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Summit Bank Promotes Jenny Bennett to Eugene/Springfield Market President
Summit Bank Promotes Jenny Bennett to Eugene/Springfield Market President.
About this update from Summit Bank Group, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\nSummit Bank (OTC Pink: SBKO) is pleased to announce that Jenny Bennett, a longtime Lane County-based community banker, banking executive and community leader, has been promoted to Market President for the Eugene and Springfield Market. Bennett steps in for Craig Wanichek, who remains President and CEO. Bennett will utilize her depth of banking experience and expansive business network to support the continued growth of Summit Bank’s client base in their headquarter market. Summit Bank is the only bank headquartered in Eugene.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210929005775/en/Jenny Bennett - Summit Bank Market President (Eugene, OR) (Photo: Business Wire)\nBennett’s prior executive role at Summit was the Senior Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. While in this role, she grew the bank’s brand in Summit’s Eugene/Springfield, Central Oregon and Portland Metropolitan markets and maintained and grew relationships in businesses in the area. Jenny will continue to serve on the Bank’s Executive Committee. Preceding that, she worked for a former community bank as their Director of Marketing. She is skilled in the areas of strategic planning, leadership, business development, account acquisition and treasury management.\n\n“Jenny is a successful community leader and contributor at Summit,” says Wanichek. “In the six years she’s been with us, she’s made a significant impact on our growth in the market as well as our bottom line. She epitomizes what it means to be a community banker. We look forward to her continued leadership at our company.”\n\nBennett, who has a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Oregon with an emphasis in public relations, is heavily involved in the business community. She serves as a Past President of the Board of Directors of the Relief Nursery and the Shedd Institute of the Arts. She is the current Chair of the annual Relief Nursery Main Event, which raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for the 1000 children and families served by the Relief Nurseries in Eugene and Springfield. She is a 10-year Chair of Marketing for the Oregon Bankers Association. In 2019, she won the OBA’s Presidential Award for her service to the industry. Most ...