Aquesta Bank Mary Craven and Ed Keller were named

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Aquesta Bank
Mary Craven and Ed Keller were named employees of the
month.
Bank of
Commerce
Mary Craven
Ed Keller
Susie Ellis
Brandon Barrier
Susie L. Ellis was
named assistant
vice president/retail
banking officer.
Bank of Granite
Rahn Chase
Chris Cole
Ma� Daye
Huan Dinh
Jeffrey Easley
Adena Greene
Reginald Leath
Marty Waters
Asheville Savings Bank
John B.
Dickson
will retire at
year's end as
as president
and CEO and
Suzanne S.
DeFerie will
be promoted
to president
and CEO.
Brandon E. Barrier
was promoted to
lending services
associate. T. Rahn
Chase was named
among 20 outstanding men and women
who are the region’s
best leaders under
the age of 40. Christopher (Chris) M. Cole was promoted
to banking officer. Ma�hew (Ma�) B. Daye was promoted
to Wilkes County regional executive. Huan N. Dinh assumed additional special projects. Jeffrey C. Easley joined
as senior vice president and chief credit officer. Adena A.
Absher Greene was promoted to loan officer. Reginald
(Reggie) T. Leath was promoted to collector. Marty G. Waters was appointed to the Lenoir board of directors.
Cape Fear Bank
Mary Jane Brietske joined as a teller. Debbie Dillard joined
as retail banking officer. Melanie Grammen joined as assistant vice president and mortgage banking officer. Sarah
Powell and Nichole Weeks joined as business banking
assistants. Amy McLaurin joined as vice president, market
executive and business banking officer.
Capital Bank
Mary Jane Brietske
Debbie Dillard
Melanie Grammen
Mark Vaughn
Blair Byrd joined as a�orney trust sales officer. Todd
Warrick was named senior vice president and community
executive.
Cardinal State Bank
Kyla Alston was promoted to assistant
branch manager. Sherry Bo�s was promoted to assistant vice president and
branch manager. John T. “Tommy”
King III joined as branch manager
Sarah Powell
Amy McLaurin
Nichole Weeks
CommunityONE Bank
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William Leaming
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Mark Newman
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E. Michael
Gudely was
named
president
and chief
credit officer.
Rupert (Pete) G. Pate, Jr. was named
market president. Mark A. Severson
was named chief financial officer of
FNB United Corp. and the bank, following the retirement of Jerry A. Li�le.
Robert P. Huntley was elected as Class I Director, Carl G. Yale was elected as
Class II Director, and James M. Campbell, Jr., R. Larry Campbell, Thomas A.
Jordan, H. Ray McKenney, Jr. and Michael C. Miller were elected as Class III
Directors of FNB United.
Crescent State Bank
Todd Warrick
Carolina Commerce Bank
Bridget Falco joined as senior vice president and commercial lending officer.
William V. Leaming, Jr. joined as senior vice president and director of operations. Mark B. Newman joined as vice president and commercial loan officer. Mark Vaughn joined as senior vice president and compliance manager.
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Jere N. York joined as loan compliance
review analyst.
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Tim Proper was hired as vice president.
Fidelity Bank
Bruce G. Hodge joined as vice president
and market development executive.
Sonya T. Jones joined as branch manager. Lauren Page was hired as controller. Barbara J. Roberts joined as branch
manager.
Jere York
Tim Proper
Sonya Jones
Lauren Page
Barbara Roberts
Chesley Blake
David Bruno
Christina Cheyney
Delbert Cranford
Denise Ruth
Marcie Graham
Ann Harrison
Andrew Lyons
Michael Sessoms
Judith Singleton
Daniel Heavner
Robert Mason
James Parker
Esther Chambers
Lynn Christian
David Dahl
Michelle Gaydica
Mary Horan
Rick Ocheltree
Judith Sweger
First Bank
Joseph Arundell was appointed senior
vice president and marketing director.
Chesley Blake was promoted to branch
administration officer. David Bruno
was appointed vice president and
Joseph Arundell
business development officer. Dr. H.
David Bruton and Edward T. Taws, Jr.,
retired from the board of directors and
were named directors emeriti. Christina
Cheyney was appointed senior vice
president and operations manager. Delbert Cranford was named to the Denton
Local Advisory Board. Terry Fagg has
become a certified anti-money laundering specialist and a Bank Secrecy Act
Be�y Foster
Professional. Be�y Foster and Denise
Ruth were promoted to vice president.
