Zach Sensabaugh

Zach Sensabaugh, community president and vice president of regional banking at Huntington Bank, loves meeting new business owners and helping them make their dreams come true.

“I work with business owners to help them meet their goals, whether through start-up, expansion or transition planning,” he says. “I love how I get to interact with so many different types of entrepreneurs and be part of projects that make an impact on our community and state.”

For Sensabaugh, there is no greater thrill than helping a business owner bring an idea to fruition, watching them achieve success and ultimately hire local people who can also have success. Despite his love for his work, Sensabaugh did not see a banking career coming.

“I regularly tell people, if you would have told me 15 years ago that I would end up in banking as my career, I would have said you’re crazy,” he says. “I wasn’t great at math. I hated dressing up. I never wanted a desk job, and I was very introverted.”

He grew up on the West Side of Charleston, WV and was one of four siblings. Three were adopted, including
himself, by his father, attorney Don Sensabaugh, and mother, Sheryl, who managed the household.

“As an adopted child, I have been very blessed with the opportunities I have been given,” he says.

Sensabaugh loved sports growing up, primarily swimming, gymnastics, soccer and tennis. He graduated from Capital High School in 2004 and from West Virginia University in 2008. While in college, he started a job at an auto parts store.

“Through this job, I developed my interest in sales to businesses,” he says. “This led me to be recruited by a car dealership for business-to-business sales, then ultimately into banking.”

He had his sights on commercial banking but started as a teller. He then transitioned to personal banking. Around the one-year mark at the first bank he worked at, Sensabaugh was presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to launch his career forward by several years when he was offered his current role at Huntington Bank.

“My drive and motivation stood out to my boss, and for that reason I was hired,” he says. “I still remember getting the call from my mom when I accepted the role and her saying, ‘You know you’re going to have to go out and talk to people, right?’”

Sensabaugh also volunteers for several organizations. He served as a member of the board and on the Emerging Leaders Steering Committee for United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties. He continues to volunteer for various efforts throughout the year, including the holiday food and toy drive. He’s also a member of the Rotary Club of Cheat Lake and serves on the board of directors for the Morgantown Area Partnership, supporting economic growth in the area.

While Sensabaugh appreciates the countless opportunities he has received in his professional life, he is most grateful for his wife, Ali.

“Ali is also very career driven and involved in the community,” Sensabaugh says. “Being in a role that requires after-hours and weekends at times, I greatly appreciate having a life partner who gets it and is supportive of my career and all that it takes to be successful.”

In his free time, Sensabaugh enjoys the beauty of his home state, getting out on a golf course and going with Ali to Cheat Lake to watch their dogs swim and chase sticks.

“West Virginia is home to me,” he says. “I see so much opportunity here to help the people I consider to be my closest friends and family.”