Catherine Freedberg Net Worth
Andrew Henderson
Updated on March 15, 2026
Catherine Freedberg biography
Dr. Catherine Blanton Freedberg Ph.D. serves as Independent Director of the Company. Dr. Freedberg was formerly a director of The First National Bank of Shelby, North Carolina, which was acquired by the Company in 2013. She holds an undergraduate degree from Smith College and a Master’s and Ph.D. from Harvard University, where she has served as Lecturer in the Department of Art and Architecture. She is a Trustee of the Smith College Museum of Art, a former trustee of St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School, and founder of the National Gallery of Art’s annual Freedberg Lecture on Italian Art. She has also served as a Samuel Kress Fellow and Deputy Information Officer at the National Gallery. Dr. Freedberg’s business interests include acting as co-trustee and advisor to Blanton Farms, LLC, an investment entity that owns and manages property in Shelby, North Carolina devoted to conservation and timber cultivation, and as the lead partner of Blanton, LLC, a family company that develops, owns and manages commercial real estate, also in Shelby, North Carolina. In addition, Dr. Freedberg is an officer and director of the Shelby Loan and Mortgage Company. She is also the founding Chairman of the Banker’s House Foundation, a Fogg Fellow at the Harvard Art Museums and a member of the Smithsonian Institution Women’s Committee.
What is the salary of Catherine Freedberg?
As the Independent Director of Bank OZK, the total compensation of Catherine Freedberg at Bank OZK is $138,687. There are 21 executives at Bank OZK getting paid more, with George Gleason having the highest compensation of $5,135,610.