Marcie Graham was appointed assistant vice president and assistant branch
manager. Ann Harrison was promoted
to assistant branch manager. John S.
Long was named executive vice president. Andrew Lyons was appointed
vice president and loan officer. Rhonda
Ramey was appointed branch officer
and business development officer. MiRhonda Ramey
chael Sessoms was promoted to senior
vice president. Judith Singleton was appointed assistant
vice president and branch manager. J. Blake Wallace was
appointed to the Duplin County Local Advisory Board.
Audra Webb McLean passed the Certified Financial Planner Examination. Betsy Yarborough was appointed to the
Mooresville Local Advisory Board.
First Citizens Bank
Daniel Lee Heavner, Robert E. Mason IV and James M.
Parker have been elected to the board of directors of First
Citizens BancShares Inc.
First Community Bank, N.A.
Esther B. Chambers was appointed assistant Bank Secrecy
Act officer. M. Lynn Christian was appointed compliance
and Bank Secrecy Act officer. David Dahl joined as vice
president/commercial relationship officer. Michelle M.
Gaydica was promoted to senior vice president—director
of retail banking. Mary Horan joined as marketing director. Rick Ocheltree joined as executive vice president—
commercial banking. Judith N. Sweger joined as human
resources director.
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First Federal Bank
Linda J. Golden was hired as deposit
operations specialist.
First National Bank of Shelby
Linda Golden
Rachel Arndt
Julie Burch
Thomas Fletcher
Jeff Halcomb
Wendy Postell
Angela Roberts
Vicky Franklin
Philip Garrison
Kristen Gordon
Rachel C. Arndt was named administrative officer/call center. Julie Greene
Burch, Thomas S. Fletcher, Jeffrey L.
Halcomb, Wendy L. Postell, and Angela
M. Roberts were promoted to assistant
vice president. Vicky O. Franklin was
promoted to branch officer. Phillip R.
Garrison was named assistant vice
president and trust officer. Kristen A.
Gordon was named branch officer. J.
Thomas Harris, Peggy M. Paksoy, and
Will “Skip” Weill, III were promoted to
senior vice president. Mitchell P. Johnson was named vice president. Perry
K. Mardis was promoted to senior
auditor. Dorothy W. Pearson and Leslie
S. Ramsey were named assistant vice
president. Sonja A. Thomas was named
auditor. Thomas L. Weaver joined as
vice president.
First Trust Bank
Alan Sulek joined as vice president/
commercial loan officer.
Thomas Harris
Peggy Paksoy
Will Weill
Mitchell Johnson
Perry Mardis
Dorothy Pearson
Leslie Ramsey
Sonja Thomas
Thomas Weaver
Alan Sulek
Angela Allen
Sco� Booth
Elaine Canada
Justin Dunn
Michael Gay
Shannon Johnson
Todd McIntyre
Chris Vasques
David Hall
Jerry Thornton
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Four Oaks Bank & Trust
Angela B. Allen completed the Certified
Community Bank Compliance Officer
Program. Sco� Booth was promoted to
city executive. Elaine Canada passed
the qualifying exams to earn the designation of Certified Mortgage Planning
Specialist (CMPS). Justin Dunn was
hired as vice president and commercial lender. Michael Gay, Jr. joined as
assistant vice president and commercial lender. Shannon R. Johnson joined
as city executive. Todd McIntyre was
promoted to vice president and senior
lender. Christopher Vasques, David
Hall, and Jerry Thornton were promoted to senior vice president. Vickie
C. Weaver was hired as office manager.
Joy Whaley joined as controller.
KS Bank
Lisa H. Brogdon was named a member of the board of directors. James C.
Parker (Jim) was elected chairman of
Vickie Weaver
Joy Whaley
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the board. Gordon C. Woodruff was elected vice-chairman
of the board of directors.
Longleaf Community Bank
Lee Leonard joined as vice president and business development officer.
New Century Bank
Kevin S. Bunn was named executive vice president of
New Century Bancorp and chief banking officer for New
Century Bank and New Century Bank South. Lisa Campbell was named chief operating officer for New Century
Bank and New Century Bank South. Patrick C. “Pat”
Marshall was promoted to regional executive. Teresa Ann
Oxendine was named mortgage loan originator for NC
Bank Mortgage, a division of the bank. Tim Turner was
promoted to city executive.
