  • Freshnesscurrent
    Published

Board service

Evidence

Seats held as a director, as published in the cited sources.

Regions Financial Corporation CurrentExecutive Chair, 2024 to presentOpen recordAutoZone CurrentDirector, 2005 to presentOpen record
Professional RoleExecutive Chair at Regions Financial Corporation
Source reportedE2
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:role:1
Professional RoleDirector at AutoZone
Source reportedE5
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:role:2
Board membershipServes on the board of AutoZone, Inc.
CorroboratedE4E7E1
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:board_membership:4
Board membershipServes on the board of Regions Financial Corporation
CorroboratedE1E6
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:board_membership:5
Board roleBoard role: Chair
Source reportedE3
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:board_role:6
Committee assignmentsNo committee assignment disclosed in the cited filing
CorroboratedE3E1
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:committee_assignments:7

Committee experience

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Work experience

Evidence
  1. Dates not published
    Executive title: Executive ChairmanOrganization not published
    E3

Education, credentials, and certifications

Evidence

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

No published claims

No education, credentials, or certifications are published in this record.

AI, cyber, and technology accountability

Evidence
AI and ML experienceAI and ML experience: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE3
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:ai_ml_experience:1
Technology backgroundTechnology background: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE3
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:technology_background:11

Authority to act

Evidence and agent registry

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Officer of recordExecutive Chair, Regions Financial Corporation, from Jan 1, 2024
Source reportedE2
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:role:1
Officer of recordDirector, AutoZone, from Jan 1, 2005
Source reportedE5
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:role:2
Authority to bind the companyNot assessedNo Alpha inference about signing authority or board-reserved matters is published for this record.
Not assessed
bind
AI agents acting on this authorityNot 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
agents
Delegations grantedNot disclosedBoard and officer delegation resolutions are not public filings and are not published in this record.
Search scope
delegations

Compensation and holdings

Evidence

No published claims

Nothing is published for this section yet. A missing Claim is a coverage state, not a negative finding.

Conflicts and accountability

Evidence
Board independenceNot independent (executive director)
Source reportedE4
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:board_independence:2
Board independenceIndependent director
Source reportedE1
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:board_independence:3

Other published claims

Evidence

Published Claims that belong to no section above. Each keeps its permalink, evidence, and assertion state.

Cybersecurity experienceCybersecurity experience: not identified in the cited filing
Source reportedE3
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:cybersecurity_experience:8
Executive companyExecutive at AutoZone, Inc.
Source reportedE3
person:william-c-rhodes-iii:executive_company:9

Not yet in this record

Coverage

A gap is a coverage state, not a negative finding. These sections are expected for this entity class and are not yet published.

  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

Subject and corrections

Public-role doctrine

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Basis
Public role at an organization in the published Registry
Sources
7 evidence records cited. 0 with redistribution rights.
Never published
Home address, family, personal contacts, health, and history unrelated to the public role
Profile claimed
No
Open disputes
0
Identity ownership
unclaimed
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Evidence

Authority and rights
  1. E1
    Regions Financial Corporation director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Mar 23, 2026. Retrieved May 3, 2026. Cited by 4 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  2. E2
    Source title not published
    sec proxy. Published Mar 23, 2026. Retrieved Mar 25, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  3. E3
    AZO DEF 14A director slate
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 28, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2026. Cited by 7 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  4. E4
    AutoZone, Inc. director board source
    SEC EDGAR. sec filing. Published Oct 28, 2025. Retrieved Jul 11, 2026. Cited by 2 Claims.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  5. E5
    Source title not published
    sec proxy. Published Oct 28, 2025. Retrieved Mar 21, 2026. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  6. E6
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned
  7. E7
    Source title not published
    public source. Cited by 1 Claim.
    Authoritative, regulatory filing
    Rights not recorded, link only
    Evidence not pinned

What changed in version public-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

vpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce published Apr 21, 2026
  • William C. Rhodes III seat on Regions Financial Corporation, effective 2024-01-01.
  • William C. Rhodes III seat on AutoZone, effective 2005-01-01.
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  1. Overview
  2. Monitoring4
  3. Board service6
  4. Committees0
  5. Work experience1
  6. Education and credentials0
  7. AI, cyber, technology2
  8. Authority to act5
  9. Compensation0
  10. Conflicts and accountability2
  11. Other published claims2
  12. Coverage gaps4
  13. Linked records3
  14. Subject and corrections6
  15. Evidence7
  16. Version historyvpublic-0:d751713988987e9331980363e24189ce

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