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ChoiceOne Bank Promotes Patricia Brown to VP Commercial Lending Officer

ChoiceOne Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Patricia Brown to Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer. 

 “It is truly a pleasure to announce the promotion of Patricia Brown to Vice President, Commercial Loan Officer,” said President and CEO of ChoiceOne Bank Kelly Potes. "Patricia joined ChoiceOne Bank 22 years ago and has always focused on serving her team and our customers. In the many roles she has played over the years within our organization she has always led by example. Her solid expertise in banking, business development, and problem solving – in addition to knowing and understanding her local client base – makes this promotion a natural progression in Patricia’s career with ChoiceOne Bank.”

Joining ChoiceOne Bank in 1996 as a bank teller, Brown progressed through the organization to Branch Manager in 2011 and Vice President, Regional Branch Manager in 2015. Brown is currently the Bank’s CRA Officer.

Brown has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Management from Baker College in Muskegon. She also graduated from the Perry School of Banking, Michigan Bankers Association, in Lansing.  Brown will graduate this year from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Active in the communities she serves, Brown is currently Treasurer for the Coopersville Area Chamber of Commerce, Secretary for West Michigan CRA Association, and Director of Membership for Mid-Michigan Banking Group.  Brown was also instrumental in overseeing ChoiceOne Bank’s Partnership with the Fremont Area Community Foundation to launch the Kickstart to Career Child Savings Account program. This program will provide an education savings account and financial literacy training for over 500 Kindergarten students in Newaygo County.  For more information about Kickstart to Career Newaygo County, visit www.kickstarttocareer.org.

Last year, ChoiceOne Bank, led by Brown and her team won the 2017 National Community Bank Service Award presented by the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) for providing innovative banking solutions and bi-lingual financial literacy programs to the employees of local farms.  In December, Brown and ChoiceOne Bank were invited to the Michigan House of Representatives Finance committee to formally discuss the outreach program. For more information on the Bank-wide efforts, see the article “2017 ICBA National Community Bank Service Award Honorees” published by the ICBA in their IB Independent Banker September issue https://www.choiceone.com/ICBA-award.

“Commercial lending and business development are major functions of our Bank as we continue to position ChoiceOne for growth in West Michigan,” said Potes. “Patricia is focused on serving our customers with superior service, quality advice and utmost respect – the mission of our Bank.”

About ChoiceOne Bank

ChoiceOne Bank is a full service financial institution with offices in Kent, Ottawa, Muskegon and Newaygo Counties. Member FDIC. ChoiceOne Bank offers insurance and investment products through its subsidiary, ChoiceOne Insurance Agencies, Inc. ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc. is the holding company headquartered in Sparta, Michigan and the parent corporation of ChoiceOne Bank. The company is publicly traded and is available on the OTCBB under the symbol “COFS.” For more information on the bank, please visit ChoiceOne’s website at www.choiceone.com.

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