Lisa Brogdon
James Parker
Gordon Woodruff
Lee Leonard
Kevin Bunn
Lisa Campbell
Pat Marshall
Teresa Ann
Oxendine
Tim Turner
John McFadyen
Chris Bruffey
Jonathan Hand
Brian Hedges
Amy Turnage
Brandi Baker
Madie Burch
Co�on Clarke
Charles Douglass
Virginia Parker
Alvin Ragland
Jenne�e Carter
Ed Swing
Marty Stadler
New Century Bank South
John S. McFadyen was promoted to regional executive.
North State Bank
Chris Bruffey was named senior vice president. Jonathan
Hand was named senior vice president. Brian Hedges
was named vice president and commercial lender. Amy
Turnage was named assistant vice president.
OBX Bank
(A division of
Monarch Bank)
David
McGlaughon
was named
president.
Pisgah Community Bank
(Proposed)
Ted Durham
was named
president
and CEO.
Premier Commercial Bank
(Proposed)
Frank
Gavigan
was named
president
and CEO.
Paragon
Commercial
Bank
Brandi T. Baker
was named vice
president, deposit
client development officer.
Madie Burch
was hired as vice
president. Co�on
Clarke was hired
as senior vice
president. Charles
H. Douglass was
named chief information officer.
Virginia G. Parker
was named chair
of the board of
directors for Wake
Education Partnership for 2007-2008.
Alvin G. Ragland
was appointed to
the board of directors.
Patriot State Bank
Jenne�e Carter joined as
mortgage lender.
Premier Commercial Bank (Proposed)
Ed Swing was named CFO.
Randolph Bank & Trust
Marty Stadler was promoted to branch manager.
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Regions Bank
William (Bill) Dawkins was named area executive for
North Carolina and Virginia. Todd Simpson was named
city president.
Sound Bank
William Dawkins
Todd Simpson
DeAnna
Bouseman
Jill Hauser
DeAnna Bouseman joined as customer service representative. Jill Hauser and Be�y Ann Lilly joined as mortgage
lending specialist.
SunTrust
John Tyrrell completed the Master of Science degree program in financial planning from the College for Financial
Planning in Denver.
The Bank of Currituck
Patricia Shannon joined as branch manager.
Be�y Ann Lilly
Patricia Shannon
Lisa Anderson
Nancy Goodson
The East Carolina Bank
Lisa H. Anderson was named assistant vice president and
branch manager. Nancy S. Goodson joined ECB Mortgage
as a mortgage loan originator. Tiffany Griffis was named
banking officer and branch manager. Pamela J. Hewe�
joined as assistant vice president and branch manager.
TrustAtlantic Bank
J. Freeman Paylor was named market president.
Tiffany Griffis
Pamela Hewe�
Freeman Paylor
William Boche�e
Jon Ellis
Tracy Geer
Kevin
McConaha
Brooks Melton
Greg Reynolds
Joseph Anglis
United Partners Bank (Proposed)
Joseph L. Anglis was named senior vice president/chief
credit officer. William C. Boche�e III was named executive vice president/chief financial officer. Jon P. Ellis was
named executive vice president/chief operating officer.
Tracy Geer was
named vice presiUnited Partners Bank
dent/office man(Proposed)
ager. Rachel JuskieRose
wicz was named
vice president/loan
Washofsky
documentation speRachel Juskiewicz
was named
cialist. Kevin Mcpresident
Conaha was named
vice president/seand CEO.
nior risk manager.
Brooks A. Melton
was named senior vice president/regional lending officer.
Greg R. Reynolds was named executive vice president/senior lending officer.
Mike Dunning
VantageSouth Bank
Mike Dunning joined as assistant vice president and business development officer. Joyce Montague joined in the
Loan Operations Department. Doug Zachary joined as
assistant vice president and branch manager.
Yadkin Valley Bank and Trust Company
Joyce Montague
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Harry Davis
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Julie Mason
Dr. Ralph Bentley was named chairman and Dr. Harry Davis was named vice chairman of the board of directors of
Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation, the holding company for the bank. Julie A. Mason was named vice president
and controller for the holding company. Steve Robinson
was named executive vice president of the bank’s holding
company and executive vice president and chief operations officer of the bank.