Priority Technology Holdings, Inc. announced Stephen W. Hipp and Marietta C. Davis have joined its board of directors. Hipp will succeed William (Billy) Gahan who has joined Priority as its vice president focused on institutional partnerships and is retiring from the board effective immediately. Davis will succeed Matthew Kearney who is retiring at the end of the year after being one of Priority’s founding directors to focus his full efforts on his other roles including CEO of LeadingResponse, a market leader in the marketing and client acquisition space. Kearney will remain in a board advisory capacity with Priority. Stephen Hipp recently retired from Goldman Sachs where he spent the last 16 years as the Managing Director of the Specialty Lending Group focusing on financing middle market companies. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Hipp was the Senior Vice President of underwriting and portfolio management for GE Capital. Marietta Davis works for IBM where she is the World-Wide Vice President and Managing Director for the Accenture relationship where she leads a global team focusing on growing IBM’s Cloud and Cognitive Application portfolio. Prior to joining IBM, Davis spent 16 years at Microsoft Corporation in a variety of leadership roles. Davis also serves in an advisory board role for The Posse Foundation, a non-profit organization that identifies, trains and mentors young, diverse leaders as they navigate college and enter the workforce.