POWER OF ATTORNEY For Executing Forms 3 4 and 5 Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Corporate Secretary and each Assistant Secretary of SunTrust Banks Inc signing singly her true and lawful attorney in fact to Prepare execute in the undersigneds name and on the undersigneds behalf and submit to the U S Securities and Exchange Commission a Form ID including amendments thereto and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned in the undersigneds capacity as an officer and or director of the SunTrust Banks Inc Form 3 4 and 5 and any amendments there to in accordance with Section 16a of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3 4 or 5 complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority and Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which in the opinion of such attorney in fact may be of benefit to in the best interest of or legally required by the undersigned it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in his her discretion The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney in fact might or could do if personally present with full power of substitution or revocation hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact or his her substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until revoked in writing and delivered to the Corporate Secretary The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned are not assuming any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of April 2011 /s/ Kyle P. Legg Kyle P. Legg (Signature) N:\EXEC\COMMON\LEGAL\RECORDS FOLDER\LEG1010-REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (EXTERNAL AUDITS)\REGULATORY\DJOHNSON\FORM 4'S AND SECTION 16 REPORTING PERSONS\FORM POWER OF ATTORNEY.WATJEN.DOC